Theatre or Cinema?

Theatre or cinema? I am not a big fan of any, but as a student of this course, I should at least look into it, right? When I start to think of theatre, this image of a posh place combined with proper etiquette and professional life performance comes to mind. Cinema, a dull room with a huge blank screen hung on the wall combined with audience with minimum mannerism. Why you may ask? I have no idea why, but that is the way I perceive them.

Theatre and cinema; each is unique. They have their similarities and differences. Both serve as a source of entertainment and leisure for us humans. Both have actors and scripts

We all know theatre is played to a life audience, while cinema is pre-recorded and edited before it is shown to an audience. The one time only nature of life performance of theatre gives it an extra special value. The pre-recorded and edited nature of film and cinema makes the audience experience is more controlled because the camera shows exactly what they want the audience to see, the audience will never miss the gist of the story. In the theatre the audience is easily distracted by the actions of the actors or the props.

The effort put into theatre(play) and cinema(film) also differs from each other. No doubt that both require hard work to make it a successful production, but the effort that must be put in by the actors in a play is much greater in my opinion. Having to remember those lines for the whole play is a great feat. Its different in the movies, you can just stop filming if the actor forgets their lines, and reshoot again until everything is perfected. That is not possible in a theatrical play. It is a live play with a life audience, and if the actor forgets the lines then whole play would be ruined.

Despite the differences and the similarities of theatre and cinema, both have their own uniqueness, appeal, and entertainment value ready to suite their audience’s preferences.