FILM STUDY

ACTOR ANALYSIS

Project: You will be choosing an actor whose performances and choice of film projects you will analyze through at least three different movies, representing different genres and/or different stages in the actor’s career.

Process:

• Choose an actor who you admire or find to be intriguing.

• Use imdb.com to print out the actor’s filmography (be sure to use the acting filmography, not directing or producing)

• Look through the list of films to choose at least THREE which represent different genres or different types of performances AND different stages in the actor’s career (in general, you should shoot for one film from the very BEGINNING of the actor’s career, possibly the first film he/she ever acted in; one from the MIDDLE of the actor’s career, and one of the most RECENT films the actor has performed in). The actual time span between each film will vary, depending on the age and career length of the actor you choose.

• As you are choosing the films through which you will analyze this actor, at least TWO of the choices should be films that you HAVE NOT YET SEEN. You may use one (or more) films that you have already seen in your analysis, but you must watch them again in order to write your final paper.

• Over the course of the next few weeks, WATCH each film that you will be using, paying particular attention to the acting in relation to the genre and the rest of the film, taking detailed notes on the enclosed sheets.

• When you have completed at least THREE films and the notes sheet for each, you will be composing your analysis paper. We will read a few models in class before this stage begins.

Due Dates:

• Proposal Sheet, including actor name and the titles of the films you will watch, is DUE:

• The notes sheets on each film you will use in your paper are DUE:

• The draft of your paper with images of the actor from each film included, will be DUE:

• The final, typed, double spaced analysis paper will be DUE on: