The Role Of The Actor

A Star Is Born

The star is consists of three component parts:
-the real person
-the reel person
-the star's persona (independent of, but a combination of the other two parts)

The star-image has four pa;rts:
-what the industry puts out
-what the media says (including critics)
-what the star says or does
-what we say

stars can mean different things to different people (so Sidney Poitier has a different relationship to black audiences and white audiences)

Overall stars might be considered intertextual - a cluster of meanings and parts, often referencing one another.

Stars might be considered:
- As a deviant - the star's life is controlled by the studio and there is little room for resistance
- as a cultural value/sign/fetish - stars are shifting signifirers; they reflect the time in which they work and their work becomes a sign reflected in society; the star is also a mediator between the real and imaginary world.
- As an object of star-gazing - remember that there are two audiences.

Performance
Non verbal communication
- Can be as important as verbal communication
- Often used in conjunction with other micro features to generate meaning
- Links with films of the silent ear, champion - in cinema of the far east (Japan, China), which have strong traditions of mime in theatre, non-verbal communication is endemic in performance.

- The finest example of European cinema use non-verbal communication extensively - it prevents exposition and places the production of meaning in the lap of the spectator.


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