Providencia Serpe: Film is a movie on a movie screen. Television is a television show on a television. Theatre are plays or Operas on a stage.
Anibal Scheid: A film is a movie. It's called film, because a long time ago films were really a reel of film. Not tapes or D.V.D.'s like we have today. Television is a set, usually in someone's home. It plays movies as well, but also short shows lasting about 30 minutes, to an hour long. They are called shows, since they are not as long as movies. Theatre may have more to do with live acting, instead of seeing it on a screen.
Jeremy Donohue: Cynical answer: everybody in theater wants to be on TV, so they can get famous.Everybody on TV wants to be in film, so they can get rich.Everybody in film wants to be in theater, so they can get taken seriously as "artists."More seriously, theater is live dramatic performance. There are many sub-types; street theater, Broadway theater, dinner theater, improv theater, theater-in-the! -round, etc., but they all have in common actors playing roles and performing a story in front of a live audience.Some television is performed in front of a live audience, too, but that's not its purpose. Television refers to any communication that is performed in front of cameras for electronic transmission to a remote audience, most of whom will receive it at home on their own TV sets. That transmission can be either over the airwaves (broadcast), through a coaxial network (cable), or by a small dish that received signals from space (satellite). The communication is much broader too; news, sports, reality, game shows, etc. in addition to comedies (usually a half-hour) and dramas (usually an hour).Finally, film refers to communication that is performed in front of cameras for presentation to a group audience in a "movie theater", at least in its first presentation. Film is so-called because it used to be shot, distributed, and shown on real film -- a strip of celluloid! coated with a chemical to capture the pictures. Today that's! no longer always the case; high-definition video is changing the industry. In the United States, almost all "films" are narratives -- fictional stories performed by actors playing roles. Documentaries, non-fiction, are much rarer, and the third broad category -- experimental -- is almost non-existent....Show more
Arnette Dominici: For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/aw07QThere is a difference and with respect the other answers haven't fully addressed this question. Michael Caine once said that theatre work is like a surgeon using a scalpel, and film work is like using a laser. Let's take film first, although some TV is made "on" film stock, or film effect stock, I presume you mean movie acting as opposed to TV acting. For a start, film or film effect is a much more "honest" version - it can show up a lot more detail than say video stock, which is a bit softer and these days looks cheap. Now filming is pretty much entirely digital these day! s, it's no longer expensive to use film effect so it gets used a lot more, because it's seen as better, classier, clearer, etc. Now, you have this very sharp picture, sometimes of a BCU (Big Close Up) of an actor's face projected onto a screen the size of a small bungalow! Therefore the acting must alter. In theatre, a tiny gesture or flick of the eye would get lost. On a film screen, if you so much as blink or twitch it is incredibly noticeable and can look as laughable as very bad CGI. An actor has to be totally aware of what they're doing and can't rely on a physical performance, because sometimes their body may not even be in shot and if they move too radically, it will look jerky and comic. Learning to act for TV or Film can take years to perfect. For example, actors will be expected to hit their mark - which means, come into a room, and stop at a precise point (to keep them in focus or get the look the director wants). Most actors have to practice this sort of skill i! n their own time until they get better at it (it's harder than you thin! k) and they do this by putting a tiny matchstick or mark on the floor and, without drawing attention to it, see it out of their peripheral vision, stop naturally at the right point, maybe delivering lines at the same time, and do this with exact precision over and over again. In theatre you may also have marks, but it doesn't ruin a play if you aren't exact with it and you can adjust your position during the scene if you realise your not in quite the right position. TV is much like Film these days, for the quality of stock used, and because TV's are getting bigger (and the audience often sit much closer). Contrary to Film and TV being easier because you can redo scenes, this is wrong. Filming is incredibly expensive. Most actors, especially on TV, do rehearse-record acting. In TV and Film, unless you're a massive star, the directors control everything. The process is less about the actors. There may not be any readthrough so you turn up on set with your lines lerned, no reh! earsal, not knowing most of the people. Getting it wrong annoys everyone and can get you fired if you're really bad. Quick run over the lines and being told where exactly to stand, and you're off. Many takes may happen, but for the director to have choice, not because the actor got it wrong. Lot of pressure. And it's quite boring doing one thing over and over again because the Director isn't totally happy with the light, or a plane goes overhead or something equally nothing to do with the process of acting!!! In Theatre, apart from being able to express more physically, and adapting to voice projection (not needed on Film and TV because you have a microphone shoved in your face), the actor has more control cos he is the one out there doing it. A Director may stay involved and want to change things during a run, but generally, a good director is there to guide an actor during rehearsals. Again, having rehearsals is a luxury, but in theatre they always do get time to develop ! their performance - it's all about the acting, not any one of 50 other ! people standing around behind the camera. Film and Theatre feels very fake because there are lots of people standing about, and you have someone holding a microphone just out of show, people doing their jobs while you're trying to give the best performance, etc. That's why many actors prefer theatre, because you feel you're doing some real acting and you can get totally into it without distractions. But TV and Film is where the money is of course! Hope this has given you a clearer insight....Show more
Dexter Dingus: Best Answer: Cynical answer: everybody in theater wants to be on TV, so they can get famous. Everybody on TV wants to be in film, so they can get rich. Everybody in film wants to be in theater, so they can get taken seriously as "artists." More seriously, theater is live dramatic performance. There are many sub-types; street theater, Broadway theater, dinner theater, improv theater, theater-in-the-round, etc., but they all have in common actors playing ro! les and performing a story in front of a live audience. Some television is performed in front of a live audience, too, but that's not its purpose. Television refers to any communication that is performed in front of cameras for electronic transmission to a remote audience, most of whom will receive it at home on their own TV sets. That transmission can be either over the airwaves (broadcast), through a coaxial network (cable), or by a small dish that received signals from space (satellite). The communication is much broader too; news, sports, reality, game shows, etc. in addition to comedies (usually a half-hour) and dramas (usually an hour). Finally, film refers to communication that is performed in front of cameras for presentation to a group audience in a "movie theater", at least in its first presentation. Film is so-called because it used to be shot, distributed, and shown on real film -- a strip of celluloid coated with a chemical to capture the pictures. Today that's! no longer always the case; high-definition video is changing the indus! try. In the United States, almost all "films" are narratives -- fictional stories performed by actors playing roles. Documentaries, non-fiction, are much rarer, and the third broad category -- experimental -- is almost non-existent....Show more
Delora Struzzi: Is this a serious question?
Dana Russian: Television is made by motion pictures and well played on a televisionTheatre is usually live actors acting in front of youFilm is motion pictures but played in the movie theater.
Faviola Dewire: I doubt this is feasible
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