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Film CH7
Film CH7
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 4
03/24/2013

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Blimp
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sound proofed enclosure
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option contract
Definition
actor had made progress in being assigned roles and demonstrated box office appeal the studio picked up the actor for another six months
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Stanislavsky system
Definition
trained students to strive for realism both social and psychological and bring their past experiences and emotions to their roles
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method acting
Definition
encourages actors to speak, move, and gesture not in a traditional stage manner, but just as they would in their own lives
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casting
Definition
process of choosing and hiring actors for a movie and there are various ways to do it
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major roles
Definition
become featured principal agents in helping to move the plot forward
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stand-ins
Definition
actors who look like them in height, weight, and color
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stunt persons
Definition
double for them in scenes requiring special skills or involving hazardous actions
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minor roles
Definition
rank second in the hierarchy, help move the plot forward, but generally do not appear in as many scenes as the featured players
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character roles
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represent distinctive character types society leaders, judges, doctors
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bit players
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hold small speaking parts
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extras
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usually appear in non-speaking or crowd roles and receive no screen credit
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cameos
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small but significant roles often taken by famous actors
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walk-ins
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smaller roles reserve for highly recognizable actors or personalities
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alienation effect or distancing effect
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remind the audience of the artificiality of the theatrical performance
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Improvisation
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extemporizing, delivering lines based only loosely on the written script or without preparation that comes with studying a script before rehearsing it
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ensemble acting
Definition
which emphasizes the interaction of others not the individual actor, evolved as a further step in creating verisimilar mise-en scene for both the stage and on the screen
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