This study aims to analyze the film acting style, based on Elia Kazan`s movies in the 1950s. ``American acting method`` in the 1950s was emerged as an icon of the day with actors became famous. Its use began in the 1920s, but it was not until the 1950...
This study aims to analyze the film acting style, based on Elia Kazan`s movies in the 1950s. ``American acting method`` in the 1950s was emerged as an icon of the day with actors became famous. Its use began in the 1920s, but it was not until the 1950s that first coming to the attention among public. This technique has continued into American acting method that plays key role in film acting up to now. In this study, there will be analysis from Elia Kazan`s movies on the variety of American acting method, which is the foundation of film acting. The body of the study on aspects of American acting method, applied to film by categorizing several examples; acting that concentrates on reality of daily life, spontaneity that diminishes the exaggerated acting, expression of internal truth in the given circumstances, and manifestation of character`s emotion from affective memory. The film and acting reflects the trend of the times alike. As time goes , the acting-theory have altered and it will. The purpose of this study is to find the origin of American acting method, which plays key role in Korean film, and promote the development plan for it.