Discipline or Freedom – Two Ways of Approaching Theatre and Film
Discipline or Freedom – Two Ways of Approaching Theatre and Film

Summary/Abstract: Rehearsals, whether in theatre or film, require a personal approach on a role. Any kind of “character”, unless it involves “playing yourself, your actual self”, involves a transformation, with a higher or lower degree of composition. Differences in this approach gain a more defined shape in the effective moment of the artistic act – namely, the theatre performance or the filming per se. In general, the stage offers more freedom compared to a film set, from approach to motion (and even interpretation) – sometimes, indeed, for technical reasons. Very rare are the situations on stage when the actor’s movement or entrance are conditioned by mere centimetres, while on set this happens constantly, in almost every shot, as distance from the focal plane is measured by the focus puller (first assistant camera) for each character, which conditions the actors’ movement in tighter shots.

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