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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... experience . Primary experience is the experience of our five senses , what we see , hear , smell , taste , and touch . When we are in the middle of an earthquake we hear very specifically the sounds of breaking glass , car alarms ; we ...
... experience . Primary experience is the experience of our five senses , what we see , hear , smell , taste , and touch . When we are in the middle of an earthquake we hear very specifically the sounds of breaking glass , car alarms ; we ...
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... experience is not that his partic- ular life and hard times are any more significant or worthy of note than anyone else's . The goal of using personal experience as an acting resource is not self - indulgence but honesty . No one can ...
... experience is not that his partic- ular life and hard times are any more significant or worthy of note than anyone else's . The goal of using personal experience as an acting resource is not self - indulgence but honesty . No one can ...
Page 155
... experience and imagination . And observation . And direct experience too . ( An actor could do an elaborate sense memory or imaginative work in order to carry an empty suitcase if it were full , but why not instead put something in it ...
... experience and imagination . And observation . And direct experience too . ( An actor could do an elaborate sense memory or imaginative work in order to carry an empty suitcase if it were full , but why not instead put something in it ...
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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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