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Essay / The art of acting - 1272
The actor's performance is mediated by particular semiotic signs, notably facial expression, emotion and vocabulary. All of these examples are called performance signs. Performance signs are simple codes that the audience must decode during the actor's performance. It is the actor's job to effectively convey these codes to the audience. If the audience does not find the character credible, then the actor has failed in his performance. Like other forms of communication, nonverbal or visual cues are extremely important. Acting Professor Sanford Meisner once said, “An ounce of emotion speaks louder than words.” » Great actors master the signs of spectacle to conquer an audience. The game involves two forms of communication: intrastage and extrastage. Both intrastage and extrastage communication must work so that the audience can read the semiotic signs of the actor's performance. Characters must have intrastage skills – “good chemistry” – in a scene for the audience to understand the