Actors Must Go Beyond Immitation and Become the Character

Actors Must Go Beyond Immitation and Become the Character

What is acting, who are people which we can name actors? In fact we are all actors. Every single human being is an actor in his everyday life. Yet acting can be subdivided into two parts depending on a professional basis or daily one.

Within the professional acting there are two major categories, Imitation and the art of becoming. Imitation, is when an actor tries to mime or imitate a certain character by talking the same way and making similar physical gestures that the character him self would normally do. Yet imitating is not enough because although the actor mimes a character, he does not feel like him thus making it hard for the audience to believe what they are seeing. Therefor the second most important step is for the actor to believe and to become the character. For him to do so, he has to carefully study the character he wishes to act. He should study every single detail, full embodiment, from the way the actor moves to the slightest tic he may have. Sometimes actors should live out their parts in real life, which helps them to get used to and be comfortable with whom they "are".

One of the most important factors in acting is Virtuosity, which is in way or another to excel in one or more thing such as the use of ones voice, or body. Virtuosity brings out the magnificence in a character or simply in a person. The second most important aspect is magic that brings under it "presence", "magnetism", and "charisma". Magic is felt, and is considered more of a feeling or a vibe that the actor sends to the audience.

In order to become good actors, one has to understand and be able to use " the actor's instrument ". The actor's instruments can be best ...

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...om the stage to the house, it is a two way participatory communication between the actors and the audience. The actors portray their movements and laughs, while the audiences portray their feedback with their silence, laughter, applause and attention.

It is very essential to know that an actors performance does not end with the play, it goes on until after the curtain call and most importantly the actor should learn from one performance and use his acquired knowledge in his next performance.

In conclusion, I can say that acting is a life style on its own. As easy as it may seem, the life of an actor is very tough and not always as rewarding as one expects it to be. " A lifetime professional career in acting is the goal of many but the accomplishment of very few ".

Bibliography:

History of theater

theatrical performance

The actor's guide