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Theater & Cinema Outline based on chapters 22 & 23 of Film and Literature, 2 nd edition (2012)

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1 Theater & Cinema Outline based on chapters 22 & 23 of Film and Literature, 2 nd edition (2012)

2 What makes theater & film different? Both authors, André Bazin (chapter 22) & Leo Braudy (chapter 23) address this issue when a play is made into a film. KEY CONCEPT: stage & film are two different dramaturgical systems.

3 Where is the essential difference? In the PHOTOGRAPHIC properties of cinema: Cinema gives the illusion of REALISM The cinematographic space is REALISTIC The mise-en-scène looks as if it’s really -REALISTICALLY - happening The actors ARE the characters - PERSONATION

4 THE REALISM OF CINEMA FOLLOWS DIRECTLY FROM ITS PHOTOGRAPHIC NATURE

5 In cinema staging & acting are shaped by the REALISM of the photographic image

6 André Bazin’s observations He explores the differences between theater & film in terms of: * presence of the actors * spatial realism of film vs. the stage * value of the mise-èn-scène – no stage * stage space vs. cinematographic space Bazin contrasts these two different dramaturgical systems.

7 Leo Braudy’s observations He contrasts the acting for the stage & the screen, noting the differences in the portrayal of characters. Acting onstage developed a tradition of naturalness in European theater – the Stanislavski Method This Russian method trains the actor to bring out the character from the inside. This method is the opposite of expressionism.

8 Braudy describes film acting as ‘personation’. The stage actor ‘subordinates’ himself to the character. The film actor ‘ becomes’ the character. The art of film allows for actors, who become the characters, to preserve the human experience

9 Some examples Think of The Avengers (2012) Tom Hiddleston IS Loki – PERSONATION But in a filmed version of Shakespeare’s historical plays –The Hollow Crown (2012) – we are aware of him playing Prince HaL – IMPERSONATION

10 Benedict Cumberbatch is Sherlock Holmes in the ongoing British television series Sherlock (2014). But he remains Benedict Cumberbatch when he plays Hamlet on the London stage this season.

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