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'The literal difference in physical location between theatre and film is one of the greatest obstacles for actors who are transitioning into a different medium. It is often said that theatre actors are “big” and film actors are “natural.' (New York Film Academy,2015).

Actors on screen within the tv and film industry often move on to do stage shows, majoring in musical theatre shows. (Thornton 2014.) explains the comparison with feelings between the two different types of acting. “I like them both the same really. They’re a completely different feeling; you don’t get the feeling of adrenalin and the scary feeling of being live with TV. It’s a different environment but I love the fact that on set it’s a different script every week so you’re not doing the same thing every day. The variety of being on set is really nice and then the adrenalin rush of being on stage is amazing! I’d like to keep doing both really, I wouldn’t like to choose, they’re both fantastic!”

Stage theatre is about being big, bold and full of expression. Tv and film is the opposite. Facial expression need to be kept to a minimum, and everything needs to be toned down to keep it as natural as possible.

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Auditions were held by the director and a film student. The part chosen to audition for by one, was 'News Reader' in the play Smile. One felt that this was the most naturalistic character out of all the character list, and also something that as a practitioner, I felt would be enjoyable. The audition took place on the theatre stage, however as much effort as possible was put into creating a surrounding that a news reader would be in. A table and chair were part of the props chosen. The audition process was very quick and not particularly very authentic. The director advised to read a couple of lines and then come off the stage. This could have been arranged slightly more realistically to give it more of a genuine feel and give actors an idea into real auditions.
One main advice given by actor (Hamilton,2014) .“Preparation, preparation, preparation. Before you go to your casting, the most crucial thing you need to do is research.Preparation of course is always necessary. On this occasion, I had only read through the lines in my head, and it seemed a perfect match to that of a news reader as seen on Television. However, once it came to reading the lines aloud, habit took over and it came across more that I was reading out loud a story.

In an interview with (Benson, 2018) , who works for ITV as a news reporter , she describes her personal techniques for being able to read the news effectively.

'We always read off a cue, but the trick is, to avoid reading too intently, is to already of studied the news before you read. If you know what you are going to talk about, it goes much more smoothly. Reporters always have confidence when they are speaking, be confident in what you are saying, how you are saying it and who you are saying it to. When I first began, I used to read aloud from newspapers to myself in the mirror, taking in my mouth movement and the tone of my voice.'

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To comply with this particular module, participation in a drama performance with specific relevance to Television, is needed. Several scripts have been produced by other students, for the group to look at. As a team, we read through all scripts to look at the various storylines and characters. Personally, I think the scripts are rather drastic and focus on very none fictional themes, making the characters a little less un naturalistic compared to the normal genre films I have seen in the past. Televison and film is very unique compared to theatre acting. Naturalism is a main key when acting within TV an film. For an audience to believe in the character being played, realism has to be portrayed.

With this in mind, I carefully selected the parts I wished to audition for, by choosing those I felt I could act more natural for.

Many of the characters lines within the scripts were not naturalistic dialogue. Although the most important part of dialogue within Tv and film is the context it is spoken in and the way it is structured, the words were not what I would say in everyday life, and I was worried whilst acting it would not be natural enough.

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After looking at the description of my character, it was apparent that my image did not match that of the character description at all. My character is slim, dark hair and tall, but no other description on personality or any further details. The director had taken the decision to change the characters images to work around us. In television and film this is not normally the case. The director and casting agents have an idea of the style and look of character that they are looking for. In some cases if they cannot find someone to match the description the would possible look at altering their look to suit the character more.

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The final casting decisions were emailed out to the actors, announcing which role they had been given. It was noticed that majority of the actors that auditioned, had been given different roles to those auditioned for. The roles I have been cast for were a receptionist and a young 18 year old. In modern day society actors would more than likely be notified by telephone , as apposed to email like we had.

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The first meeting that took place was to go through lines during a table read. This gave the actors opportunity to practice the lines of their character. My part as Olivia , was played down a lot in comparison to how I would of read on stage. (Hishon,2016) identifies the main differences between acting on stage to acting on screen.

'When acting on screen, however, the camera can get extremely close to the actor, which closes the gap between the audience and the actors. Because of the close-up perspective, actors on film must use more subtle, controlled, and natural expressions and gestures. Large, exaggerated “stage acting” can look awkward and silly on screen.' (Hishon,2016.)

The difference was noticeable and even prompted someone to ask me what was wrong after I read the line ' Oh Shit.' as they did not realise it was being spoken as part of the script. My focus to make the characters lines as natural as possible was to speak them as I would in every day life, with the same tone of voice. This approach seemed to work. I need to ensure that for filming , this same tone is used to portray the naturalistic within my character.

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The filming was arranged to be set at specific locations that matched the scripts. In modern day filming, sets are either produced or existing places are used for filming. Sets can cost a lot of money, and many efforts are put into to creating the perfect set.

'The advent of cinema saw the art of set design gradually spread its wings from the relative confines of the theatre. As movies established their own language and became ever more ambitious in the early part of the 20th century, so set designers were called on to create increasingly expansive and more detailed backdrops.

As the list of movies below proves, the construction of huge sets has been a  major part of cinema for the past century. And with scale comes expense, as the recreation of ancient landmarks, futuristic cities or doomed ocean liners takes hundreds of artists, designers and crafty types months of labour to plan and construct.'(Lamble,2018).

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Filming was due to be shot on location , however due to lack of time and it all being not very well organised, it was agreed that the best way to film would be in the green screen room. The director advised that it would be shot as we were live on stage.

This element of the module was about creating a piece as if it were for TV and film , so to discover it was not being filmed as it would normally within tv and film , was disappointing. There would be no props either, so trying to make it naturalistic was going to be difficult.

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The director advised, that despite the fact we were not filming in real locations, we needed to act as if the surroundings were real.

For my part as Olivia, it was set outside on a beach, so to bring a bit of realism to the scene, I used sunglasses as a prop. This helped me believe more that my character was in fact on a beach and helped me to portray more naturalism for my character.

After being used to stage acting, and using very over the top voice and movements, I found it hard to contrast to a more natural spoken voice. It was by habit that my voice wanted to go to the same tone as it would, had i been on stage. To overcome this, I tried to imagine that I was sat there and it was real life, not something that had been written.
'Tone is a term which is used to describe the degree of 'hardness' or 'softness' in the quality of a persons voice. Its difficult to describe and to identify tonal quality, but it can have a very strong impact on the listener.' (Elsam,2006).

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Elsam, P. (2006). Acting characters. London: A & C Black.

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Lamble, R. (2018). 12 of cinema's biggest and most expensive film sets. [online] Den of Geek. Available at: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/set-design/38859/12-of-cinemas-biggest-and-most-expensive-film-sets [Accessed 10 May 2018].

Lloyd-Hamilton, A. (2018). Make the right choices when training - The Stage Castings. [online] Castings.thestage.co.uk. Available at: http://castings.thestage.co.uk/audition-advice/blog/posts/how-to-make-the-right-choices-when-training-in-performing-arts [Accessed 10 May 2018].

Stage vs. Screen: What is the Big Difference?. [online] Available at: https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/stage-vs-screen-whats-the-big-difference/ [Accessed 30 Apr. 2018].

Thornton, D. (2014). Emily Stott interviews Verity Rushworth.