We began reviewing lighting but quickly moved into acting and editing. Acting becomes design element
unique body language choreographing expression
histrionic – precise & exaggerated gestures in silent film
typage – actors and performances are visually stylized, suggest that character embodies a particular social or psychological type
social typage – actors expected to portray a typical representative of a social class or historical movement psychological typage – portray typical representative of mental state
visual mediation of performance – use of visual elements top affect how viewer understands a character (one way is using lighting)
approaches and methods method acting (Lee Strasberg) – actor seeks to portray a character by using personal experience & emotion as foundation for the portrayel technical approach – detached intellectual perspective, what seems right for the character characters have function and motivation – what is their purpose in the film…
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