Movie Analysis on "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and Acting Tools.

Using “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” a silent movie, choose an actor or actress with a major role and discuss his/her use of the tools of the craft of Acting discussed in the first five class sessions. Address at least four of the following in your analysis: presentation vs. representational acting, objectives, obstacles, actions (both verbal and physical), motivation, beats, personalization, substitution, the “Magic If”, imagery, given circumstances, specificity, relationships (both objective and subjective), ongoing physical activities, secondary activities, sending and receiving, emotional life, status, discovery in the moment, extreme physical and environmental conditions, scenes of exposition, physical character work, subtext, the arc of a scene, moment-to-moment acting, concentration and focus, soliloquies, the character’s center of pain, importance of casting, etc. You must reference examples of technique covered in the lectures, as well as Respect for Acting and FLIXACTING to support your arguments. In addition, you should address the specific political, sociological and economic issues of a particular decade and how you believe they may have influenced the actor’s (or actors’) choices in the film(s). Be specific and thorough in your observations, opinions and 2 arguments. (IMPORTANT: Do not include long sections devoted to plot details in your paper. The Special Readers and the Instructor have seen these films – more than once! Instead, get directly to the specifics of your arguments). All papers must be submitted in MLA format. Use Times New Roman size 12 font. The paper should be a full 7 pages double spaced. If you have a Works Cited, it will not count for or against the length of your paper. Properly site any and all sources. In order to cite from the e-book FLIXACTING, please cite the chapter and subheading from which the quote is found, rather than the page number. Remember — You must cite appropriate portions of both the required reading and the lectures to supplement.