Unit 23:  Film and TV Acting

BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Performing Arts (Acting)

Friday 9^th March 2012

Man vs zombie

· who is your character?  The character that I am playing is Lauren she is a big bully she is hard on the outside but if you look deep she is a real softy.

· What is their personality like?  She is very mean like she likes to have control over the decisions and like to be in control she is very threatening and also very stressed but deep down she is a little sweet heart.

· How do they feel about other characters?  Well

She feels like she cant trust them and she feels like people are falling apart and she thinks that she should take control of the situation.

· What do they do?  Well she goes on a game show only for the money and when she is on the game show the presenter decided to use real zombies instead of face actors and then the zombie starts killing people and turning them into zombies but a man says that he can get them out if there but they are unsure if they can trust them so thy decide to go with them but they all get eaten by zombies.

·  What is their emotional condition?   She is very angry and she is afraid of being lonely and she hates it when she can’t get what she wants.

·  What is their mental condition? Mentally she is very insecure so she bully’s people to build her confidence and she also is very bossy in her mind so why not boss people about. 

·   What is their physical condition?  She is very well just like a normal person but she walks quite slanted like a chav.

·   How does your character speak? Like a normal regular chav.

·   How does your character move?  she walks with a sort of strut.

·   Where in the script is there tension?  There is tention when my caricature shoots a zombie and realizes that its real along with the gun.

·   When in the script is there humour?  There is humour when my character say “wheey now tell us what the fuck is going on”

·  Where in the script is there a turning point for your character?  When Lauren goes to tell some one and they tell her to shut up and she dose and that’s a turning point because she would normally fight back but she didn’t because she realized that it would just make things worse.

·  Where in the script is there a turning point for the story?  When the producer gets in touch with the consistence and tell then what to do to live

Unit 23:  Film and TV Acting

BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Performing Arts (Acting)

Friday 9^th March 2012

Runaway princess

·         Who is your character?  The character that I am playing is Chloe in the runaway princess she reminds me a lot of the mean girls like you have the dopey one the bitchy one and the tag along I am the bitchy one.    

·         What is their personality like?  She is very mean she would do anything to get what she wants such as her bf she is a big bully she loves it that the two ugly sisters follow her because then she doesn’t feel so lonely.  

·         How do they feel about other characters?  Well I feel like all she wants is to hurt anyone who wants to be her friend of get close to her because she gets a buzz out of upsetting people so they just stay away.

·         What do they do?  She picks on this girl which is the princess of the script and she warns her to stay away from this boy who she likes and she gets the point and when it comes to prom she makes out like she bought her a drink to say sorry but she pours it all over her and the boy that she likes goes for the girls she bullied.  

·         What is their emotional condition?   She is very angry and she is afraid of being lonely and she hates it when she can’t get what she wants.

·         What is their mental condition? Mentally she is very insecure so she bully’s people to build her confidence and she also is very bossy in her mind so why not boss people about.  

·         What is their physical condition?  She is very well just like a normal person.

·         How does your character speak? With attitude.

·         How does your character move?  she walks with her hand out

·         Where in the script is there tension?  there is tension when i go up in Sarina's face and warn her to stay aways from Danie.

·         When in the script is there humour?  there is humour in most of the script such as when Dem says omg are u kidding she is wearing one of a kind gauche

·         Where in the script is there a turning point for your character?  there is a Turing point when i go up to Sarina and give her a drink to apologise.

·         Where in the script is there a turning point for the story?  when Sarina get her prince charming.

The Key Light

•    Several Key Lights are placed on stage to catch the actors

     expression in a shot

•    May be direct or indirect lighting

•    You MUST use your time during rehearsals to observe where key 

     lights are focused and get used to hitting these marks

•    You MUST NOT stand in someone else's key light, as you will cast a 

     shadow on them

The Crew

•    Director

•    Director of Photography – lights the set and actors, and sometimes

     helps the director place the camera

•    Assistant Director – Runs the set

•    Camera Operator and Focus Puller – operate the camera for different

     shots in the scene

•    Boom Operator – operates the boom for the microphone(s)

•    Sound Mixer – records and monitors sound

•    Continuity Person – documents ALL action that  needs to remain the

     same between takes and different shots

•    Make-up, Costume, Runners, etc

•    ACTORS

The Set

Working environment

Designed for efficiency

The back generally faces bare walls with thick soundproofing

Electrical and grip equipment is stored around the edges

Lighting grid above, lights and key lights around

Norman Jewison – Academy Award nominated director, producer and actor…

 

“Michael Caine is a movie star, but he’s also a great actor.  I can’t say that about every movie star.  It’s the concentration he has”.,

Good film and TV actors MUST always be focused and extremely aware, not only of their character, but of the studio location and the ‘audience’ around the

Good film and TV actors MUST always be focused and extremely aware, not only of their character, but of the studio location and the ‘audience’ around them, including:

The camera

The microphone

The key lights

Whilst stage actors and screen actors have to be strongly considerate of their set, props, costume, blocking, business, character and other actors, if a screen actor does not realise the importance or relevance the camera, microphone and key lights in relation to their work, they will not be able to give a successful performance.

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Notes

Screen acting close up

Shot sizes different sizes

Movement within the frame

Being in the moment is essential such as you face needs to be more expressive and when you are acting you must listen to each other so that it runs smoothly

How you react is an important as how you act

Last week we have done losts of research on how to we can play a character and also on what the rules are such as you can’t just wonder around doing nothing you have to be focused and also committed you also can’t come out of character as long as you are in a shot or on screen.