Acting for the Camera

✍ Scribed by Kline, Eric Stephan;Barr, Tony

• Publisher: HarperCollins;HarperPerennial
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Edition: 1st ed., rev. ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

[Pt.] 1: Acting. Film and stage : two sides of the same coin ; The development of film-acting styles ; The approach ; Acting defined ; Listening/sensing ; The character ; Focus and concentration ; Energy ; The emotions ; Spontaneity -- [Pt.] 2: Working on the role. Preparation ; Facts and conditions ; Imagination ; Learn the role--not the lines -- Station break -- [Pt.] 3: Tools. Rhythm and change ; Dynamics ; Movement ; The need ; Selectivity ; Personalization ; Animation and inanimate object images ; The nonsense exercise--unorthodoxy ; Comedy and drama from the actor's point of view ; Cold reading and auditions ; Working with the director ; Working from the outside in--or not ; In a nutshell -- [Pt.] 4: The machinery of film and tape. Day one on the set ; The motion picture studio and the soundstage ; Some specifics of film ; Shooting a scene ; The television studio ; The multiple-camera show ; Stunts -- [Pt.] 5: The film/tape career. Beginning your career ; Film and television unions for actors ; The star ; Exercises for acting for the camera.;Culled from Tony Barr's 40 years' experience as a performer, director and acting teacher in Hollywood, this highly praised handbook provides readers with the practical knowledge they need when performing in front of the camera. This updated edition includes plenty of new exercises for honing on-camera skills, additional chapters on imagination and movement, and fresh material on character development, monologues, visual focus, playing comedy and working with directors. Inside tips on the studio system and acting guilds make it particularly helpful for people new to the business, and numerous anecdotes from actors such as Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins and examples from current movies illustrate its many lessons. It is perfect for acting classes, workshops, all actors who work in front of the camera -- and all those who want to.

✦ Table of Contents

[Pt.] 1: Acting. Film and stage : two sides of the same coin
The development of film-acting styles
The approach
Acting defined
Listening/sensing
The character
Focus and concentration
Energy
The emotions
Spontaneity --
[Pt.] 2: Working on the role. Preparation
Facts and conditions
Imagination
Learn the role--not the lines --
Station break --
[Pt.] 3: Tools. Rhythm and change
Dynamics
Movement
The need
Selectivity
Personalization
Animation and inanimate object images
The nonsense exercise--unorthodoxy
Comedy and drama from the actor's point of view
Cold reading and auditions
Working with the director
Working from the outside in--or not
In a nutshell --
[Pt.] 4: The machinery of film and tape. Day one on the set
The motion picture studio and the soundstage
Some specifics of film
Shooting a scene
The television studio
The multiple-camera show
Stunts --
[Pt.] 5: The film/tape career. Beginning your career
Film and television unions for actors
The star
Exercises for acting for the camera.

✦ Subjects

PERFORMING ARTS--Acting & Auditioning;Motion picture acting;;PERFORMING ARTS -- Acting & Auditioning