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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... attention of a child by coaxing , begging , or demanding that she pay attention to you . It doesn't really work , does it ? But if you are deeply involved in some task of your own , say fixing a clock , and if the task fascinates and ...
... attention of a child by coaxing , begging , or demanding that she pay attention to you . It doesn't really work , does it ? But if you are deeply involved in some task of your own , say fixing a clock , and if the task fascinates and ...
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... attention on the other actor than on her own per- formance . And allows her lines to be informed by that attention , dic- tated by that attention . The lines come out of her attention to the other actor , out of her interest in the ...
... attention on the other actor than on her own per- formance . And allows her lines to be informed by that attention , dic- tated by that attention . The lines come out of her attention to the other actor , out of her interest in the ...
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... attention forward , because if an actor's work on a scene is not getting better it is getting worse . It's like the love affair that the Woody Allen character in “ Annie Hall " compares to a shark : if it doesn't move forward it dies ...
... attention forward , because if an actor's work on a scene is not getting better it is getting worse . It's like the love affair that the Woody Allen character in “ Annie Hall " compares to a shark : if it doesn't move forward it dies ...
Contents
RESULT DIRECTION AND QUICK FIXES | 13 |
MOMENT BY MOMENT | 49 |
LISTENING AND TALKING | 77 |
Copyright | |
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