What is acting?

What is acting? People would think that it is a simply job where people just slack off and get paid to read lines and fake things. They think that is an easy job and they think that since things like acting aren't really important, that it, along with dance and other art programs should be cut from school systems. They think that without the chance to do this in high school and learn, it could really affect people and their dreams. I really learned this in another area. I learned without precise training in certain areas of acting, once you hit the real world, you see how much your lacking. Hence when I went to an audition at the college. Some people don't see that acting is an actual paying job too. One that you would have to work for just like any other person.

Actors work long, hard hours and sometimes have to have other jobs on the side just to be financially stable. They perform on stage, sitcoms, movies, commercials, radio stations, cabarets, night clubs, theme parks, and where ever else there may be an opportunity such as real situation. For instance, these men, about 40 of them had been held hostage for 10+ years, being treated like scum in another country. So they hired actors to pretend to be helicopter pilots to take the hostages to another place. Once on the plane the people who had been holding them captive were taken captive themselves, while the hostages were taken to safety. Actors did this. They were trained to talk in accents and act a certain way to make things believable.

Listed on some of the sites are acting agents, audition advice, and other such things that would help. They have advice on how to prepare for an audition, what to do, how and what to send things to agencies, what to expect, what is real and what it fake and much more.

Held hostage in Colombia is a story about 3 soldiers who were captured and held hostage in Colombia for 10 years, for others there, longer. I found this useful because in it, the people that saved them, the heroes, were actors.They acted like bad guys and eventually captured the people that were holding them hostage,thus freeing the hostages.

Acting is also a way to step outside of one's self to be some one else. To be free from certain stress you have in everyday life. Its a way to see the other side of things, see how life is for someone else. To see how there are many different situations. To show people certain things, to tell stories. I believe there is a lot more to acting than one would think. It teaches people how to act in situations in life as well. It teaches people expression and so many other things. In my opinion it is the best thing in the world!!

Works Cited

"Acting Career Information: Becoming an Actor or Actress." Education Portal. 9 Mar. 2009 . There wasn't really an author.

Buica, Eugene. "Acting-JUST THE FACTS." The Acting Corps. 9 Mar. 2009 . Eugene Buica is the founder, it said nothing about an author.

Farmer, Ken . "What is acting? ." What is acting. 9 Mar. 2009 .

Fraser, Bob . "Acting School: Inspiration 101." You Must Act. 9 Mar. 2009 .

Media, Moxy. "Acting Career." Discover Fame. 9 Mar. 2009 .

"held hostage in colombia." Held Hostage in Colombia. 9 Mar. 2009 .



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