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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... once it passes , is over . We cannot have our lives back after we have lived them . When a director tells an actor , " That was perfect . Do it again just like that , " he is asking for some- thing that is just not going to happen . If ...
... once it passes , is over . We cannot have our lives back after we have lived them . When a director tells an actor , " That was perfect . Do it again just like that , " he is asking for some- thing that is just not going to happen . If ...
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... once . Angel could play the scene " as if " she and Stephen had a date once . But Stephen could have the adjustment that the event Angel thinks of as a date was not a date : they happened to be at the movie theater on the same evening ...
... once . Angel could play the scene " as if " she and Stephen had a date once . But Stephen could have the adjustment that the event Angel thinks of as a date was not a date : they happened to be at the movie theater on the same evening ...
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... once , of backstory and objective and adjustment and action verb and images and physical life , etc. Work on one thing at a time . LAYERS Directors commonly tell actors too much at once . Work in layers and in sections ( beats ) . If ...
... once , of backstory and objective and adjustment and action verb and images and physical life , etc. Work on one thing at a time . LAYERS Directors commonly tell actors too much at once . Work in layers and in sections ( beats ) . If ...
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