Acting and Performance in FilmsAmir Majid

HoomanYazdan Hamed Nasim

ObjectivesExamine challenges confronted by actors in ten film genres from the 1930s to the present. Streaming lectures and film clips illustrate skills required of performers in epic films, science fiction, musicals, comedies, action/adventure, Westerns, crime and gangster films, horror and suspense, war and anti-war films, and dramas.

DirectorsMichel HazanaviciusAnthony MinghellaElia Kazen Bob Fosse Joseph L. MankiewiczMartin ScorseseMichael MannJohn FordFrancis Ford CoppolaDavid LynchOliver Stone

Stars:Jean Dujardin, Bérénice BejoRalph Fiennes, Juliette BinocheMarlon Brando, Karl MaldenLiza Minnelli, Michael YorkRichard Burton, Ava GardnerRobert De Niro, Jerry LewisDaniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine StoweJohn Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter Al Pacino, Robert De NiroIsabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlanCharlie Sheen, Tom Berenger

How this PPT works?The main topic of sessionThe name of the filmPhotos of the filmRequired ReadingsNew façades of experiencing moviesMajor readings:Two books are required for this session:Making Movies by Sidney Lumet; Acting in Film by Michael Caine

Why study acting in cinema?The Artist Michel Hazanavicius (2011)

Readings:1:Timothy, Wallace (1993), The role of actors and actress in the success of films: how much is a movie star worth 17(1)2:Mayor, David, Acting in silent film: which legacy of theatre? In Allan love and Peter Krämer: Screen acting3: Inside a recording studio [videorecording]

*we go to a movie theatre*

IMDB: 8.5

What is a “genre”? traits of the Epic Hero

The English Patient 1996, by Anthony Minghella

Readings:Making Movies Chapter 1 – The Director: The Best Job in the WorldChapter 2 – The Script: Are Writers Necessary?2: Behind the scene, Interviews with actors (DVD)

Recommended Viewing: Ben Hur 1959, Directed by William WylerLawrence of Arabia (1962), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), A Passage to India (1984), Directed by David Lean

IMDB: 7.3

Drama: Emotional life, specific relationship work, spontaneity, commitment

On the Waterfront (1954), Elia Kazen

Readings:1:Making Movies Chapter 3 – Style: The Most Misused Word Since LoveChapter 4 – Actors: Can an Actor Really Be Shy?2:Naremore, James, On Waterfront (1954), Acting in the Cinema, 262:287

Recommended Viewing: A Streetcar Named Desire: 1951, Directed by Elia Kazen

IMDB: 8.4

Musicals: Pursuing objectives through song and dance Cabaret 1972, Directed by Bob Fosse

Readings:1:Making MoviesChapter 5 – The Camera: Your Best FriendChapter 6 – Art Direction: Does Faye Dunaway Really Have the Skirt Taken in Sixteen Different Places?2: Behind the scene, Interviews with actors (DVD)

Recommended Viewing: Moulin Rouge 2001, Directed by Baz LuhrmannWest Side Story 1961, Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise

IMDB: 7.8

Theatre and cinemaThe Night of the Iguana, Tennessee wiilliams (2012)

Readings:1: Preparing to perform Shakespeare [videorecording]

*We go to HART HOUSE*

Comedies: "Taking it seriously," commitment to given circumstance

RushMore, Wes anderson, 1998

Readings:1:Making MoviesChapter 7 – Shooting the Movie: At Last!Chapter 8 – Rushes: The Agony and the Ecstasyبازیگری :2 یادگیری ، کارلو ، مازونه

سوم شماره ، کمدی،فارابی

Sullivan's Travels 1941, Directed by Preston SturgesThe Big Lebowski 1998, Directed by Joel and Ethan CoenRushmore 1998, Directed by Wes Anderson

IMDB: 7.8

Action and Adventure Films: Heroes and villains with vulnerability,

The Last of the Mohicans: Michael Mann, 1992

Readings:Making MoviesChapter 9 – The Cutting Room: Alone at LastChapter 10 – The Sound of Music: The Sound of SoundChapter 11 – The Mix: The Only Dull Part of Moviemaking

، یاون ، تاسکرستاره وتصویر مردینگیدرسینمای دوره ، ،فارابی اکشن

اول شماره ، دوازدهم

Recommended Viewing: The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938, Directed by Michael Curtiz and William KeighleyThe African Queen 1951, Directed by John Huston

IMDB: 7.7

Westerns: "Hero’s Journey" continued, physical and non-verbal actingThe searcher: John Ford, 1956Readings:Making MoviesChapter 12 – The Answer Print: Here Comes the BabyChapter 13 – The Studio: Was It All for This?

سینمای به ،نگاهی تات ، کاالگر ، هشتم دوره ، فارابی فورد، جان

سوم شمارهوسترن، های فیلم تامس، شاتز،

سوم شماره ، فارابی

Recommended Viewing: Shane 1953, Directed by George StevensLittle Big Man 1970, Directed by Arthur Penn

IMDB: 8.1

Crime and Gangster Films; Journey of the anti-hero, The THIRD MAN CAROL REED, 1949

Readings:1:Acting in Film, pages 1-35

تطبیقی ،بررسی علیرضا ، رییسیاندوره ، فارابی کانگستری، سینمای

سوم شماره ، ششم

Behind the scene, Interviews with actors in The third man (DVD)

Recommended Viewing: The Usual Suspects 1994, Directed by Bryan SingerThe Big Sleep 1946, Directed by Howard Hawks

IMDB: 9

An independent Film that nobody watches it before…

Plan: The film is independent and we do not plan to reveal the name. It is surprise movie!

X movieMovie …

Horror and Suspense: Continuation of extreme character work, obsessive objectives, connecting with fearBlue Velvet: David Lynch, 1986Readings:Acting in Film, pages 35-85

: های تناقض ابی مخمل ، نرمن ، دنزن ، هشتم دوره ، فارابی ، مدرن پست

دوم شمارهوخوانش ابی مخمل ، تیموتی کوریگان، ، هشتم دوره ، فارابی ، مدرن پست

دوم شماره

Behind the scene, Interviews with actors in Blue Velvet (DVD)

Recommended Viewing: North by Northwest 1959, Directed by Alfred HitchcockRun Lola Run 1998, Directed by Tom Tykwer

IMDB: 7.8

War and Anti-War Films: Connecting to fervent beliefs, the need for occasional two-dimensional charactersPlatoon: Oliver Stone, 1986Readings:Acting in Film, pages 85-149

دوره ، جنگی های فیلمسوم شماره ، ،فارابی شانزدهم

-Behind the camera, Interviews with actors in Platoon (DVD)

Recommended Viewing: Paths of Glory 1957, Directed by Stanley KubrickThe Pianist 2002, Directed by Roman Polanski

IMDB: 8.2

Conclusion

An acting/directing session

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