Acting: The Basics

Acting: The Basics
Author: Bella Merlin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1317590511

Now in a vibrantly revised second editon, Acting: The Basics remains a practical and theoretical guide to the world of the professional actor, which skilfully combines ideas from a range of practitioners and linking the academy to the industry. Retaining a balance between acting history, a discussion of pioneers and a consideration of the practicalities of acting techniques, the new edition includes a discussion of acting for the screen as well as the practicalities of stage acting, including training, auditioning and rehearsing. With a glossary of terms and useful website suggestions, this is the ideal introduction for anyone wanting to learn more about the practice and history of acting.

Tips: Ideas for Directors

Tips: Ideas for Directors
Author: Jon Jory
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2017-09-22
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

Until very recently, directing wisdom was passed on in the form of "tips". Continuing this tradition, you will find them ranging from the way set a scene to directing the actor on the way to laugh. The tips are clear, concise, evocative, and constructed to give you a better day in rehearsal and performance. A buffet of ways to improve immediately that you'll refer to over and over again!

Acting

Acting
Author: Richard Boleslavsky
Publisher: Echo Point+ORM
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2019-02-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1648371280

The classic text on the craft of Method acting by the founder of The American Laboratory Theatre. After studying at the Moscow Art Theatre under Konstantin Stanislavski, Richard Boleslavsky became one of the most important acting teachers of his or any generation. Bringing Stanislavski’s system to America in the 1920s and 30s, he influenced many of the titans of American drama, from his own students—including Lee Strasburg and Stella Adler—to Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, and many others. In Acting: The First Six Lessons, Boleslavsky presents his acting theory and technique in a series of accessible and engaging dialogues. Widely considered a must-have for any serious actor, Boleslavsky’s work has long helped actors better understand their craft.

101 Acting Tips

101 Acting Tips
Author: Mel Mack
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2022-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781098324933

Are you tired of working endlessly on your acting career only to feel like you're stuck spinning your wheels and going nowhere fast? It's time to start gaining traction from all of your efforts and actually earn a living in this Industry! In the grab-and-go world of working actors, what you need is little bite-sized tips that, when applied regularly to your auditions and how you handle your career, can make a BIG difference. You've got the talent for this Business, you just need the inside scoop on how to put it all together and make things happen! The tips and tricks in this FREE resource will start to pull back the curtain on how to do this, and what you really need to be successful. Inside you'll find the three important basics you need to nail in your self-tape along with more game-changing hints to help you wow Casting Directors and finally start consistently booking the paying gigs you're after.

Respect for Acting

Respect for Acting
Author: Uta Hagen
Publisher: New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1973
Genre: Music
ISBN:

An account of her own struggle with the techniques of acting -- based on her teachings.

How to Stop Acting

How to Stop Acting
Author: Harold Guskin
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2003-06-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0571199992

Guskin is an "acting doctor" whose clients include Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, James Gandolfini, Bridget Fonda, and dozens more. Now Guskin reveals the insights and techniques that have worked wonders for beginners as well as stars.

The Invisible Actor

The Invisible Actor
Author: Yoshi Oida
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1350148288

The Invisible Actor presents the captivating and unique methods of the distinguished Japanese actor and director, Yoshi Oida. While a member of Peter Brook's theatre company in Paris, Yoshi Oida developed a masterful approach to acting that combined the oriental tradition of supreme and studied control with the Western performer's need to characterise and expose depths of emotion. Written with Lorna Marshall, Yoshi Oida explains that once the audience becomes openly aware of the actor's method and becomes too conscious of the actor's artistry, the wonder of performance dies. The audience must never see the actor but only his or her performance. Throughout Lorna Marshall provides contextual commentary on Yoshi Oida's work and methods. In a new foreword to accompany the Bloomsbury Revelations edition, Yoshi Oida revisits the questions that have informed his career as an actor and explores how his skilful approach to acting has shaped the wider contours of his life.

Acting and Theatre

Acting and Theatre
Author: Cheryl Evans
Publisher: Usborne Pub Limited
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780794522162

Explains how actors train for the stage, and looks at set design, props, costumes, lighting, sound, rehearsal, film acting, and the history of Western theater.

An Actor's Craft

An Actor's Craft
Author: David Krasner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2017-09-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0230357725

This inspirational guide for advanced acting students brings together multiple ways of creating excellence in performance. David Krasner provides tried and tested exercises, a history of actor training and explores the complex relationships between acting theories and teachers. Drawing on examples from personal experience as an actor, director and teacher, An Actor's Craft begins with the building blocks of mind, body and voice, moving through emotional triggers and improvisation, to a final section bringing these techniques together in approaching a role. Each chapter contains accompanying exercises that the actor should practice daily. Combining theory and practice, this thought-provoking and challenging study of acting techniques and theories is for actors who have grasped the basics and now want to develop their knowledge and training further.