Definition:
Actors portray roles in motion pictures, television or radio productions and stage shows.
Tasks include:
(a) learning lines and cues and playing parts in dramatic productions on stage, commercials, television, radio or in motion pictures;
(b) assuming characters created by a playwright or author and communicating this to an audience;
(c) telling stories or reading literary works aloud to educate or entertain listeners; (d) attending auditions and casting calls in order to audition for roles;
(e) preparing for performances through rehearsals under the instruction and guidance of production directors;
(f) reading scripts and undertaking research to gain understanding of parts, themes and characteristics;
(g) acting parts and portraying roles as developed in rehearsals in film, television, radio and stage productions.
Job Description: 1) Portrays role in dramatic production to interpret character or present characterization to audience: Rehearses part to learn lines and cues as directed. 2) Interprets serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience for stage, motion picture, television, radio, or other media production. 3) May write […]
Job Description: Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or motion picture productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.