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Author Comey, Jeremiah.

Title The art of film acting : a guide for actors and directors / Jeremiah Comey. [O'Reilly electronic resource]

Imprint Oxford ; Boston : Focal Press, ©2002.
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-277), videography (p. 278-281) , and index.
Contents The exercise -- Stage versus film acting -- Becoming a great actor -- Sight reading -- The art of concentration -- The art of not knowing -- More on the art of not knowing -- Still more on the art of not knowing -- The art of acceptance -- The art of giving and receiving -- The senses -- Intimacy, empathy, and intuition -- The audition -- More on the audition -- The comedy audition.
Summary This guide for actors and directors develops a valid method for training performers to act from their core--whether they are cold reading, auditioning, or performing for film or television. This book teaches actors how to achieve and respond to believable and honest emotions before the camera, and it maintains that the key to a successful performance lies in how the actors relate to one another and to the circumstances. Exercises, including script examples, throughout the book give readers an easy resource for practicing the principles outlined. The Art of Film Acting applies a classic stage a.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL
Language English.
Subject Motion picture acting.
Art de l'acteur au cinéma.
Motion picture acting
Schauspielkunst
Genre Handbooks and manuals
Other Form: Print version: Comey, Jeremiah. Art of film acting. Oxford ; Boston : Focal Press, ©2002 0240805070 9780240805078 (DLC) 2001058628 (OCoLC)48620324
ISBN 9780080490502 (electronic bk.)
0080490506 (electronic bk.)
9781136047220 (e-book ; PDF)
1136047220
9781136047176 (e-book ; Mobi)
1136047174
9781136047213 (e-book ; ePub)
1136047212
9781138128927 (hardback)
1138128929
1281005800
9781281005809
9786611005801
6611005803
(pbk. ; alk. paper)
(pbk. ; alk. paper)
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