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1 online resource (340 pages) |
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Print version record. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; The Actors Studio; A Note to Teachers; The Book; INTRODUCTION: WHERE AM I COMING FROM?; PART ONE: THE ACTOR; CHAPTER 1: RELAXATION AND THE ART OF THE F ACE; Mental Relaxation; Gibberish; The Inner Monologue; CHAPTER 2: CONCENTRATION; Observation; The Observation Exercise; Sense Memory; The Process of Relaxation, Concentration, and Sense Memory; CHAPTER 3: THE VOICE AND THE BREATH; Choosing the Right Practice Material; The First Steps to Giving the Character Your Voice; Getting Stuck in Your Head; The Preconceived Idea; The Journal as Inner Voice. |
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The Trained VoiceCHAPTER 4: LISTENING; Watching Movie Scenes for Listening; Listening in Life; Setting Up a Sensory Structure; Listening to the Other Actor; Journal Writings as Inner Monologue; Casablanca; Apocalypse Now; CHAPTER 5: THE SKIN AND THE OVERALL; The Overall; Other Overall Examples; Scenarios That Invade Your Concentration; Does It Really Work?; CHAPTER 6: SUBSTITUTION: THE CAMERA AS PARTNER; Substitution for a Person; Substitution and Filmmaking; The First Steps to the Substitution Technique: Choosing the Right Substitute; Finding the Key to Your Substitute. |
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Monologue with SubstitutionSpeaking to the Lens; CHAPTER 7: CREATING THE SPACE; Place as a Sense Memory; Creating an Imaginary Place; Being the Character in the Room; Place as Inner Emotional State; The Fourth Wall; On Self-Indulgence; PART TWO: THE SCRIPT AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 8: THE AUDITION; The Typical Movie Audition; The Breakdown Services; Types; Doing the Videotaped Audition; Different Types of Auditions; Do It As Often As You Can; CHAPTER 9: READING THE SCRIPT; Important Elements of Screenplay Format for the Actor; Approaching the Text; On the Set; Following the Blueprint. |
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CHAPTER 10: CREATING THE CHARACTERLocation, Location, Location; Character's Log; Observations, Thoughts, and Journal Notes; Time Line: Continuity; Entrances; Place; The Sensual Character; Creating Relationship; Needs and Actions; CHAPTER 11: REHEARSALS; The Reading; Script Development through Rehearsal and Improvisation; Things to Do on Your Own; PART THREE: THE SHOOT; CHAPTER 12: BIG-BUDGET VERSUS LOW -BUDGET FILMS; Understanding Filmmaking; Using the Word "Film"; All Films Are the Same; Student Films; No/Low-Budget Films; The Big-Budget Movie; CHAPTER 13: THE FIRST DAY ON THE SET. |
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Be PreparedThe Call Sheet; The Actor and the Call Sheet; The Makeup Department; The Costume Department; The Actor and the Crew; CHAPTER 14: HOT SET : THE CLASSIC CAMERA SETUPS; Coverage; The First Rehearsal; Shooting the Master; Shooting the Rest of the Scene; SC. 48 -- INT. JOE'S BAR -- DAY; What to Do with the Wrong Preparation; CHAPTER 15: THE RUSHES AND THE FINISHED FILM; The Rushes; The Actor and the Rushes; Assessing Your Work in the Rushes; Your Acting Preparation and Performance; The Finished Film; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; A Books From Allworth Press. |
| Summary |
Aspiring film and television actors will discover exercises for relaxing the face to achieve maximum expressiveness; maintaining proper eye focus in front of the camera and conveying the "beats" of a scene, even in the shortest takes. They'll also learn tested techniques for adapting to the styles of different directors; modulating voice and breath for maximum effect; preparing for the first day on the set; enduring multiple takes and on-the-set waiting; and much, much more. For any performer who intends to make a living in front of the camera, Acting for Film is the most authoritative resourc. |
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Motion picture acting.
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Performing arts -- Acting.
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Performing arts -- Auditioning.
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Performing arts.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Acting & Auditioning.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Motion picture acting. (OCoLC)fst01027093
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Haase, Cathy. Acting for Film. New York : Constable & Robinson, ©2012 |
| ISBN |
9781581159516 (electronic bk.) |
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158115951X (electronic bk.) |
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