Is it all just an ILLUSION?
Tue, 27 May 2003, 03:30 pmWalter Plinge16 posts in thread
Is it all just an ILLUSION?
Tue, 27 May 2003, 03:30 pmI have been studying acting on and off for about 3 years and have come across a number of interpretations of teachers and actors about the whole process. It is all just an illusion, if it looks real its good enough ..... after all its a "craft".
While other actors and teachers believed that it is an art and it is possible to live the part and become the character. The actor is the creator under the guidence of the director.
Are we all just a bunch of crafty illusionists or are we cabable of creating and living the part?
To me Art has more meaning than craft, and I have seen the attitudes in fellow actors, directors and teachers the difference of those who "fake" it convincingly and those who mean it with all their heart.
It has to have meaning otherwise whats the point of doing it? After all the purpose of the actor ultimately is to move the audience?
We can't do that by faking it?
If we do who does that make us, to cheat the audience like that.
While other actors and teachers believed that it is an art and it is possible to live the part and become the character. The actor is the creator under the guidence of the director.
Are we all just a bunch of crafty illusionists or are we cabable of creating and living the part?
To me Art has more meaning than craft, and I have seen the attitudes in fellow actors, directors and teachers the difference of those who "fake" it convincingly and those who mean it with all their heart.
It has to have meaning otherwise whats the point of doing it? After all the purpose of the actor ultimately is to move the audience?
We can't do that by faking it?
If we do who does that make us, to cheat the audience like that.
Art Cheddar & Craft Garfunkel
Sat, 31 May 2003, 08:42 pmFound myself a bit confused by these interpretations of the words "art" and "craft", so resorted to Webster's dictionary...some interesting definitions...largely interchangeable, but generally 'craft' gets the bad rap...
CRAFT
- cunning, art, or skill, as applied to a bad purpose; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed in deceiving. To play tricks.
- Some special art or skill, dexterity in a particular manual occupation.
CRAFTSMAN
- An artist: sometimes said of one skilled in the mechanics of his art, but lacking higher excellence.
CRAFTY
- versed in deceit; skillful at fraud; artful; sly; cunning; fraudulent
ART
- creative work generally, or its principles; the making or doing of things that have form and beauty
- products of creative work
- skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation
ARTIST
- skilled in or works in any of the fine, especially graphic, arts.
- A person who does anything very well, with a feeling for form, effect, etc.
- An artiste.
ARTISTE
- a skilled professional entertainer
- a person very skilled in some trade or occupation; often humorous or facetious
ARTY
- pretending to be artistic; ostentatiously artistic
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CRAFT
- cunning, art, or skill, as applied to a bad purpose; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed in deceiving. To play tricks.
- Some special art or skill, dexterity in a particular manual occupation.
CRAFTSMAN
- An artist: sometimes said of one skilled in the mechanics of his art, but lacking higher excellence.
CRAFTY
- versed in deceit; skillful at fraud; artful; sly; cunning; fraudulent
ART
- creative work generally, or its principles; the making or doing of things that have form and beauty
- products of creative work
- skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation
ARTIST
- skilled in or works in any of the fine, especially graphic, arts.
- A person who does anything very well, with a feeling for form, effect, etc.
- An artiste.
ARTISTE
- a skilled professional entertainer
- a person very skilled in some trade or occupation; often humorous or facetious
ARTY
- pretending to be artistic; ostentatiously artistic
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