Performance
Performance and movement refers to the acting taking place.
Essentially it revolves around movement.These movements can be miniscule or expansive involving the whole body or the smallest parts.
It could be a slow eye movement to sudden running or jumping.
These can be read in some way as creating meanings, understandings and emotion.
The performance and movement of actors can also suggest how we might understand characters and their relationships.
For example:
Task: Casino Royale
Note down the facial expressions adopted by the actor playing the corrupt British agent.
Essentially it revolves around movement.These movements can be miniscule or expansive involving the whole body or the smallest parts.
It could be a slow eye movement to sudden running or jumping.
These can be read in some way as creating meanings, understandings and emotion.
The performance and movement of actors can also suggest how we might understand characters and their relationships.
For example:
- What would 2 people sitting with their backs to each other suggest?
- What would 2 people embracing suggest?
Task: Casino Royale
Note down the facial expressions adopted by the actor playing the corrupt British agent.
- Which of these expressions do you think convey meaning to the audience?
- What do we learn about Bond from his performance in the opening 3 minutes?
- Consider his acting immediately before and after drowning the man