THE-2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Little Theatre Movement, Federal Theatre Project, Edwin Forrest
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Performing in every day life- dates and work: acting skills. What training and skills do actors need: the actor"s body. Must train and home their instrument: actor training. Juggling, acrobatics, sports, fencing: most actors are training in a lot of different skills, generally, makes lucky break if they have all their necessary training and skills, acting requires. Film: capture moment once, if the camera gets it you"re golden. Theatre: actor has to repeat the moment almost every single day and for a bunch of days of the year: moment cant be redone, challenge. Willing to put your work out there. People will reject but you have to be willing to do that. Ex: johnny depp: range of actor seen in his willingness to take chances. How does an actor approach a role: acting vocabulary. Information explicitly given to you by the playwright. Written into the text about a character. Information that is implied or the backstory to the text.
