ACTOR [Film Actor]
There is tendencies to regard actors as people
used only in the production films, but nothing
could be further from the truth. Quite simply an actor may be regarded as any
one who is aware of being filmed. Once people are aware that they are being
filmed, acting-albeit in broadest sense of the word-is involved. Actions are no
longer spontaneous but enter the area of controlled activity, either from the subject or the director.
There is a striving for effect which if it is to look right and natural must be
controlled, either in subsequent selection from a choice of footage or in the initial shooting.
Using experienced amateurs, is that few have previous filming
experience and may be unaware of the differences in acting techniques between stage and screen. The
larger than the performances needed in a theater is hopeless for the cinema. With film it is
the camera which exaggerates and enlarges every
gesture and move so that restraint becomes essential on the part of the actor.
A further difficulty generally experienced by the stage
actors on the film set, is coming to terms with the essentially
fragmented nature of shooting. Out of sequence filming is strange to him and,
not un naturally, they are left with a feeling of a lot of unconnected rehearsals and no actual performance.
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