Cinema and Theatre

It is interesting to ponder about the similarities and the differences of cinema and theatre. The one similarity that I can think of is that both connected with a cast of actors, script and music. It doesn’t matter where we spent our time in front of the big screen, whether it’s in the theatre or the cinema, both of them have these aspects.

I think that the effort put in cinema and theatre is different. In theatre, the actors need to have a good amount of experience and whole lot of practice to perfect their performances. The reason being is that when actors in theatre are performing there is no room for mistakes since it’s a live performance unlike in movies when a mistake is made, the director will just say ‘cut’ and film that scene again.. So, I think that a theatrical actor is more challenging.

Another difference between the cinema and theatre is the setting. In the theatre, the setting is made out of props depending on the play that is being performed that day. While the cinema, I can only see a big screen and nothing else. In the theatre, I can imagine the crew’s effort and time on preparing the props for the play. The remarkable thing about the setting is it needs to change according to the scenes. Even though in movies have special effects, nothing beats hand made props that the theatre crew has prepared through sweat and tears.

Overall, cinema and theatre have the similar aspects like in actors, script and music. They both have their share of differences as well.