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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