The Acting Method Pt. 4

After watching this entire video, what are 3 key things that you've learned about acting from this lesson?  What changed your understanding about the importance of acting in film?

    Three key things that I've learned about acting from this lesson are how actors bring life to the film, the various methods that have been adopted and developed, and important advice in regards to acting. Actors are the ones who bring the character's to life. You can do so many things with lighting, framing, and editing, but all of it can be limited or superseded by an actor's performance. Making the audience feel something is key in film and the way that the actor portray's their character is a major aspect of that. There have stemmed three well-known methods when it comes to acting technique: the Stanislavski System, the Strasberg Method, and the Adler Method. The Strasberg and Adler methods both stemmed from the Stanislavski System, with Strasberg focusing on emotional memory and Adler focusing on imagination. However, all of these methods strive to portray some level of truthfulness into a performance, which helps to make it feel real. This goes into the third thing which is that many people advise and encourage you to find your own method, not to follow one single method religiously. Instead, you should find a way that works for you but still brings the character to life. Furthermore, acting is more than just reciting words and memorizing lines, its the performance and emotion behind the actions and words. Something that changed about my understanding about the importance of acting in film is the fact that actors are who bring the characters and thus the story to life. Characters are one of the most pivotal parts of a story; being someone to root for, someone to act as an obstacle, someone to make the audience or protagonist question things, and so on and so forth. Although characters are tools to move the story forwards and give the audience something to latch onto, people won't connect to the story if those characters feel flat and fake. That's why it is absolutely necessary for actors to bring life to the characters that they play, it adds the emotional drive and impact of each moment and scene.