Cantrell, Thomas Edward orcid.org/0000-0001-7413-1482 (2016) "In the doc":Acting Processes in Brian Hill's docudrama, Consent. Journal of British Cinema and Television. 1. pp. 351-367. ISSN 1743-4521
Abstract
This article explores Brian Hill’s award-winning docudrama, Consent, from the point of view of the actor. Consideration of actors’ processes has remained conspicuously absent in analyses of docudrama or documentary television. To redress this balance, this article is based on new interview material with Anna Madeley, one of the two leading actors in the piece. A complex blend of fact and fiction, Consent follows a fictional rape trial from the rape itself, the reporting of the attack with the police, the victim’s visit to a doctor, and through to the court case, the jury’s deliberations, and the judge’s verdict. Actors Anna Madeley and Daniel Mays played the victim and perpetrator, but all of the professionals with whom they came into contact – the police, medical professionals, lawyers, judge, court staff and jury members – were played by real people in their professional capacity. To facilitate a consideration of the actor’s perspective, Anna Madeley’s acting processes are explored in detail, with particular focus on her use of memory and recollection, and on her experience of improvisation and the question of agency that the project prompts. This approach demonstrates the value of placing actors’ experiences at the heart of research into television performance, as well as raising searching questions about the way that we understand and codify performance in docudrama.
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Keywords: | Docudrama, Acting Processes, Improvisation, Television Documentary, Anna Madeley, Brian Hill, Emotion Memory, Television Acting,Brian hill,Television acting,Television documentary,Emotion memory,Acting processes,Anna madeley,Docudrama,Improvisation |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2016 08:29 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 12:56 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2016.0324 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3366/jbctv.2016.0324 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104733 |
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