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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... speak and move out of the character's impulses and needs , their feelings well up strong and apparently unbidden . They don't look rehearsed , they seem to be speaking their own words , they seem to be improvising . To the general ...
... speak and move out of the character's impulses and needs , their feelings well up strong and apparently unbidden . They don't look rehearsed , they seem to be speaking their own words , they seem to be improvising . To the general ...
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... speak . The tests have shown that she can hear and that there is no medical reason why she can't speak . It is now late at night , his shift is over , and he has come up to her room . Then I speak to the female actor alone . I tell her ...
... speak . The tests have shown that she can hear and that there is no medical reason why she can't speak . It is now late at night , his shift is over , and he has come up to her room . Then I speak to the female actor alone . I tell her ...
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... speak without censoring or deciding if their impulse is appropriate . 9 ) Stand next to the camera . In order to see ... speaking about . The director cannot give his full concentration to the actors from behind the video monitor . The ...
... speak without censoring or deciding if their impulse is appropriate . 9 ) Stand next to the camera . In order to see ... speaking about . The director cannot give his full concentration to the actors from behind the video monitor . The ...
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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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