The definition of acting (source Wikipedia) 

Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.

Acting involves a broad range of skills, including a well-developed imagination, emotional facility, physical expressiveness, vocal projection, clarity of speech, and the ability to interpret drama. Acting also often demands an ability to employ dialects, accents, improvisation, observation and emulation, mime, and stage combat. Many actors train at length in specialist programmes or colleges to develop these skills. The vast majority of professional actors have undergone extensive training. Actors and actresses will often have many instructors and teachers for a full range of training involving singing, scene-work, audition techniques, and acting for camera.

Introduction

The Film Actors Academy's 30 Principles are designed for ease of access to gain insights into Film Acting at an advanced level.

Think of it as your virtual reality Film Acting Coach and Film Director.

It has been designed and influenced by the Academy which holds Awards for Acting, Cinematography, Directing and Script Writing.

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It will help you rise above the competition and engage freely with your peers knowing you have the appropriate skills to make your performances memorable by simply engaging in the first 4 Principles of our Award Winning skill set. There are many more but these create the strong platform to execute your performances.

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To tell you more about the Principles, it is also a motivational tool to assist in those moments where you might need it the most as it will always be accessible via your pocket or handbag through your mobile internet phone for what we call "Seeds of Confidence" which will help you tap into a more powerful mindset to achieve your full and short term goals that you most desire. 

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Taking in to account the definition of acting listed at the top of this page, the knowledge required here is that we desire to create a character which in the first place is as far away from us as possible. 

Of course, you can have the approach of being yourself being as naturalistic as possible in front of a camera but is this acting? 

To a degree it is because you would be pretending that you are in an unusual set of circumstances that you might not have experienced before and even if you had experienced it, this would not be in front of a camera and crew with other people pretending that the situation is real too.  

Some people are natural gifted and skilled at this however there is a limited amount of work available to an actor playing him or herself. Eventually film parts run out because there is not a big enough acting range for casting panels to be get excited about.

So how do we understand a creation of a character which isn't us? 

Ironically the first thing to work out is what you are and then you can understand how to act away from what you are.