SUMMARY
The study is designed to achieve the possibility of the possible ways at which actors can excel in screen acting after transitioning from stage acting.
The research methodology used in this study is the observation method.
In regards to the objective of the study, it reveals that acting dates back in the days of the primitive man in form of ritual while screen acting came to limelight in the early 20's by D.W Griffith who first experimented it. It also reveals the difference between stage and screen acting in terms of audiences and processes.
According to the research, it elaborates on the effectiveness of constant practice to be better at acting both on stage and on screen. It also reveals the difference in the challenges and also similarities in acting on stage and screen.
The research also discusses extensively on the challenges that actors while off and on set, the difficulties in trying to adjust to and be familiar with the screen terms and techniques. Extensively, it points out what is possible on stage and impossible on screen and vise versa.
It discusses on the feasibility of the actor's successes and failures as well. Different acting styles from different directors were treated, ranging from Stanislavsky, Meyerhood, Stella Adler, and the rest and how each acting styles have been used by actors in achieving interpretation of a character.
