THEA 1314 Lecture 5: 5 - The Actor
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High art vs low art: high art : "fine art, emphasis on the craft, considered as a culture and seen as sophisticated, training (both from the artist and audience, exclusivity. Low art : "pop culture: emphasis on the coolness, wide appeal, mass audience, no training necessary. What do actors do: train, college, acting programs / classes, audition, all the time, perform. Three challenges of acting: to acquire the vocal and physical skills that stage acting demands, to make characters believable, to integrate these - to combine skills with credibility. History of acting: we always want acting that looks and feels "real, many different schools of thought and study as to what "real" is , ancient theater, masks, makeup, dancing. *style of acting was presentational: renaissance, presentational acting, vocal abilities needed, neoclassicism, strict adherence to the ancient rules (without masks, romanticism, emotions are the best, actors had "poses, naturalism, "living the character"
