Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Jul. 2011
The word Act accepts various uses ...
Behaving in a certain way a person
To the act, behave in a certain way that an individual presents to her environment, we usually call it acting.
“Juan acted very honestly by returning to his owner the money he found on the street.”
Acts of professional work
On the other hand, there is talk of acting when someone performs voluntary acts or their own position or professional task. “Fortunately, the incident it did not reach adults because the police acted very quickly to reduce the criminals. The prosecutor acting in the case is a cousin of a friend.”
Result of something
Also, at product or result that has something on someone is called acting.
“Luckily, the medicine started working the first time I took it and I already feel much better..”
Interpretation by an actor of a character or role in a play
Another very recurrent use of the word allows referring to the an individual's interpretation of a role, especially at the behest of a play, a movie, or a TV show.
Acting a role, in reality, is the end result of a process that the person carries out and that consists of the deep knowledge of the character to be interpreted, based on readings, research, among others alternatives. Meanwhile, the person who carries out the aforementioned action is popularly called an actor / actress.
The actor can display his work in different media such as: the theater, the movie theater or the television set.
Meanwhile, the work that an actor or actress develops to put in scene his character is referred to as acting.
"Brad Pitt's performance in his last tape was certainly a great job."
This process will, of course, require a great commitment from the professional with the script that he must represent and also with the characteristics that his character must have, for example, if he requires him to gain weight or lose weight, this must be done by the actor so that his performance is credible.
The same will happen if the character develops a special activity, the actor or actress must learn it, for example, if he is a boxer he must take classes in this sport to be convincing on camera ...
The performance also involves the physical characterization of the character that will be achieved thanks to the joint team of make-up artists, costume designers, continuists, among others.
And not to mention the central role played by the director of the play or film, since the actor must listen to every recommendation that he makes to improve the penetration of his character in the story. The director has a global vision of the artistic product.
The objective of an actor is always to be as credible and credible as possible so that the viewer can engage with the story, but of course, it is also necessary that all the aforementioned issues are perfectly aligned and in harmony, not only is the good predisposition of the actor or actress enough, it is very important to teamwork.
Meanwhile, we must say that in a play, movie, or TV show, there will be leading actors, who are the ones who get most of the attention and time of the script, and the secondary actors, who, although they do not hold that pre-eminence, are fundamental to tell the story of the protagonists.
Some even achieve greater prominence in some special cases.
The acting work dates back far back in time, to the 6th century BC, in Greece. In this time and context, acting was a profession that was exclusively displayed by men since it was not well seen for women to do it, the same happened during the Roman Empire.
It would take many centuries for this consideration to change positively, in the seventeenth century, it was possible to give greater recognition and dignity to the acting profession.
Currently, if you manage to combine talent successfully, acting can bring enormous benefits to a person, either on the social level, with the recognition of thousands and thousands of people who become their fans, and also economically, due to the large sums of money that the production companies usually pay to those actors who enjoy the aforementioned recognition.
Law: judicial procedure
And in the right The use of the word act is also very common; through it refers the formation of cars, to proceed judicially.
“Judge López acts in the case of the murder of the politician.”