major roles
leading roles
- played by stars
minor roles
- played by “character actors”
small speaking parts
non speaking or crowd roles
Cameos
“Star”
Star persona
the relatively fixed screen personality of a star
Character Actors
Typecasting
-repeatedly casting an actor (also stars) in the same kind of role
Technical Acting Approach
Method Acting Approach
Brechtian acting
improvisation
2 kinds of contemporary approaches to film acting
naturalistic
non-naturalistic
Naturalistic Contemporary approach
Non naturalistic Contemporary approach
Christine Geraghty’s Categories