Listen to the Experts

In a previous post (third post), I had given a brief account on the differences between theatre and cinema. For today’s post, I would like to share my findings from the Internet, which I feel interesting in my search for the answers, regarding the contrast between theatre and cinema.

• In Yahoo! Answers

Question: What are the differences between Film, Television and Theatre?

Answer: Everybody in theater wants to be on TV, so they can get famous. Everybody on TV wants to be in film, so they can get rich. Everybody in film wants to be in theater, so they can get taken seriously as “artists”.

(Answered by “Doc NoleCat”, the best answer chosen by voters)

• Based on Lillete Dubey’s view, a well-known film and theatre personality. Extracted from online article “Theatre or cinema - Lillete brings the difference”, published by Hanumant Bhansali.

“In a play, you can act like a man or a woman, a nine-year-old or a 90-year-old. You can do anything, and people will believe you. You can create a look, an ambience and your audience will believe you. That’s why you feel like a king on stage.

In cinema the challenges are there…talking to the elbow of the spot boy so that the actor emotes looking at the right direction is no mean feat! But, then, you are bound by your looks, by your director’s imagination,”

• According to “Pirategrrrl”, in response to the article “Broadway to Hollywood or Hollywood to Broadway: Which is the better direction?” by “Ace”. Extracted from http://www.afterellen.com/blog/ace/broadway-to-hollywood

“Theatre is an actor's craft. Film is a director/editor craft.”

I enjoy reading the experts’ witty comments, as their words are thought-provoking and reflect the truth behind theatre and cinema. Hopefully, these experts’ sayings give you food for thought as well. That’s the end of my blog post. Thank you for reading!