On Sep 19, 12:36 pm, Blair Leatherwood
wrote:
>
> I didn't make that part of my discussion because the original comment
> seemed to be related to the initial response of the actor to being given
> a script and their approach to the role--in that case, medium didn't
> seem to be pertinent.
I think is because the whole environment of TV and film is so
different from that of a stage production - and this is true of
student films, local cable and community theater as much as it is true
of the big leagues.
As a series television regular you may get a script on Thursday that
is going to go to table read Monday morning and before the cameras
that same afternoon. And you're still shooting the current episode
on Thursday and Friday.
And unless you're a big star, you don't get whole scripts to read and
consider. You get a call from your agent saying there's a part you
might be right for (TV or film) and you go to the audition where you
get ten minutes to read over one or possibly two scenes before you do
them with another actor. (Or the script supervisor.) You may or may
not get a complete script before you shoot, depending on the size of
the part.
Journeyman actors in TV may be working on episodes of different series
in the same week, or in consecutive weeks. The production season for
all network shows tends to be the same few months every year, so
that's when all the freelancers need to do their work. On a film you
may do all of your studio scenes in a few days, then come back months
later to do location work somewhere - having done another film or two
in the meantime. Neither experience lends itself to the kind of "big
picture" understanding of the story that the weeks of rehearsal of a
stage play involve.
Regards,
Joe
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