What is an Actor?

Aim of task: To start acting in our class, it was necessary that we started to understand the basic concepts of theatre such as an "Actor." In this lesson, we learned what an actor is and is not.

Description of task: First, our teacher, Steve, asked the question to the whole class, "What is an actor?." He wrote it down on the board and made a circle around it, to start building a mind map. Each one of us started giving ideas of what we thought an actor was. The adjectives that Steve wrote in the board in the end were:

• Communicator
• Storyteller
• Entertainer
  
• Pretentious
• Fakes feelings
• Emotional athlete
• A mirror, a distorter
  

We learned, though, that an actor is also a "distorter." His duty is to present a story in a way distorted by him.

Reflection: I think it is undeniable that an actor is some kind of liar. An actor lies to entertain. I really like the part of being able to tell a story on stage though.

Conclusion: Throughout this course, I will develop the attributes that we listed in class. All of us will become actors, we will end up with these attributes. It is now clearer for us what our role on stage will be.