ROP TV-ISP
Television/Movies
Viewing Log # 2 – Character Actors
100 Points
Directions: Keep
a log of all film/video material you watch. This includes films you see
at the movie theater, rent on DVD, or any programs you watch on TV. You should
also list video media you watch on the computer. For example, 20 minutes on
YouTube - Various shorts). Divide the log into columns listing the date,
program, hours/minutes watched and total hours per day.
Add to this the
category of “Character Actor.” In
this row, list the name of the character and the role they are playing. For
example, “Barbara, the bossy Grandmother” A character actor is
usually playing a character that doesn't go through a major change in the
course of the movie. They tend to help the leading character acquire the major
change that always occurs to him/her.
Sometimes, the character actor portrays the “bad guy.”
Typically,
character actors lack some of the stereotypical physical attributes, or
“looks” associated with stars.
Many older actors and actresses find their access to lead roles limited by age.
Similarly, actors from marginalized or minority groups were often barred from
roles for which they were otherwise suited; some found work performing stereotypes.
Examples of character actor parts.
During this
viewing period, try to see movies and fiction on television. You should still log non-movies, but you
will not be able to list character actors for those programs.
This log is due
on the next meeting date. If you
watch a news show or documentary, identify the number of principal hosts, for
example a game show may have one host, while NFL Footabll by have four booth
commentators.
Example:
|
Date |
Program |
Minutes Watched |
Total Daily Hours |
Character Actors |
|
2/5 |
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. |
2:20 |
2:20 |
Jar Jar Binks, clumsy, but good-natured alien with Jamaican accent. |
|
2/6 |
Andy Griffith Show |
30 |
|
Barney Fife, klutzy deputy sheriff |
|
2/6 |
The Simpsons |
30 |
60 |
Ned, the cheerful neighbor |
|
2/7 |
Seinfeld |
60 |
60 |
Kramer, eccentric, energetic neighbor |
|
2/8 |
Oprah |
60 |
|
n/a |
|
2/8 |
CBS Nightly News |
30 |
1.5 |
n/a |
|
2/9 |
Lost |
60 |
1 |
John Logan, introspective and mysterious colonel. |
|
2/10 |
All My Children |
60 |
|
Opal, loud friend with southern accent. |
|
2/11 |
Dr. Phil |
60 |
2 |
n/a |
|
2/12 |
The Grudge 2 |
120 |
2 |
Trish, disturbed woman caught in a trance. |
|
2/ |
YouTube - various |
15 |
2.25 |
n/a |
|
9/7 |
(none) |
0 |
0 |
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