Establishing Ethos in the Movies

Which Poster most Convinces you to see this movie? Why?

The role of the actor  Face of the movie  Represents the character, the director, the script, the book, etc.  Advertisement  Credential  Thus, Actors= ethos

Casting Hunger Games: An interview with Director, Gary Ross. “First, I saw Winter’s Bone, and I just thought she was phenomenally talented and just kind of riveting and amazing and had so much power. And then we had a meeting and I found her to be just a completely compelling, intelligent person. But then she came in and read for me and it just knocked me out. I don’t want to go into too many details, but we did a scene from the movie and it was so amazingly powerful that it was sort of stunning. You glimpsed every aspect of the role and the potential of the whole movie.”

Hunger Games casting cont. “First of all, I talked to Suzanne extensively about this. Suzanne saw every single audition. And not only did Suzanne not have an issue with Jen’s age, she felt you need someone of a certain maturity and power to be Katniss. This is a girl who needs to incite a revolution. We can’t have an insubstantial person play her, and we can’t have someone who’s too young to play this. Suzanne was incredibly adamant about this. Far from being too old, she was very concerned that we would cast someone who was too young. In Suzanne’s mind, and in mine, Katniss is not a young girl. It’s important for her to be a young woman. She’s a maternal figure in her family. She’s had to take care of Prim, and in many ways her mother, since her father’s death. She’s had to grow up pretty quickly.”

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How did these decisions affect their careers and choice of roles? Tom CruiseKristen Stewart

Are these actors type-casted? Why or Why not? Daniel RadcliffeLeonardo Dicaprio

What about him? Johnny Depp

A shift in Ethos

How are these posters establishing ethos? Why don’t they need actors/actresses to do so?