Actors and actresses who have been involved to perform in the public as part of their entertainment job have to maintain the momentum of their popularity. It's not actually their acting skills that matter most, yet the attitude itself the actor or actress depends on how he/he draws and attracts a crown in a show. It can be recalled that the earliest example of entertainment job relating with an acting performance is found in a dance. Disguised with mask depicting the subject to be portrayed, the dancer told the action of the story. Often such ceremonies were of a religious nature and were an important part in the society's culture. Among the Greeks, who used the forum for topical themes and stories, drama began to assume more controlled and recognizable form. They placed a great, peculiar settings through the used of scenery. Role playing or stage acting was often a great event that turned out to be a celebration since it drew more crown and its traditional concept had supported the interest of the people.
Entertainment careers were already prevalent even during the Renaissance period. There were formal settings for plays developed. While the Italians developed pictorial sets and found unique method for creating them. Eventually, the first English theater was established in 1576 by James Burbage, and the first in the United States in 1716 at Williamsburg, Virginia. Various forms of traveling shows became popular following the civil war, and by 1900, stock companies were extremely popular. These companies presented a standard repertoire of plays, and facilities were developed for them in hundred towns. They entertained from town to town as demand went up from the masses.
As might have been anticipated, the public began to prefer certain actors based on their impressive performance of their movie jobs. It was this expressed preference that resulted in what today is term the 'star system' with each play starring one or more performers who has gain prominence through their acting. Eventually, prohibited transportation costs and the popularity of motion pictures lead to the decline of star system by 1915. New York gradually became the center of the legitimate theater and remains so, despite the so ever-increasing number of local theater companies springing up throughout the country. Hollywood is the recognized center of motion picture industry and filmed television for the actors job. Other major production centers are Miami and central Florida, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, and Houston. Today, paid employment of motion pictures greatly exceeds paid employment in the theater. The greatest source of actor employment is sourced out from television commercials, which account for about 50 percent of all actor's earning.
Though the imitation or basic development of character for presentation to an audience often seems glamorous and fairly easy jobs, these actor jobs are not really easy. In reality, it is demanding and tiring work requiring special talent. The actor must find a part available in some upcoming production. This may be in comedy, drama, musical, or opera. Then having read and study the part, the actor must audition before the director, and other people having control of production. This requirement is often waived for established artists. If selected for the part, the actor must spend hundred of hours in rehearsal and must memorize many lines and cues. In addition to such mechanical duties, the actor must determine the essence of character being portrayed and the relation the character in overall scheme of the play. Radio actors must be skillful in expressing the emotion through the voice while waiting to be discovered, or while studying of perfecting their craft, many actors and actresses work as extras, the non-speaking characters that people the background onscreen or stage. The actor is not of course, the only person responsible for the success of any production. Playwright, director, producer, or scenery or set designer, and score of others are all integral parts of any production involved in a teamwork of their entertainment careers.
Like actors and actresses, numerous other entertainment jobs have occupations that make similar demands. They include narrators, magicians, puppeteers, ventriloquists, clowns, comedians, impersonators, mimes, and stunt performers. Some actors eventually go into related occupation and become dramatic coaches, drama teachers, producers, stage directors, motion picture directors, television directors, radio directors, stage mangers, casting directors, or artist and repertoire managers. These entertainment jobs could be demanding, yet a fulfilling one.
