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Dare to Theatre, but what about film?

February 25th, 2008 by kmccu0sh

I love theatre, that is certain.  But there is something else that I am passionate about, which is film.  I think about why I love theatre and then I think about why I love movies and then I try to choose which one I am more attached to and it is impossible.  The article about Patrick Stewart a couple weeks ago talked about how one person will say that actors do television because they aren’t good enough for theatre and another person will say that people do theatre because they can’t get television work.  I’m not sure either of those statements are true, and I think it just proves that they are completely different media, neither better than the other.  There is no other feeling like that of being on stage in front of an audience, all eyes on you, intent on hearing what you have to say; the immediate reaction you recieve and the accomplishment you feel when you have entertained or moved or educated a group of people.  I don’t know what it is like on a film set, but I’m sure it is a completely different feeling but for the film actor, one that is equally powerful.  Or maybe it is the feeling of their film being released and learning how people have accepted it. I don’t know what it is about the film industry that captures my interest so strongly but there is a feeling I get when I see a good movie or I watch the behind the scenes features about what it is like making a movie that moves me so intensely and I want so badly to be a part of it.  The Oscars were last night.  And yes, I watched them from beginning to end.  I realize they are sort of superfluous and meaningless in a lot of ways, but I can’t help but picture them as my future.  Maybe some day I will be a part of it and I will despise it and realize theatre really is where I belong, but I won’t know until I have the experience.  I know that it is possible to do both film and theatre, and I am hoping to be able to achieve that.  I wish that I could articulate everything that I have in my  head about these two passions that I have and the different affects they have on me, but I can barely wrap my head around it to understand it myself.  Basically, I want to do it all and maybe some day I will do it all and will be able to verbalize exactly what it is about these two art forms that is so meaningful to me.  But for now, I will just strive to do what is important to me, and learn along the way.

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