I found some interesting things in directing that ukrainian directors used in the beginning of XX century. According to them, the art of film, like any performing arts, expressed in time and space. Space - mise en scene. Time in performing arts is represented not like the natural life flow (if the story takes place during a several years, the film or a play lasts about 2 hours), but using such definitions of organizing time: rhythm, meter, tempo. They say, these things limit the absolute world to small symbols in order to feel infinite.

Meter  

 Adjusts to a certain perception of mood of the action. Basis. For example, lyrics are like a certain mood, it's nature is equal from beginning to end, concentrated on feelings in this moment.  Or it's objective order of things. Or sensual, or neurotic athmoshere. Or it's a pathos athmoshere, or many more.

Rhytm

  Everything in nature is rhythmical. Breath - exhale, day - night. Rhythm - is a system of accents. The unity of Miscellaneous, of contrary phenomenons .  Adjusts to a certain range of associations and feelings. What an be accented in a film: acting, space (characters or athmoshere), images, symbols, movement, gesture, voice, action, costume, lighting, plot, idea, tone, mood, dynamic. The director's job is to  select and compos one or few features according to the film conception. It is called Focus. It's a nessesary thing (otherwise viewer will lose his attention and won't understand the big idea)
Perception of the world is being expressed in rhythm. The special feature of the film thanks to which this film is being remembered for years.
To imagine this, compare – the best films of 1920's, 1940's, 1950's, 2000's.
The perception of the world can be optimistic and pessimistic. Passive and active. And many more. It's like a painting – many layers, colors, forms, lines.  It can be, like many good works of art - contradictory – one thing can be everything.
Rhytm must consist of ups and downturns (pause is also a part of rhythm).

Creation of art – is an invention of things in a new, unknown to others, rhythm.


Tempo

The level of advantage in the correlation of whole (idea) and part (small events).

Time in the film – is a rate of time passing, which is perceived sensually. For example, if we spending time interesting - it passes quickly and if we're bored it “goes by so slowly”, like Madonna sings.

Slow tempo – concentration on details, fast – culmination (final tension, nervous moments)

Also, there are interesting points on acting:


- focus thinking on the form (practical role interpretation) and means of it's materialization.
- be able to find appropriate embodiment in the form (gestures, face expressions, eye movement)
- “experiencing” and “living” the role with your true feelings (by Stanislavsky) is a self-deception. The art form is not expressed if you're trying to imitate the nature – the result: not artistic chaos of emotions that doesn't express the problem (idea) of the film.
- phrase (beginning – culmination - end) the mood of your role, body movement (accents and pauses), words. Use meter, rhytm, tempo.
- pay attention to the meaning of emotions in the film only according to the conception of this film and the place of concrete role in it.
important in voice: plan (role outline), timbre, voice height, emotion, articulation, duration in time (breathing, accents and pauses).
Art of the actor is his duration in the certain rhythm, designed in his imagination and fixed in his mind. Acting is transformation, not imitation of the reality.