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Why Did Mark Watney Make The Martian
Acting is one of the many aspects that made the Martian such a hit, because of Matt Damon’s “Mark Watney” ability to get into character and sell the position of being stranded on Mars after his team thought he was killed in a storm. It left him later to realize he had survived and was fighting for survival. Like many other movies like this one, the actor went to great lengths to show his despair in survival and trying to maintain a good attitude as well as times of panic through it all. Different concepts from the chapter, which we discussed in class, can be compared to the different aspects that Mark Watney and the casting crew went through to make the Martian a hit it is today.
The first concept to look at is the performance and effect concept.
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