Road to Stardom: The Life of the Rich and Famous

Road to stardom

Life of the rich and the famous, Imagine your name in lights everywhere you go, people shouting your name and loved by all, sounds like a pretty good life right? Like Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, film is one of the world's oldest and greatest art forms. In 1827 Claude Niepce took the first ever recorded photograph. And after that day an evolution started a whole new industry. The film industry, and when I was at the age of four that was the type of career I was working in. Television it was great while it lasted, but as I grew up I realized that my education was more important than all the glitter and fame. A career in acting can be one of the most exciting and creative careers in the field. To achieve a career in entertainment it takes a lot of Sacrifice, talent, education and determination to lead you to success at the end of the journey.

If anybody would want to join a career in television they need to know the background and the history of acting is. Its a very educational and important part of the career. The history of acting first started in ancient Greece . At the early Greek festivals the actors, directors, and drama were all the same person. Later only three actors could be used in each play, after sometime, non-speaking roles were allowed to perform on stage. Because of the limited number of actors allowed on-stage, the chorus evolved into a very active part of Greek theatre. Though the number of people in the chorus is not clear, the chorus was given as many as one half the total lines of the play. Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, defined acting as 'the right management of the voice to express various emotions ' and declared i...

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...way, the majority of actors are not famous. Actors need to be able to play different characters depending on the script and the role they get cast in. Sometimes it will be a big role called a lead or starring role, while other times the role may have fewer lines and less stage or camera time, and this is called supporting. Remember, both are important. When performing in a play, actors will spend many weeks and sometimes even months rehearsing with the director and other actors until the show is ready to open. However, in film and television there is often very little rehearsal time before the camera starts rolling. There are many more actors in the world than parts to cast them in, so being an actor requires a lot of patience and hard work. Actors often have time in-between jobs where they are auditioning and trying to find their next gig.

Although actors seem all