The Actor in You

The Actor in You
Author: Robert Benedetti
Publsiher: Waveland Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2022-10-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781478650386

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Since the first edition of The Actor in You was published a quarter-century ago, thousands of students have benefited from Robert Benedetti’s decades of experience educating some of the United States’ finest actors. In this Seventh Edition, Benedetti expresses the fundamental elements of acting in simple language, leading readers through understanding their own bodies and voices, acting technique, and the basics of rehearsals and staging shows. Each step includes exercises to aid students in self-discovery and self-development as they grow from novices into practiced actors.

The Actor at Work

The Actor at Work
Author: Robert Benedetti
Publsiher: Waveland Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2022-11-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781478650355

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Countless actors have learned and benefited from The Actor at Work through fifty years and ten editions. Robert Benedetti continues this strong tradition in this Eleventh Edition. Designed for acting courses beyond the introductory level, The Actor at Work takes readers through understanding first their own bodies, voices, and thoughts, then techniques of action, and finally creating fully realized performances. The exercises that accompany each lesson form a program of self-discovery and self-development and are arranged roughly according to a natural acquisition of skills and insights.

A Film Actor s Technique

A Film Actor s Technique
Author: James A. Baffico
Publsiher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781466905177

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A comprehensive step-by-step how-to guide for the beginner movie actor.

The Outstanding Actor

The Outstanding Actor
Author: Ken Rea
Publsiher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781350152380

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Drawing on Ken Rea's 35 years' teaching experience and research, as well as interviews with top actors and directors, The Outstanding Actor identifies seven key qualities that the most successful actors manifest, along with practical exercises that help nurture those qualities and videos to demonstrate them. Featuring contributions and insights from Ewan McGregor, Jude Law, Judi Dench, Al Pacino, Lily James, Rufus Norris and many more, The Outstanding Actor gives you techniques that you can immediately put into practice in rehearsals, classes or private preparation. It also shows you how to increase the chances of having a more successful career. This new edition covers topical issues such as the #MeToo movement, gender balance and race issues, and how these affect working conditions and careers. There are also brand new links to video resources that bring the valuable exercises to life. The book also includes forewords by Damian Lewis and Lily James.

Starting Your Career as an Actor

Starting Your Career as an Actor
Author: Jason Pugatch
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2012-08-06
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781621532330

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This practical and entertaining guide readies the uninitiated actor to navigate the ridiculous, impossible, and often heartbreaking world of the acting industry. This book will expose actors to the ins and outs of the world's (second) oldest profession. Topics include how to be "discovered," what to expect from training programs, the grunt work of starting a career, how to persevere in the face of rejection, the new digital world for actors, and much more. Experienced actor and screenwriter Jason Pugatch offers a fresh, hip, and invaluable industry perspective, with sidebar quotations, charts, and timelines, and a quick-reference appendix of the acting trade. Packed with myth-shattering anecdotes and told in a personal tone, Starting Your Career as an Actor is the backstage guide that every aspiring actor must read.

An Actor s Work

An Actor s Work
Author: Konstantin Stanislavski
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 722
Release: 2008-02-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781134101474

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Stanislavski’s ‘system’ has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s. His systematic attempt to outline a psycho-physical technique for acting single-handedly revolutionized standards of acting in the theatre. Until now, readers and students have had to contend with inaccurate, misleading and difficult-to-read English-language versions. Some of the mistranslations have resulted in profound distortions in the way his system has been interpreted and taught. At last, Jean Benedetti has succeeded in translating Stanislavski’s huge manual into a lively, fascinating and accurate text in English. He has remained faithful to the author's original intentions, putting the two books previously known as An Actor Prepares and Building A Character back together into one volume, and in a colloquial and readable style for today's actors. The result is a major contribution to the theatre, and a service to one of the great innovators of the twentieth century.

The Actor as Storyteller

The Actor as Storyteller
Author: Bruce Miller
Publsiher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781458471543

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THE ACTOR AS STORYTELLER: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACTING

The Actor s Life

The Actor s Life
Author: Jenna Fischer
Publsiher: BenBella Books
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2017-11-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781944648237

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Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong? Uh, basically everything. The path to being a professional actor was so much more vast and competitive than she'd imagined. It would be eight long years before she landed her iconic role on The Office, nearly a decade of frustration, struggle, rejection and doubt. If only she'd had a handbook for the aspiring actor. Or, better yet, someone to show her the way—an established actor who could educate her about the business, manage her expectations, and reassure her in those moments of despair. Jenna wants to be that person for you. With amusing candor and wit, Fischer spells out the nuts and bolts of getting established in the profession, based on her own memorable and hilarious experiences. She tells you how to get the right headshot, what to look for in representation, and the importance of joining forces with other like-minded artists and creating your own work—invaluable advice personally acquired from her many years of struggle. She provides helpful hints on how to be gutsy and take risks, the tricks to good auditioning and callbacks, and how not to fall for certain scams (auditions in a guy's apartment are probably not legit—or at least not for the kind of part you're looking for!). Her inspiring, helpful guidance feels like a trusted friend who's made the journey, and has now returned to walk beside you, pointing out the pitfalls as you blaze your own path towards the life of a professional actor.