| Actor is a common name from greek mythology meaning 'leader' (the verb means 'to lead or carry, convey or bring'). | | | | | | Actors use character analysis, characterisation, and cultural and historical influences to understand their characters 'motivation' or 'reason for being'. There are different ways to achieve this, including 'method acting'. | | | | | | For the purposes of photography, actors are different to models as they are trained to 'act' rather than to 'pose'. Actors play a role, or a character, and are often also called 'talent'. | | | | | | Acting for a photograph requires different skills to acting for the stage or film, due to the very different temporal aspects of each medium. | | | | | In photographic productions, actors are often required to perform the same action many times to achieve the perfect look. There can often be many more 'takes' than with film production, as the still image is required to hold the viewers attention much longer than a frame in a film. | |
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