Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and TelevisionThis is essential reading for anyone interested in directing or acting. Judith Weston's brilliance is to recognize that directors, actors, writers, and technicians are involved in a process that is at essence a collaboration. In order for them to have the best shot at creating something true and meaningful, they must share a language and a method of exchange that fosters creative cooperation. Weston rightly sees the director as the central figure in inspiring the energy of a production's harmony. She advises the prospective director on every aspect of a stage or film production, showing how the director can draw the best performances possible from actors. -- From Amazon.com. |
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... actors I have worked with as colleagues or taught as students have contributed mightily to this book as well , as have all the students in my Acting for Non - Actors classes , especially the first one . I want to thank the teachers from ...
... actors I have worked with as colleagues or taught as students have contributed mightily to this book as well , as have all the students in my Acting for Non - Actors classes , especially the first one . I want to thank the teachers from ...
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... acting teacher Sanford Meisner has an exercise he does with a group of students . He asks them to sit and listen for ... acting with a capital A. " The actor must start with himself , he must hear with his own ears , see with his own ...
... acting teacher Sanford Meisner has an exercise he does with a group of students . He asks them to sit and listen for ... acting with a capital A. " The actor must start with himself , he must hear with his own ears , see with his own ...
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... acting and university drama departments and movie actors of the 1930s and 1940s . An actor might plan gesture , facial expression , and line readings , even practicing them in front of a mirror . When I was studying acting in the early ...
... acting and university drama departments and movie actors of the 1930s and 1940s . An actor might plan gesture , facial expression , and line readings , even practicing them in front of a mirror . When I was studying acting in the early ...
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Directing Actors - 25th Anniversary Edition: Memorable Performances for Film ... Judith Weston Judith No preview available - 2021 |
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