ACTORIA DE FILM VERSUS ACTORIA DE TEATRU ÎN PROCESUL DE CASTING. ROMÂNIA ȘI INFLUENȚELE EUROPENE

Abstract:

This article deals with the issue of casting, the way and criteria for designating the composition of cast for theater performances and film productions,with a focus on casting, a relatively recent practice in Romania. The study explores the similarities and differences, as well as the mutual influences, between theater and film casting. The research also refers to casting techniques established inWestern Europe, in order to assess the stage of development of the casting culture in Romania. The issue of auditions is analysed at the organizational, institutional level, as well as at the level of concrete activities, presenting testimonies of some directors and actors with international relevance. Relating the casting process from theater to film, inevitably involves questioning the relationships between acting techniques in theater and film. Also, aspects that contextualize the casting inRomania within the European spectacle and cinematographic culture (GreatBritain, Italy or France) are considered and presented. The author of the article concludes that, in Romania, for now, the culture of casting is just beginning, but this procedure of selecting actors, transparently, on a meritocratic basis, is growing in both state and private institutions. The absence of authoritative scientific studies, dedicated to the casting process, in the international andRomanian literature, as well as the reality that, in Romania, the audition culture isa relatively recent acquisition, are sufficient arguments that make it necessary to start this research.

Keywords:

casting, audition, director, actor, theatre, film