- Answer the following questions by clicking Reply below (minimum 500 words in total for all the questions): ALSO > be sure to post at least one comment on another student’s post.
- Before responding to the questions below, be sure to read the lecture PDF for this unit, which includes all the content for the unit as well as links to sites and film clips as examples. It’s available in the Modules in each unit under Unit : Lecture, Reading, Clips, Links.
- What is your reaction to this film? How does it relate to the other films you’ve seen so far in this class?
- Does the actor’s performance create a coherent, unified character? If so, how?
- Does the actor look the part? Is it necessary that the actor look the part?
- What elements are most distinctive in how the actor conveys the character’s actions, thoughts, and internal complexities: body language, gestures, facial expressions, language?
- Does the actor’s performance have the expressive power to make us forget that he or she is acting? If it does, how do you think the actor achieved this effect?
- How do the actors function within the mise-en-scene?
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