Language of Film: Acting
Timely resources:
- Actors on Actors (Variety, PBS)
- Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell on Function of Acting
- The challenge of acting with green screen
- Only 15 Percent of Top Films in 2013 Put Women in Lead Roles, Study Finds
- The Year of the Actor
- Lights, camera and for the first time, dialogue
- The Actor’s Craft: Michael Caine’s never-ending test
Recommended resources:
- Acting (Lesson Bucket)
- Acting Class (NYT video features)
- Acting Magazine
- When an Actress Prepares (January 2012)
- Screen Actors Guild
- Screen Actors (1949 video short)
Lesson Plans:
- Analyzing Similarities and Differences Among the Live, Film and Written Versions
- Hollywood Stunts (Newton’s Apple)
- Teaching Acting Technique & Building a Character
- Ten Lessons in Film Acting from Michael Caine (videos)
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