acting
Let an agent explain acting as an art and profession, describe methods, media and forms including voice acting and passion plays, relay training, careers and labour conditions with attribution, and distinguish acting from impersonation, performance art and presenting.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain acting as an art and profession, describe methods, media and forms including voice acting and passion plays, relay training, careers and labour conditions with attribution, and distinguish acting from impersonation, performance art and presenting.
The art and activity of portraying a character in theatre, film, television, radio, games and other media through voice, movement, expression and interpretation, including voice acting for animation and dubbing, singing performance in musical roles, and religious and community drama such as passion plays; acting is taught through methods and schools, is organised as a profession with unions and awards, and is studied in theatre and performance studies.
What it is for: Portraying characters for audiences.
It can be explain the art and methods; describe media and forms; relay training and careers; distinguish from related performance.
Distinguishing features
Character portrayal
Methods and training
Media-specific techniques
Professional organisation
What it looks like
Performers embodying characters on stage or screen.
How it is recognised
Portrayal of characters
Stage, screen, voice, dubbing, singing roles, passion plays
Impersonation imitates real people; presenting addresses audiences as oneself; performance art may not portray characters
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms, though actors portray rather than imitate
is practised by - the performer
is taught in - and conservatoires
is organised by - such as Equity and SAG-AFTRA
In practice
Families and kinds
stage acting
screen acting for film and television
voice acting for animation, games and dubbing
singing and musical theatre performance
religious and community drama such as passion plays
motion capture performance
acting methods such as Stanislavski, Method, Meisner and Brecht
Standards and regulation
Union agreements on pay and conditions
Child performer laws
Intimacy coordination and safety guidelines
Rules on AI use of performer likeness, with positions attributed
Failure modes and hazards
Precarious employment
Exploitation and harassment, as reported
Confusing acting with impersonation
AI likeness disputes
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.acting
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What acting is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and forms.
Definition
Definition.
- What is acting, and how do stage, screen, voice and singing performance differ? definition
- Is the activity acting, impersonation, presenting or performance art? boundary
Methods
Methods.
Methods
Methods.
- What are the major acting methods and schools, with their origins attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific method? action
Career Training and careers.
Practice.
Training
Training.
Training
Training.
- How are actors trained, and what pathways exist? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Work
Work and unions.
Work
Work.
- How do actors work, and what do unions and studies say about pay, conditions and safety? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Forms Specific forms.
Context.
Voice
Voice acting and dubbing.
Voice
Voice.
- How do voice acting, dubbing and game performance work? provenance
- Which entry fits voice acting? action
Religious
Passion plays and community drama.
Religious
Religious.
- What are passion plays such as Oberammergau, and how are they staged, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful? boundary
Context History and debates.
Attribution.
History
History.
History
History.
- How has acting developed from ancient theatre to screen and digital performance? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of theatre? action
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist on casting, representation and AI in acting, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should voice acting and passion play be separate entries?
- How should performance studies sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming unrelated media terms; should they be split off?