Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Differences between
stage and screen
acting
• Physicality
• Real time vs. screen
time
• Photogenic features
The Departed
Sin City
Acting
• Film Actors
• Marilyn Monroe
• Clint Eastwood
• Julia Roberts
• Tom Cruise
Acting
• Shooting out of
sequence - does not
have to sustain a
performance
• Looping or ADR
• Stunt & Body
Doubles
• Little or no rehearsal
Flashdance
Acting
• Personality Star
• Actor Star
• Icons
Pretty Woman
Acting
• Personality Star
Acting
• Actor Star
Kathy Bates
Acting
• Icons
Acting
• Styles of Acting
• External mastery
Laurence Olivier
Acting
• Styles of Acting
• Internal reality
Marlon Brando
Acting
• Style of the film
• What kind of
camera is used?
• How is it
photographed?
• What is it about?
Moulin Rouge, The Others, Dogville & Bewitched
Acting
• Casting
• Typecasting
Kal Penn in
Superman Returns
and 24
Acting
• Casting
• Recognizable stars
The Namesake
Erin Brockovich
Acting
• Casting
• Recognizable stars
Monster’s Ball
Acting
• Casting
• Amateurs
Acting
• What kind of actors?
• How are they treated by the director?
• How much editing? Are they allowed to speak without a
lot of cuts?
• Does the film highlight one actor or the ensemble?
• Does the star change from film to film or are they
always symbolizing one thing?
• What is the cultural connection of the star’s iconography
to the movie?
• What is the style of acting? Realistic or stylized?
• Why was the actor cast?
Acting
• On the Waterfront
• 1954
• Dir. Elia Kazan
• Starring Marlon Brando, Karl
Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Eva
Marie Saint
• Oscars: Best Actor, Supporting
Actress, Picture, Director,
Screenplay, Editing, Art
Direction and Cinematography
• Filmed in 36 days in Hoboken
• Parallels with HUAC Hearings
where Kazan and Cobb
testified