Thursday, 29 August 2013

Positive Influences

So the actor I would say I admire the most is most likely the famous Tom Hanks. His skills in acting is very wide ranged and incredible as he has the capability of changing character very easy and making audiences believe that he is a different person. For example in his most famous film 'Forest Gump' we as views believe that he a slow learning man but with the capability to do many things that people can not, he is very gifted at most things he does. The reason I admire Tom Hanks in the movie is that his skills of remaining in character through out the whole film and he also makes us feel sympathy by using the body language and facial expressions as well as tone of voice eg at the end of the movie Tom Hanks is crouched down talking to his wife who had passed away and he starts to cry and the tone of voice he uses makes us feel sad and sorry for him as he is speaking whilst weeping.

I also like how Tom Hanks can use his dramatic skills to create a serious character in the movie 'Saving Private Ryan'. In this he has to lead a team of solider as well as himself to try and save and rescue a soldier in a different platoon. Already, we can tell that these are two very different characters and Tom Hanks has very well played these characters who are the complete opposite. Tom also maintains his voice through out the movie which shows that he is less likely for him to do a different accent.

In relating these skills to our play 'Lord Of The Flies' I believe I have shown the audience my emotions by using facial expressions and projection (tone of voice) for example when my character 'Jack' get's annoyed he would raise his voice (project) and when he was angry he put on an aggressive face (facial expressions). Also by using hand movement (body actions) it shows the audience how 'Jack' was feeling without saying much and it shows his emotions.