Actor Essays & Research Papers

IntroductionIndian film industry is a complex and sophisticated phenomenon with a number peculiar features. It is not only business and successful management with increasing revenues over the past ten years but it is also a dream factory, as it is often called, making people admire all kinds of Indian films all over the world. Domestic Indian entertainment market is greatly based on movie production and this massive branch of entertainment has evolved much since the time films were first...

There are many people who dream of being an actor/actress and hope to make it into Hollywood someday. While acting may seem easy, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication. It isn’t until you are on stage in front of a large crowd that you may realize how tough it really is. Most successful actors have a passion for acting (it’s what they love to do and want to do) so this is one of the key factors in becoming an actor. You must want to act and show that you are in it to win it. A good...

3.4 Types of Actors Figure 3.2 Types of Actors and Some Current Actors Who Fit Each Category Impersonators Dustin Hoffman brings Lenny Bruce to life. The performance is so convincing and Lenny so gritty that today’s audiences may think they are seeing Lenny Bruce himself.Photo by Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/courtesy Everett Collection The term impersonator is considered somewhat demeaning in the acting world, suggesting that the actor has simply copied the manner, dialect, and behavior of a...

Actors utilise many tools in order to successfully convey ideas to an audience. There are many techniques an actor must possess in order to convey their ideas to the audience. These include physicality, focus, characterisation and improvisation. Actors use these techniques to improve their improvisation skills and improve the quality of their performance. In the workshops conducted during class, students focused on improving these techniques in order to maintain a satisfactory performance....

Kyle Murdock Period 1/English 11 Ms. Busby 18 February 2013 When the question is asked to cast a film version of the timeless classic Huckleberry Finn, there is no easy answer. Especially when attempting to keep the actors current. But I believe that I have compiled a list of the highest quality, most likely actors to the best of my ability. Chandler Canterbury, Bob Sapp, Zachary Gordon, Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Susan Sarandon, and Chloe Grace Moretz as Huck Finn, Jim, Buck, Huck’s dad,...

Yes, professional athletes and actors are paid to much. Professional athletes and actors get paid a substantial amount of money for one game, or movie. While our men and women in the United States Military are struggling to feed their families. It is a sad commentary on our societal values that these entertainers are taking in seven million dollars a years or more. While teachers, police officers, and firefighters make less than one percent of the income of some athletes and actors. Even if...

He was Khan in film star trek into darkness. He was Sherlock Holmes BBC drama Sherlock. Time magazine put him on its cover on October ,2013. The person is Benedict Cumberbatch. A lot of people ,like me doesn’t know him until 2010,he seems like overnight fame because of he play the role of Sherlock. I still remember my friend recommended it to me . As a reader who just like the original stories ,i could not believe ,the stories from victoria’ period can be brought to the modern TV drama...

JOURNAL ARTICLE CRITIQUE of Cunningham, David S.“ Orators, Actors and Saints: Divine Revelation as Rhetoric and Drama.” Anglican Theological Review (Spring 2003): 341-360. THEO 510 LUO (Summer 2013) Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Lee B Yarbrough (ID# L5943213) May 26, 2013 CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………….……….…..………………………………1 Brief Summary………………………………………………..………………………………….2 Critical Interaction………………………………………….………..………………………….3...

Name: Nour Beiruti Financial Income of Actors Avatar a multi-billion dollar movie with over two and a half billion U.S dollars of sales and each actor earning close to about eighty million dollars was a box office hit watched by the whole world. The movie had such a huge success because of its actor Sam Worthington and also its actor James Cameron. To be a successful actor in the movie world, actors must have perfect memory to be able to memorize their parts. A slight problem like that...

The text defines five types of actors: Impersonator, Personality, Star, Wild Card, and Character. Come up with examples of each type of actor (in addition to those identified in the text) and explain in detail why you think they fit each particular category. Impersonator - is considered somewhat demeaning in the acting world, suggesting that the actor has simply copied the manner, dialect, and behavior of a character, instead of creating the character. Rich Little the most well-known...

As an actor, your body and your voice are your tools. An actor needs to control both their body and voice in just the right way in order to make their performance believable. Although it is sometimes thought that voice and movement are very different things and therefore should be kept separate, in truth they are very much connected and both need to come together for a great performance. A lot can be said about movement in acting. ‘One must stand up straight.’, “One must make all movements...

If I were an actor, I would have tried to step into the shoes of the veteran actor, Amitabh Bachan. To achieve his popularity would have been my ambition, and the love he gets from people around the globe my ultimate goal. First and foremost, I would have liked to be very technical, professional, good dancer. I would have also taken care of my body building as everybody likes actors with good biceps Expressions for any given role should be perfect. This art would have been mastered by me...

Baler is based on a historical event: The Siege of Baler, which occurred towards the end of the Philippine Spanish War at the end of the nineteenth century where 47 Spanish soldiers took refuge in the Church and withstood the bombardment of the Filipino army.The film then portrayed the love story between Celso Resureccion (Jericho Rosales), a Half-Spanish, Half-Filipino soldier and Feliza Reyes (Anne Curtis). The summary of the story comes from the lips of Lope (Mark Bautista): “Mahirap umibig...

An Actor Prepares’ by Constantin Stanislavski Because I’m usually immersed in web stuff, it’s interesting to read a text whose ideas are still relevant to its target profession 70 years on. It was mostly a more enjoyable read than I expected — it’s written as if by a student of acting, reporting on a year of training. It makes clear how much more there can be to acting than just “pretending to be someone else”. Unfortunately I kind of lost it around two-thirds of the way through, when he starts...

Actor Audience Relationship In my most honest opinion, I believe the ideal actor audience relationship is something that transcends the normal criteria for a performer/audience relationship. It can be a passive or active relationship, for both types fulfill their purpose-creating emotional stimuli- on some level. There is an unspoken, unseen connection between those in the seat and those in the stage. Both viewer and actor feed off each other, whether it is the subtle shedding of a tear from...

ARE ACTORS AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES OVERPAID? I am a huge fan of the entertainment industry. I believe it takes a lot of skill and tact to do what they do and I also strongly know that professional actors and athletes are not overpaid. My reasons are: Firstly, there are certain roles actors and actresses play in movies depending on the genre of such movies. For instance, if an actor or an actress is having a play a sexual role, he or she will have to be paid...

Alioune Diane Mr. Panepinto Film 8 March 2013 Favorite Actor/Actress My favorite actor is will smith because he is such a good actor; he can change his acting styles in whatever character he plays. He won over 40 academy awards to prove it. You will probably never get bored with his movies; a lot of them are good. The guy is also so humble with his fans. There are so many things that make him my favorite actor, but I can's list them all, basically will smith the actor is my favorite....

Nowadays, celebrities increasingly have the status of role models, in particular for younger people. Thanks for the development of global entertainment industry, fame has come to more and more people all over the world, making celebrities intensively become the status of role models, especially for the young. However, this trend leaves both advantages and disadvantages on teenagers. In this essay, these sides of the issue will be examined. Teenagers will probably benefit from at least three...

My name is Colby Bean, I was born and raised in maine. I live in a town called Hartland, its a small town so there is really nothing to do, when i was younger I used to play sports but the only one i really got into was basketball but the problem with only playing one sport is that you only play for a few months out of the year. So I decided that I had to find something to do for the seven to eight months that I wasn't playing basketball. So in decided to start watching movies, I started with...

Hobby People live a very busy life nowadays, so they have little time to spare. Still they try their best to make use of those rare hours of leisure. A hobby is a favorite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. People choose their hobbies according to their taste and character. Someone likes simply to watch TV, lying on a sofa. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting. But many people have nothing to do during their spare...

How do i spend a day with my fav actor: Hello Frenz , Iam hear to talk about on how i spend my unforgetable day with my favourite actor. My attraction to movies all started when i was child. My mom is a movie holic and she is used to watch lot of movies. That's cought my attention and i slowly started watching movies. My thurst for movies is never ending.If i want to choose a celebrity to spend a day with then definetly it would be my favourite movie start Arjun Kapport. He is my...

April 13, 2014 English Composition 2 Argument Essay Are Professional Actors and Athletes Overpaid? In this essay I will explore a much debated topic in this country pertaining to the undeniable fact that professional actors and athletes overwhelmingly get paid much higher than the average American. As any highly debated topic, there are always arguments and viewpoints from both sides of the spectrum. Like many Americans, for entertainment I thoroughly enjoy watching both film and...

The age of the actor has long gone: we are now in the age of stage effects’ We have moved towards more modernised performances, but this does not necessarily mean ‘the age of the actor has long gone.’ It means audience members now expect more from the performance, rather than just rely on the actor as they did in Elizabethan times. Still in our 21st century, we would not like to go to a play whereby the actors are poor at acting likewise an Elizabethan audience would not like that either....

David Powell Acting 2 1/27/2013 In this chapter it is talking about the atmospheres and individual actors on stage and in different parts of their jobs. This chapter talks about how actors and performers all have different feelings that come from the surroundings of the stages, concert halls or circuses. All actors and performers have different feelings that they feel and how they act according to the parts they have. This atmosphere that is created is very vital...

Introduction: the dramatic character The dramatic character, or the dramatis personae is defined as a “…phrase used to refer collectively, in the form of a list, to the main characters in a dramatic work.” (Wikipedia, 2015) This therefore differentiates the actor from the character. When analysing the dramatic character, there are different: Thomas F. Van Laan focused his studies around role and identity in Shakespeare and mainly looks at the personality traits of the dramatic character from...

In film making, the actor is the face of the film. Acting is not just pretending to be someone else; it is becoming the character thereby creating the magic of effective acting. Noticeable actors are usually our way into a movie. (Goodykoontz, & Jacobs 2011). Impersonator: Usually these roles are found in historical and biographical stories. (Goodykoontz, & Jacobs 2011). I think of Denzel Washington impersonating Malcolm X in 1992; where Mr. Washington took on the person of Malcolm X and...

Professional sport and film industry are considered to be one of the most profitable activities and nearly everyone dreams to become a famous athlete or a movie star and receive much money for it. These careers are surrounded by numerous legends and myths related with the easiness of the work and the lack of any knowledge and skills. Nearly everyone thinks that it is easy to be an actor and play his role in the film or to be an athlete and run all day long and do nothing special connected with...

12th July I got up at 7.30 this morning, which is earlier than I usually do. Last nights play finished early because of an accidental fire and I got to go to bed early. It was a nice day to perform a play. The sun was out but there was a nice layer of clouds to just cool the air. It was a Friday today and I had been doing plays every day of this week. I hardly have anytime to go over and practice the plays because I have to perform so many. It is a bit easier than people may think because we...

Robert Guillaume – The Rough Ride of a Smooth Actor Mark Miller Actor Robert Guillaume is a man without regrets. Well, maybe one. "I always wanted to be able to play the piano & never succeeded. I was a total bust. I had an inability to practice, and when I did practice, no amount of practice made me play better or sound better. And I blame the Catholic Church for screwing up my sense of music." The Catholic Church? But isn't the Church known for its music? Guillaume elaborates....

Explain how actors manifest their training on the stage. In your answer refer to your study and exploration of the approaches to acting and performance of TWO of the practitioners and texts set for study. Approaches to acting explores not only the practitioners but also the world in which their audiences are living. Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal’s The Theatre of the Oppressed grew out of the chaos and oppression in Brazil in the 1950’s-70’s. The aesthetics of his approach to acting...

Bertolt Brecht and Constantin Stanislavski are regarded as two of the most influential practitioners of the twentieth century, both with strong opinions and ideas about the function of the theatre and the actors within it. Both theories are considered useful and are used throughout the world as a means to achieve a good piece of theatre. The fact that both are so well respected is probably the only obvious similarity as their work is almost of complete opposites. Stanislavski was born in 1863...

Using research (eating Christmas in the Kalahari) explain how social actors give meanings to their actions through social interactions. Also consider how this can lead to cultural misunderstanding. In ‘Eating Christmas in the Kalahari’ Richard Lee kills an Ox for Christmas dinner. Richard kills a big ox for the tribe to eat on Christmas but instead of being greeted with the tribe saying well done for killing such a big ox like he clearly expects he is greeted with tribesmen telling him that...

How would an actor prepare for the role of Malvolio in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare focusing on language and movement? Set in Illyria, Twelfth Night is a comedy by William Shakespeare that revolves around love and mistaken identity. The name, “Twelfth Night” is usually considered to be a reference to the twelfth night of the Christmas celebration. In Shakespeare’s day, this holiday was celebrated as a festival in which everything was turned upside down—much like the upside-down,...

Notes on Effective Performance – according to Derek Bowskill, Clive Barker and Yoshi Oida. THEA 110 Introduction to Live Performance and Production Word Count: 985 1 What is performance, in what ways can the actor or actors make a theatrical performance effective? A performance can be said to be the representation of actions executed for an audience to communicate ideas, in which the actors bear a share of the responsibility of ensuring that the performance is effective, or...

Topic: Write a review of a play from the perspective of a stagehand. 23 April 2008 It is the night of the first performance and everyone is nervous especially the stage hand because, it is my job to make sure that everything is in order. we have to keep everything in order and take the actors and actresses to their entrances when it is their queue. We as stagehands have to keep all the props organized and if one prop goes missing it is our fault. In all my years of experience, The Theater and...

Lolita Kubrick's Lolita, in my opinion, is an excellent example of Kubrick's attempt (and success) in transforming one of the best literary works in history into a cinematic work. Kubrick's use of innuendo and visual storytelling truly conveys the novel's spirit, feel, and irony. The characters in Kubrick's Lolita are the driving force to the story and are managed by superb actors and actresses. That aside and more importantly, it is Kubrick's use of relationships, staging, environment,...

 A place I would like to visit. There are a lot of wonderful places I wish to visit. However, most of all I would like to visit Hollywood and I have many reasons to do. So if my rich uncle offered me a trip, it would be great. Because I really want to see how the films...

Pedro Peniche 3/4/14 1A Argo The Movie Argo did not win the Oscar for the best movie just because people liked it. Argo is a movie directed and produced by Ben Affleck, in the movie Ben Affleck also plays the role of a main character along with Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman. The movie plays during the time Iran’s Revolution. The movie based itself on 6 Americans that work in the US embassy in Tehran and when the Iranian protesters break into it they manage to escape and...

Winkler Works Cited "An Acting Career." 1 February 2005. . "Actors." Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-2005 Edition. 27 January 2005. . "Careers in Acting" 1 February 2005. . Moore, Dick. Opportunities in Acting Careers. Chicago: Career Horizons, 1999. 6-7. Yehling, Carol. Careers in Focus: Performing Arts. Chicago: Ferguson, 2003. 5-13. Paul Winkler Academic English February 10, 2005 McArthur 10-8 Acting - Research Paper "OPENING NIGHT… …IT'S...

The It Girl – Clara Bow Imagine it – all the rules you were raised to follow, all the beliefs and norms, everything conventional, shattered. Now imagine It – Clara Bow, the It Girl. The epitome of the avant-garde woman, the archetype of the flapper, was America's new, young movie actress of the 1920's. Modern women of the day took heed to Bow's fresh style and, in turn, yielded danger to the conventional America. Yet Bow's contagious and popular attitude came with its weaknesses -...

Canadian Film Essay For the Canadian film unit we watched three films, The New Waterford Girl, The Boy in Blue and The Red Violin. In comparison to American Hollywood made films the Canadian films had some significant differences. These differences being the budget, and genre. The first movie was The New Waterford Girl. This movie was a slice of life film showing the life of a teenage girl living in a very small Canadian town. Moodie is trying to escape from the life that she is currently...

Everyone can act, so can I. A five year old acts to get a toy, which he otherwise wouldn't, a high school student to get his way onto the student council, an employee to get a day off, I do it because I like it, because its fun, because I can be whoever I want to be. My first association with stage acting was when I was in the fifth standard, at the annual school concert, my class was putting up the play - 'The Pied Piper of Hamlin' , where i was casted as 'The Pied Piper' himself, it was a...

P.S I Love YouP.S. I Love YouA.G. What would you do if the love of your life passed away? P.S. I Love You analyses this situation with grave emotion. Thesis P.S. I Love You is one of my favorite movies because the actors show emotions in a realistic sense, the setting and shooting of the film portrays the beauty of Ireland, the storyline (based off of a true event) is truly heart-wrenching, and Richard LaGravenese shows pure directing talent in this film. TS All the actresses and actors in...

All About Eve Eve's ruthlessness and skilled deception put Margo into a tailspin of despair and ultimately launched her acting career. Throughout the movie, Eve idolized and secretly undermined Margo; in everything from acting to her true love. Eve eventually becomes a known actor, much to Margo's disgust. The movie All About Eve was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1950. During this movie, Eve plays a fan od Nargo Channings and as she gets in well with her, starts meeting people in the...

Media construct our culture, and the media we use to communicate with one another shapes our perception of reality. Our society is centered on media, it is the most influential factor in constructing our culture, but is it a positive culture? If we examine the effect that media has on children, we can say that it breeds a harmful culture, one that throws values and morals out the window. This is because the media is profit driven and has developed its own code of ethics of "anything-goes"....

Shakespearean Drama and Film How has your exploration of the connections between your prescribed texts enhanced your understanding of the values and contexts of each? In your response, make detailed references to your prescribed texts. Through exploring connections between Shakespeare’s Richard III and Al Pacino’s Looking for Richard the values of the era are often a product of the context of the text. However, through studying the theatricality of man and the pursuit of...

Concert Review The piece I decided to do for my concert review was Les Miserables. I know, I know, everybody is doing it. Oh well. I went and saw the movie in the theatre with my family. When I went there I was not excited, I thought it was going to be boring, especially being that it was a musical. After leaving the theatre, I was in complete awe. Every song was stuck in my head and I wanted to go and watch it again. There were many talented actors and actress in the movie but my favorite...

The Art of Deception If someone were to compare acting to lying would they see two sides of the same coin, or would they see two separate yet similar coins? One could argue that they are closely related, being as similar to each other as they are. Despite the similarities that acting and lying share, it could be argued that they are distinctly different. Both acting and lying are performances of fallacies. Are all deceptions received in the same manner? Acting and lying can both be performed...

Constantin Stanislavski Born in 1863 in Moscow, Russia, Constantin Stanislavski started working in theatre as a teen. He co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre in 1897 and developed a performance process known as method acting, allowing actors to use their personal histories to express authentic emotion and create rich characters. He died in Moscow in 1938. Early Life and Career… Alekseyev started acting at the age of 14, joining the family drama circle. He developed his theatrical skills...

African American Women in Early Film In early film many African American actresses portrayed roles as mammies, slaves, seductresses, and maids. These roles suppressed them not allowing them to show their true talents. Although they had to take on these degrading roles, they still performed with dignity, elegance, grace and style. They paved the way for many actresses to follow both blacks and whites. These women showed the film industry that they were more than slaves, mammies, and...

Because of the current financial crisis, people pay more and more attention to salaries, which are the money that people get paid for the work they do. Obviously, there will be some people who get high salaries, while other people get less. This leads to an argument about whether everyone deserves the money they get. Some people say that famous people, such as movie and sports stars, get paid far too much money. However, these stars definitely deserve the money which they receive because of...

cinema - its uses and abusesNothing is so popular nowadays like cinema. People easily miss meals but they hardly miss the premier show of a film in which their favourite hero or heroine is acting. It has greatly influenced the youths of our country and there is no exaggeration if say that they have become prey to it in a way. Cinema has both the aspects. It is good as well as bad. It is a source of entertainment, according to the common concept but we can't deny the fact that it also diverts...

Twelfth Night The Twelfth Night production was indeed very detailed with their props and characters. The floral scene background and beach funky music caught me by surprise because of the Shakesphere vibe the play was written in. I have observed that the play was a comedic play and it caught the audience’s attention with laughter and fun. As the first scene comes out, the characters that came on stage gave me a sure vibe that they knew whom they were portraying themselves as and their...

Asian Stereotypes and Representation America has grown very much over the past couple of years when it comes to the representations of race, gender, class and sexuality. In America today many people are aware of the issues that different people have faced and the problems they are currently dealing with. Breaking a stereotype is a hard thing to do for any minority but it has been especially hard on the Asian community. From the early days of media Asian men and women have been...

National Youth Arts Winners 2011 (Western Division) Outstanding Production: Grease (Valley Youth Theatre, AZ) Seussical Jr. (Desert Foothills Theater, Scottsdale, AZ) The Wiz (Greasepaint Youtheatre, AZ) Outstanding Production (Junior Division): Honk! (Musical Theatre of Anthem, AZ) Outstanding Choral Performance: Imagine (The Most VYTal Event of the Season 2010, Valley Youth Theatre, AZ) Phantom of the Opera Medley (Broadway Under the Stars 2010, Horizon High School, AZ)...

Page 1 During the early 1900s, many audiences were transfixed by the array of movie experiences available, included was also the array of many actors and actresses who were beginning to make a name for themselves. As the popularity of the film studios grew so did the actors and actresses staring in the films, directors and producers began to understand the vital role in which the stars played. This knowledge also introduced procedures which saw to produce a personality...

Indian Celebrities as Pakistani Brand Ambassadors In one of my article before I wrote about the increasing trend of promoting Indian culture through the launching of their dramas on Pakistani TV channels. At that time this topic came in my mind that not only their dramas but also the actresses and actors of India are playing an active role in cultural invasion. The brands of Pakistan choose Indian celebrities as Pakistani brand ambassadors and this is where our talent gets suppressed. This...

Jerzy Grotowski There were few men who were seen as key figures in the 20th century in terms of furthering the actor’s technique, and Jerzy Grotowski was one of them. Grotowski was a Polish theater director and innovator of experimental theater, the “theatre laboratory,” and “poor theatre” concepts. On August 11, 1933, Grotowski was born in Rzeszów, Poland, and he died in Pontedera, Italy on January 14, 1999 at age 65. During World War II, Grotowski’s family got separated. His father went...

Directing Hamlet – No Small Task A famous Hamlet director, Kurt Spenrath, once stated, “The only thing scarier than playing Hamlet is directing it” (Spenrath). Agreeing with him is Greg Doran, the director of the 2008 remake, starring David Tennant. He coincides by inputting, “I've always been rather terrified of Hamlet” (Allen 1). Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known dramatics, and people love to put on productions of the work. Many people recognize the play because it is shown...

All the world’s a stage is a famous line taken from “as you like it” written by the father of English literature Shakespeare. The entire world's is a stage and human beings are its actors and actresses. With different roles assigned to each one of the players, the moments of entry and exit are predestinated. No matter how small or stupendous is the impact of those who appear on the stage, the fact of cause and consequences, action and reaction remains visible and vibrant all the time. Here...

 The movie The Ghost in the Darkness was directed by Stephen Hopkins and produced by the Gale Hurd, A. Kitman Ho., and Paul Radin. The main actors in the movie were Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. It was released in 1996, and I watched part of it in European History class and finished the rest of it at home. It was a color movie that showed the true story of 2 lions in the African city of Tsavo that terrorized workers and delayed the building of the Kenyan-Ugandan railroad. Most of the...

Cynthia Chery Ms. Meredith Struebing ENG 050 Thursday, October 17, 2013 Point of View I am writing from the point of view of a movie star named GESSICA GENEUS. My name is Gessica Geneus; I was born and raised in a small town in the country of Haiti. When I was a little girl around the age of 6, I used to love to watch TV, it was one my favorite hobbies, I had a passion for movies and I imagined being in each movie that I watched. I grow up but the same passion was always there and then...

Personal satisfaction is more important than financial rewards, as depicted in Satyajit Ray 's short story "Patol Babu, Film Star." The main character Patol Babu realized that personal satisfaction could not be measured and weighed by money, and so he acted in the film out of passion he felt toward the job more than because of the money he would make from the job. In Patol Babu Film Star, Satyajit Ray has highlighted the idea that personal satisfaction is more important than financial rewards....

The idea that infatuation can develop so quickly is an interesting one and one that is explored in both the play and the film It is interesting because an audience can contemplate the nature of infatuation and decide whether or not such feelings are wise or foolish. Luhrmanns film captures this idea and keeps it interesting for a contemporary film audience. In the corresponding scene, Luhrmann underscores the action with action and romantic non-diegetic music to enhance the idea young love....

Panel Discussion with at-risk youth Updated Fri. Aug. 3 2007 12:03 PM ET When Degrassi's Stacey Farber started out in showbiz, it was a world that was brand new to her, from her mark on the floor to the miniature train tracks that carry cameras across the set. It was a steep learning curve that led her to where she is now, knowing just where she fits among the myriad of people that go into any production. Held at Toronto's Drake Hotel on Friday, July 27, the event was a workshop...

Stanislavski Robbie white stanislavski's methods of acting have helped me dramaticly over the years as i have been using some of his methods. he has also shaped the theater sytem as we know it making it what it is today. He created actors with a more realistic charecter compared to the past where ever play they performed was over the top but stanislavski wanted theatre to be more realistic because he belived that it was getting out of hand. Before stanislavski...

In the heart of Nueva Ecija lies a peaceful town, Peñaranda Peñaranda is a 4th class municipality in the province Nueva Ecija, Philippines . According to the latest census, it has a population of 26,725 people in 4,940 households. The area was originally called Mapisong, and it was a part of the municipality of Gapan. The area was organized into a municipality by José Maria Peñaranda, a Spanish engineer, and subsequently named after him. Peñaranda was once known for its high quality crop...

Emily Senteney Mr. Reid English 101 November 13, 2013 Spring Breakers Recently the so called “artistic” movie spring breakers and came and to say the least it was probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The movie is supposed to be about four girls in college who are tired of their ordinary lives so they seek finding themselves on spring break in Florida. The movie is supposed to display these girls as innocence girls trying to find themselves through sex, drugs, and money...

PATOL BABU Q I hope the part calls for some dialogue?' Who says this? Why does he /she ask this question? Answer 4-(a): These lines are said by Patol Babu. He had been a stage actor for many years before work forced him to come to Calcutta. He was a very passionate actor; in fact he was obsessed with acting. There was a time when people would buy tickets just to see him perform. After many years, Patol Babu was offered a role in a film. He was both surprised and happy to receive this offer....

Torres, Anne Francesca Marielle C. 2013-73064 Comm 3 Prof. Oscar Serquina “Adarna” Adarna, adarna, adarna! The best play I have watched so far. It was the first time I watched a play in UP and also my first time to see Dulaang UP perform. Before I watch the play, many of my friends who were studying in UP said that, “The best ang Dulaang UP. Sobrang galing ng mga yan.” My expectations to the Dulaang UP were achieved because of what I saw. The actors and actresses who played a character...

Poster Analysis In the poster I have used is heart-warming and sentimental image to convey to the audience that the film is about the friendship and love of a boy and his dog. The mise-en-scene suggests that it is set in a rural place which also carries conventions of a tragedy genre. The poster suggests that it is a family drama and maybe even a tragedy film. The name of the film is ‘A Dog’s Life’; I picked a typography that suggests that it is written in chalk or crayon type texture to...

The review (“Chocolat”) The movie “Chocolat”, directed by Lasse Hallstrom is based on the novel of the same name by Joane Harris. This drama-film gives a certain message to the viewers: how important it is to be optimistic, to live your life without setting up too many rules, to stand out of the crowd and not to care much about the attitude of the society. The film is tender and heartwarming and stimulates all kind of emotions: it can make you both laugh and cry. The movie starts with the...

------------------------------------------------- Cole Nelson ------------------------------------------------- English 12 ------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Paulson ------------------------------------------------- December 18, 2011 ------------------------------------------------- Are Actors and Athletes Paid too Much? ------------------------------------------------- Wouldn't it be great to make 31.3 million dollars a year and an additional 47 million dollars in...

 Fast Five The movie that I have chosen to write about is Fast Five, released into theaters June of 2011 and grossing over $155 million. Starring Paul Walker and Vin Diesel who have also starred in at least one of the previous films, but now they add Dwayne Johnson. One of the biggest reason that I picked this movie to write about is because of the symbolism of it. With that being said many people might wonder if that is the only reason to like a movie. Well the answer to that...

Dysfunctional. Codependent. Enmeshed. Low self-esteem. Personal struggles of the twenty-first century or those of the past? In his play, The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams portrays a southern family of the 1940's attempting to cope with life's pressures, and each of their own conflicts, after they have been deserted by their father and husband. In attempting to create a modern-day movie adaptation of The Glass Menagerie from the original play, a parallel element would still be conveyed to...

WHAT DO ACTORS DO ? Duties Actors typically do the following: • Read scripts and meet with agents and other professionals before accepting a role • Audition in front of directors and producers • Research their character’s personal traits and circumstances to better portray them to an audience • Memorize and rehearse their lines with other actors • Discuss their role with the director and other actors to improve the overall performance of the show • Perform the role, following the...

Home Archives Free eBook Opportunities Subscribe Contacts Subscribe via RSS FeedConnect With Us on FacebookFollow Us on Twitter!Connect on PinterestJoin Us on Google+ Acting in London - Your #1 Guide to Becoming a Working Actor in London, LA or NYC Acting for Beginners Guide Best Acting Schools in the UK: Top 10 I decided that having a list for just London acting schools is not enough — let’s make another one, and it’s best acting schools in the UK. And this one is a Top 10 of the...

My Name Is Khan, which is commonly referred to as MNIK,[5] is a 2010 Indian drama film directed by Karan Johar, written by Shibani Bathija and starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in the lead roles. Produced by Hiroo Johar, Gauri Khan and Shahrukh Khan, the film was jointly produced by Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment at a budget of 38 crore (US$6.3 million). My Name Is Khan's distribution rights were bought by Fox Star Entertainment for a sum of 100 crore (US$17 million), making...

Through writing my pitch, I’ve learnt several things about the film industry. I’ve realised that a pitch is the very first thing we need to do before proceeding to any preproduction or production tasks and that the purpose of a pitch is to attract development finance to pay for the production of the film. Therefore, a pitch should be marketable and interesting. As pitching is commonly known as “selling the film”, there are several things I need to consider in my pitch so that it can attract the...

THE PRINCE OF TIDES ANALYSIS To be able to analyze text 1, I will comment on how language, style and format are used in the representation of Saif Ali Khan. Text 1 is an adaptation from a magazine article which was published in Stardust Icon in the year 2010. It probably follows the theme of a cinematographic or celebrity magazine in which the author, Piyush Roy, comments on famous actors and actresses. This article centers its argument in the life of a famous actor of India, inferred by the...

Stephanie Smith AP English 12/12/11 Homework Page 256 # 9 Write an argument defending exorbitant salaries or fees paid to athletes and movie stars. Develop a logical argument with clearly drawn reason- or write your response as a satire. Big houses. Fancy cars. All the attention in the world. These are things that everyone has wished for at one point in their life. The number one way we all know how to get to these things is by being famous. Most people think all famous people had to do...

Lin Zhong Professor: Dr. Pauline Beard Expository Writing 201-03 April 19, 2013 The king of comedy Look tragedy through comedy “I made so many tragedies, but the audience thought I had been making comedies all the time”, Stephen Zhou stated. When we refer to comedy, what comes up to your mind, laughter, humor? Have it ever occurred to you that sometimes the director was trying to express a tragedy emotion behind the comedy atmosphere? When we talk about Chinese comedy, we have to come...

Hamlet Argument #3 In the upcoming movie, The Tragedy of Hamlet, actors are required to compete against each other for the main role of Hamlet. In this challenging competition, the actors appearance, personality, and background will also be used as one of the qualifications. Denzel Washington, a man with great potential, competes against Bruce Willis, a wise and hard-cracking man for the leading role of Hamlet. These two famous actors believe they have the qualifications to act; but, they...

Beauty and the Beast Magical, enchanting and great talent is the words I would use to express my enjoyment of the production Beauty and the Beast I attended Friday night at Walter State Community College. Beauty and the Beast is a classic I remember watching growing up. I was very pleased with the wonderful execution of the fairy tale I remember so fondly. The young age of the actors and actresses gave it a special touch and brought the whole production together. I loved seeing excitement...

Jack Powell, the main actor starred by Charles Rogers is a young teenager who dreams about flying on the sky. Jack’s character requires Charles to be funny, bright, cheerful person and full of American spirit. From the beginning of the film, it shows that Jack’s personality is to make fun to the audience and make us more enjoyable to the movie. There are two scenes in the film I want to share with, the first scene is Jack found out he shot down David’s plane, the second scene is Jack and David...

1. "Celebrities have a tremendous influence on the young, and for that reason, they have a responsibility to act as role models." I agree with the opinion that the celebrities have a responsibility to act as role models. Celebrities have a special talent that most average people can not do; they are athletes, actors, actresses, and singers. They have seen and heard by millions through television, movies, radio, and the internet. And they may be inspiring to the young who dream of singing, or...

Stanislavski was a famous theatre director well known for his use and belief of naturalistic theatre. He had a certain 'system' in which he used to train actors. In this system, are many techniques, some of which I will explain. Firstly, the 'Magic If'. The magic if is a technique used by directors to see how the actor is able to react when put into a different situation. For example if a fellow cast member faints, the actor must then almost improvise to show what they would do if that change...

Knight of the Burning Pestle Review I recently watched the “Knight of the Burning Pestle”, originally written by Francis Beaumont and directed by Tom Gough in this Foothill Production. The story is very satirical and fun. This follows the play-within-a-play format so we get to see many facets of the characters. We get to watch as one group tries to perform a production while another group introduces one obstacle after another to create an entirely new performance. In entirety, we get to watch...

Jobs other than mine When performing a piece as such as ours, there are many different roles that are played by different people. The obvious ones would be the actors and actress', but there are many people that work behind the scenes, in order for the performance to be as good as it can be. Although the main piece at the end seems to be mainly the actors, the performance would never be at its full potential without the rest of the team working behind set. These people include: The makeup...

The film 12 Monkeys failed greatly to live up to the hype one would think follows it. With a slew of highly touted actors and actress, one would think of it as a possible blockbuster hit. It falls short of the potential that seemed to swirl around it. Bruce Willis plays James Cole, a convicted criminal living in a future apocalyptic world. A deadly virus was released to the world in December 1996, and Cole is expected to go back in time and find a possible cure for it before it is spread...

Heroes are commonly portrayed as those who get the media’s attention – sports figures, pop artists, and movie stars. Rarely do we hear about ordinary men and women who sacrifice, risk his/her life to save someone or something for the world. When the word, hero, comes to mind, a picture of someone who gives an unforced and voluntary reaction that endeavors to save, protect or restore another person or persons from a situation that threatens safety, freedom or humanity appears. There is no...

This is a chronology of notable deaths in 2013. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name or pseudonym. Deaths of notable animals and other biological life forms are also reported here if they first have their own page. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death and reference. December 2013[edit] 15[edit]...

It is said that we can judge a man's character from his dress. But it is not always so. Dress can only help us to a certain extent in knowing the broad facts of a man's character. A man who wears a costly dress in not necessarily a man of lavish habits. One the other hand, a man who wears tattered clothes is not necessarily a man of miserly habits. He may be doing so only due to his financial limitations. Yet it is true that in some cases dress serves as a useful index to the character of a man....

Actors and Actress Actors and Actresses are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day-to-day rejection in one year than most people do in a lifetime. Each day, actors/actress face the financial challenge of living a freelance lifestyle, the disrespect of people who think they should get 'real' jobs, and their own fear that they'll never work again. Every day they have to ignore the possibility that the vision to which they have dedicated...

8. The concept of putting more officers on the streets during times of higher crime rates is called _____________. A) community policing B) team policing C) problem-solving policing D) directed patrol 9. City or municipal police chiefs are usually appointed to their position by _____________. A) the state’s governor B) fellow officers C) the mayor or the city counsel D) local congressional representatives 10. Which factor does not influence the discretionary...

Hamlet Criticism Zak Gaziano Period 1 10/16/14 A book and a movie are never the same thing. In fact they can be quite different in nature, depending on the person watching or reading, or simply the outline of the movie/book itself. Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is a good visual interpretation of what Hamlet is as a play as far as a story goes. The movie is molded around the character Hamlet who is played wonderfully by David Tennant. David does well to follow the overall personality of Hamlet. The...