Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse.
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Actors' performances in films are enhanced in a million different ways, down to the choice of camera shot by the director - whether it's in slow motion or whether it's quick cut - or... the choice of music behind the close-up or the costume that you're wearing or the makeup.
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they're all the same, really.
In film, you're always using your tools, your body, your voice, your emotions, but onstage, you use them in a different way.
Doing a piece on film is completely different from doing it onstage.
I know that if I went to other studios, like in Vancouver, that those are set up to be as professional and as true, so it's just a different flavour, it's a different sound, but I think both have their place.
Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you're dealing with a lot more characters, a lot more locations, and you're able to rely on things that you just can never do on the stage.
In movies we tend make things black and white: you're either this, or you're that.
In a play, you only get one chance, and you have to get it perfect. In a film, you can change and fix it whatever way you want, so really, there's a pretty big difference.
I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.