Author : John Abbott
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,11 MB
Release : 2012
Category : PERFORMING ARTS
ISBN : 9781848421448
The third of John Abbott's essential guides to acting introduces young actors to the best performance techniques, old and new.
Author : Moni Yakim
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 34,34 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781557831613
Actor and mime artist Moni Yakim reveals his time-tested techniques and step-by-step exercises for physically evoking a character. Beginning with a chapter on looking inward, Yakim gives exercises on discovering aspects of one's own character. Then he teaches the actor how to identify with qualities outside the self. Finally, he shows how to apply these techniques to 12 classical theatrical roles.
Author : Sanford Meisner
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 2012-11-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0307830632
Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This book follows one of his acting classes for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, it is essential reading for beginning and professional actors alike. Throughout these pages Meisner is a delight—always empathizing with his students and urging them onward, provoking emotion, laughter, and growing technical mastery from his charges. With an introduction by Sydney Pollack, director of Out of Africa and Tootsie, who worked with Meisner for five years. "This book should be read by anyone who wants to act or even appreciate what acting involves. Like Meisner's way of teaching, it is the straight goods."—Arthur Miller "If there is a key to good acting, this one is it, above all others. Actors, young and not so young, will find inspiration and excitement in this book."—Gregory Peck
Author : Terry Schreiber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 2012-03-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1581159501
Honed by the author's 35 years of teaching, this advanced book offers different warm-up exercises concentrating on the actor's sense of smell, sound, sight, and touch; sensory tools for conveying the climate and environment of the text; tips for suggesting a character's physical conditions; and much more. Individual exercises will help actors to free the voice and body, create a character, find the action and condition of scenes, and explore the subconscious for effective emotional recall. Readers will also find meticulous guidelines for best using rehearsal time and preparing for in-class scene work. The foreword is written by two-time Academy Award nominee Edward Norton. Those who act, direct, or teach will not want to miss the acting lessons that have made T. Schreiber Studio a premier actor training program.
Author : William Esper
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 27,59 MB
Release : 2008-12-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 030748114X
William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.Esper worked closely with Meisner for seventeen years and has spent decades developing his famous program for actor's training. The result is a rigorous system of exercises that builds a solid foundation of acting skills from the ground up, and that is flexible enough to be applied to any challenge an actor faces, from soap operas to Shakespeare. Co-writer Damon DiMarco, a former student of Esper's, spent over a year observing his mentor teaching first-year acting students. In this book he recreates that experience for us, allowing us to see how the progression of exercises works in practice. The Actor's Art and Craft vividly demonstrates that good training does not constrain actors' instincts—it frees them to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives.
Author : Robert Cohen
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
Useful for teaching beginning acting, this text contains twenty-eight lessons based on experiential exercises. It covers basic skills, such as talking, listening, tactical interplay, physicalizing, building scenes, and making good choices.
Author : Richard Boleslavsky
Publisher : Echo Point+ORM
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : 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.
Author : Michael Caine
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 20,42 MB
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476842752
(Applause Books). A master actor who's appeared in an enormous number of films, starring with everyone from Nicholson to Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine is uniquely qualified to provide his view of making movies. This revised and expanded edition features great photos, with chapters on: Preparation, In Front of the Camera Before You Shoot, The Take, Characters, Directors, On Being a Star, and much more. "Remarkable material ... A treasure ... I'm not going to be looking at performances quite the same way ... FASCINATING!" Gene Siskel
Author : Stella Adler
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,47 MB
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781648374418
In The Technique of Acting Stella Adler imparts knowledge gained over decades on the stage and years of training with such greats as Stanislavski. This book presents invaluable training and technique for anyone aspiring to the stage.
Author : Stephen Book
Publisher :
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 29,81 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
"The Improvisation Technique is then applied to exercises with scripted lines, developing sophisticated improvisation skills for enhancing character, emotions, conflict, and agreement as well as improving the actor's audition process. Also included is a unique process for breaking down scripted scenes into improvisation choices."--BOOK JACKET.
