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.
Re: Is it all just an ILLUSION?
Wed, 28 May 2003, 08:14 amWalter Plinge
Daz wrote:
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> Skills aren't necessarily craft, they are technique and
> technique is what must be learnt and mastered for the "Art"
> to come out.
Yes, that is what I would call the 'craft' of acting. The skills ARE the craft, its how you use the skills that is the art.
But if you have no understanding of the craft you will never be a great artist.
Besides, there are always days when the 'art' lets you down, when you just don't get it right, and if you don't have the 'craft' to back you up, you're stuffed!
If you can manage to live in a vacuum where you have no outside life, no outside influences, no break-ups, no deaths, no illnesses, no friends... Then by all means do what you can.
But for the rest of us mere mortals who have lives, we need the 'craft' to support the 'art'.
>
> Skills aren't necessarily craft, they are technique and
> technique is what must be learnt and mastered for the "Art"
> to come out.
Yes, that is what I would call the 'craft' of acting. The skills ARE the craft, its how you use the skills that is the art.
But if you have no understanding of the craft you will never be a great artist.
Besides, there are always days when the 'art' lets you down, when you just don't get it right, and if you don't have the 'craft' to back you up, you're stuffed!
If you can manage to live in a vacuum where you have no outside life, no outside influences, no break-ups, no deaths, no illnesses, no friends... Then by all means do what you can.
But for the rest of us mere mortals who have lives, we need the 'craft' to support the 'art'.
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