Acting Film/ Theater

Film and theater acting are two different things.  Film performers must act out scenes coming from a screenwriter’s script. They must read these scenes in front of the camera. In theater, the performer has to act out of scenes from a play write script. The performer must read the script on stage to see how he/she acts the part. However, both of these things provide entertainment to the audience.

Film performances are always recorded and edited, then shown to the audience. But in a theater setting the acting is in front of the audience live. Film is considered a form of entertainment for young artists. On the other hand, theatre has been a form of entertainment for many years.

Acting is an important component for both. However, the acting needs to be a little different for both. On film the actor needs to be subtler and doesn’t have to project as much as those in a theater setting. In addition, different angles of the actor need to be taken in order to capture a realistic moment. Due to theatre being performed live the actor needs to project the voice and do bigger movements to show what they are trying to portray.

Rehearsing for both are very hard and require a great amount time and patience. When you are an actor you need to expect to memorize hours of script work and choreography. Sometimes for actors that do theater on stage it is hard to mellow down to be on film. They are both very different techniques. Actors many times are very well educated with schooling in acting, but theater is very technical. 

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