FST-3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Method Acting, Paradox (Warez), Rachel Green
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Richard dyer"s star theory can be split into three areas: Richard dyer also proposed the paradox of the star". Stars are much more of a public face for a film, they appear in promotional materials. Dyer believed stars contribute substantially to how the film is perceived by the audience. Constructed, artificial images - advertising, magazines, films and music. Stars are constructed through a combination of textual, intertextual, and extratextual material. Star"s names are derived from their on-screen persona. Richard dyer states that the star is a construction and not a real person. This star is constructed through music videos, magazines, advertising, etc. Other examples: james dean as jim stark, jim stark as james dean, harrison ford as han solo/indiana jones. A star persona is an intertextual phenomenon, not determined by one film but those character traits and gestures that recur through an actor"s actions and playing roles that typecasts these actors in various films.
