First of all, actors consider their job legitimate. If one has pleasure in doing a task, one is willing to give up a lot of time to do it. For instance, famous actors, such as Natalia Portman and Leonardo DiCaprio, spend ample time studying techniques of acting. It is not a profession you can jump right into; acting is a process that needs to be taken as such with delicacy and this is how the successive actor must first see it. The successive actor also must learn to find the self, be creative, and inspiring.
Many people think that actors are in their profession mainly for the ability to become a star, for fame; many may also think that it is an easy way to make a lot of money and become rich. This is not how a successive actor thinks about his or her job. They may enjoy the benefits they gain from working and hope to gain more, but they also suffer from the privileges of having these benefits.
Sometimes actors do not always get the job they want, and when the successful actors do, they may not be able to live with that. How can you measure success? Success is measured by if the actor is famous among the media. Filming acting is theater; theater does not exist unless it has an audience. If the audience does not like the product, the actor’s career suffers; then, the actor becomes stressed.
Actors are constantly being watched. They become self-conscience. Strive to put on a scene; they can lose themselves.
Actors gain different perspectives when analyzing real world scenarios, but are somewhat psychologically damaged by this.
They do not know what they think from themselves. Constantly overanalyze.
4. Counter argument: What is a successive actor? A successive actor does not necessarily mean that the actor is a star from Hollywood, or that the actor makes a lot of money.
Actors are themselves and just play themselves in front of people; however, sometimes they must change their appearance to remain in the media because they can become old news.
Seeing in different perspectives does not mean you automatically overanalyze; however, it is harder to go for your own personal impulse, your own judgment.
5. Research – what kinds? After research, what do you hope to discover?
What do actors consider themselves to be like.
The difficulties of being an actor, other than the ones discussed earlier.
1. Playing to the camera : film actors discuss their craft
edited by Bert Cardullo ... [et al.].
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1998.
Learn the difficulties of learning acting.
2. Actors talk : profiles and stories from the acting trade
Dennis Brown.
1st ed.
Published:
New York : Limelight Editions, 1999
How acting influenced the actors.
3. Gunmen and gangsters : profiles of nine actors who portrayed memorable screen tough guys
| Schlossheimer, Michael |
| Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2002. |
How acting influenced the actors.
Charlie,
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite sure what your thesis is. Are you making a claim about what it means to be a "successful actor" or are you making a claim about how acting affects the personal/psychological lives of actors?
Or is your thesis, in a nutshell, that "Many people believe acting to be a frivolous profession, but I will show how acting is a respectable profession" --something along those lines?
If the above is your thesis, you should make sure to distinguish between the types of actors. Actors in the theater are generally considered "serious" actors, but movie actors (most of them at least) are considered celebrities and less "serious." Does this relate to your thesis?
Good sources.
I am making a claim about how acting affects the personal and psychological lives of actors. I am also trying to add in the other two themes you have pointed out: the "successful actor", and the fact that a successful actor is also a serious actor; I tried to make these significant small points and I have tried to not break the essay up into sections, but it is not clear.
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