Theatre and Film

Theatre and Film

"Actors, never feel your bodies, make your bodies feel you." This quote comes from one of the most gifted stage and screen actors alive. Kevin Spacey has truly mastered the art of both theatre and film acting, although clearly this is not an easy task. These two extremely different types of acting contrast in numerous ways. A movie portrays any situation on a big screen and a wide variety of audiences. Theatre can be described as a live performance on a stage in front of an audience and is rarely done the same way twice. Theatre and film contrast through the places in which they are carried out, the way they are put together, and the actors roles.
The vaccinates of film and theatre are probably the most apparent differences of the two. Theatre is usually performed in a large playhouse consisting of a stage and many seats for the audience. It may have a technical area where the sets are made, a green room, costume room, and make up room, all behind the stage. When a patron goes to see a movie, the patron would go to a movie theatre where they would sit in seats similar to that of a regular theatre. However they would see the performance on a screen as opposed to on a stage. Films are done "on location", so there is really no place to make all films, since it depends on the plot of the movie. Yet, if it is in a studio, it is a plain large warehouse type of building so that pieces of sets can fit in it. In most theatres, sets are created in the same theatre by the technical director. While sets for films are made and brought into the area.
Film consists of numerous pictures or events put together to create the actual plot of the movie. Since theatre is live, it entails "scenes" put together to make the story move along. The images put together in film can be altered as the editor pleases. They can even be re-done as many times as necessary in order to ensure a frame that better fits the movie. ...