non-actors
Those not performing
Non-actors are people who aren't professional performers, especially when they appear in films or theatrical productions.
Directors sometimes cast non-actors for authenticity: The documentary-style film used non-actors from the actual neighborhood.
The term distinguishes amateurs or ordinary people from trained professionals.
Additional items included
- stand-insTemporary replacement people
- body doublesPerformers replacing actors physically
- stunt doublesPerformers replacing actors for danger
- stagehandsBackstage technical workers
technicians · grips · gaffers · cameramen · directors · producers · screenwriters · casting directors
Quality of being genuine
- realismAccepting things as they are
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- raw talentInnate ability before training
- nonprofessionalOne lacking formal credentials
neorealism · cinema verite · first-timers · unpolished · instinctive · unrehearsed
Those with investment in outcome
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- participantsThose actively involved
- partiesOrganized social gatherings
- entitiesThings that exist
principals · agents · representatives · beneficiaries · trustees · claimants · litigants · petitioners
extras
Additional items included
- stand-insTemporary replacement people
- body doublesPerformers replacing actors physically
- stunt doublesPerformers replacing actors for danger
stagehands · technicians · grips · gaffers · cameramen · directors · producers · screenwriters · casting directors · understudies
authenticity
Quality of being genuine
- realismAccepting things as they are
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- raw talentInnate ability before training
nonprofessional · neorealism · cinema verite · first-timers · unpolished · instinctive · unrehearsed
stakeholders
Those with investment in outcome
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- participantsThose actively involved
- partiesOrganized social gatherings
entities · principals · agents · representatives · beneficiaries · trustees · claimants · litigants · petitioners · respondents
- documentary techniquesinterviews, narration, voiceover, voice-over, voice over
- Realist Cinemaneorealism, location shooting, social realism, documentary style, natural lighting
- indie filmindie films, indie film, independent, low budget, independent film
non-actorsactors
Those playing roles
performers · thespians · stage actors · professionals · role-players
actor, actors, act, acts, acted, acting, action, actions, active