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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... lines mean some- thing and playing the situation . When actors play the poetry or play the rhythm , the audience can't even make sense of the words . - “ Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture . ” - Spencer Tracy - When a ...
... lines mean some- thing and playing the situation . When actors play the poetry or play the rhythm , the audience can't even make sense of the words . - “ Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture . ” - Spencer Tracy - When a ...
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... line reading , which gives a set cadence or intonation to the lines . When the actor repeats a line every time in a set cadence , the line will auto- matically have less and less life every time it is spoken . It won't have had much ...
... line reading , which gives a set cadence or intonation to the lines . When the actor repeats a line every time in a set cadence , the line will auto- matically have less and less life every time it is spoken . It won't have had much ...
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... lines is to look for the fact or event that they refer to . This goes for lines that you like as well as for lines that bother you . Lines that you like can be especially dan- gerous ; you might fall in love with their wit or poetry and ...
... lines is to look for the fact or event that they refer to . This goes for lines that you like as well as for lines that bother you . Lines that you like can be especially dan- gerous ; you might fall in love with their wit or poetry and ...
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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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