David Tennant, best known for playing The Doctor in Dr. Who & for portraying Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter, is an accomplished stage actor. PBS hosts the film version of the stage performance of Hamlet.
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Also, in the genre-bending performance category, Anna Deavere Smith's TED performance bridges the gap between a play and a film, as the performance takes place on a stage, in front of a large number of people, but that there is also a camera that takes close-ups images of her while she is performing.
Anna Deavere Smith: Four American characters | Video on TED.com
Do you classify these more as film pieces or a theater pieces? What elements of the performances make you feel this way? How do these elements make the performances work or not work for you?
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July 31, 2011
July 27, 2011
Jodi Foster in Contact
Jodie Foster is the master of economic facial gestures that tell you everything you need to know.
Do you feel that a stage performance of Contact would have been able to communicate this efficiently? How would she need to change her style of performing to communicate this many emotions, while strapped into a chair? Or do you feel that this scene is not well-suited to stage?
Do you feel that a stage performance of Contact would have been able to communicate this efficiently? How would she need to change her style of performing to communicate this many emotions, while strapped into a chair? Or do you feel that this scene is not well-suited to stage?
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