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 57
... mean what you just said to me . Don't try to make it mean any more than that . " When we opened , his performance in that scene was the most beau- tiful thing in the show . I had given him permission , you see , to feel that whatever he ...
... mean what you just said to me . Don't try to make it mean any more than that . " When we opened , his performance in that scene was the most beau- tiful thing in the show . I had given him permission , you see , to feel that whatever he ...
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... mean to raise a philosophical argument . Giving a character free will means that the character makes choices , makes mistakes , takes wins and losses right in the scene as we are watching . The actor , rather than telegraphing to us ...
... mean to raise a philosophical argument . Giving a character free will means that the character makes choices , makes mistakes , takes wins and losses right in the scene as we are watching . The actor , rather than telegraphing to us ...
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... mean the work of Lee Strasberg and specifically they mean the technique of affective memory . In other parts of the country - in San Francisco , where I first started acting , and in Chicago and other major cities — when people say ...
... mean the work of Lee Strasberg and specifically they mean the technique of affective memory . In other parts of the country - in San Francisco , where I first started acting , and in Chicago and other major cities — when people say ...
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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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