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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Page 68
... course be benefi- cial to a performance of Hamlet . It is the reaching for or pretending to that connection that does the harm . It is the denial of present phys- ical reality that takes him out of the moment , not the bad luck of an ...
... course be benefi- cial to a performance of Hamlet . It is the reaching for or pretending to that connection that does the harm . It is the denial of present phys- ical reality that takes him out of the moment , not the bad luck of an ...
Page 73
... course will be to assure him that you would rather have him in the here and now than torturing and manipulating himself . The performance may well be fresher and more honest if he lets the distractions in instead of fighting them . Now ...
... course will be to assure him that you would rather have him in the here and now than torturing and manipulating himself . The performance may well be fresher and more honest if he lets the distractions in instead of fighting them . Now ...
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... course , is no . ) It can be phrased as a spine or a verb . You might say that the spine of " I Never Sang for My Father " is " to forgive . " Or the central or climactic event of a movie may tell us what it is about . The climactic ...
... course , is no . ) It can be phrased as a spine or a verb . You might say that the spine of " I Never Sang for My Father " is " to forgive . " Or the central or climactic event of a movie may tell us what it is about . The climactic ...
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Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television Judith Weston No preview available - 2014 |
Directing Actors - 25th Anniversary Edition: Memorable Performances for Film ... Judith Weston Judith No preview available - 2021 |
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