Instead of yet another "method, wherever his impulse takes him, personally responsive to the text, " Guskin offers a strategy based on a radically simple and refreshing idea: that the actor's work is not to "create a character" but rather to be continually, from first read-through to final performance.
From this credo derives an entirely new perspective on auditioning and the challenge of developing a role and keeping it fresh, even over hundreds of performances. His book will find an eager and appreciative audience among novices and established actors alike. The great guskin" john lahr, and keep them alive harold guskin is an "acting doctor" whose clients include Kevin Kline, James Gandolfini, The New Yorker shares the approach he uses to help actors land roles, Glenn Close, develop them, Bridget Fonda, and dozens more.
Drawing on examples from his clients' work and his own, Guskin presents acting as a constantly evolving exploration rather than as a progression toward a fixed goal.
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His legendary course on auditioning has launched hundreds of successful careers. When streisand, redford, tomlin, Vereen, Midler, and Hoffman got their first breaks Michael Shurtleff was there. Michael shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows like Chicago and Becket and for films like The Graduate and Jesus Christ Superstar.
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The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide
Louis. 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. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard.
It would be eight long years before she landed her iconic role on The Office, nearly a decade of frustration, struggle, rejection and doubt. Jenna wants to be that person for you. The path to being a professional actor was so much more vast and competitive than she’d imagined. If only she’d had a handbook for the aspiring actor.
Jenna fischer's hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. 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!
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Sanford Meisner on Acting
Throughout these pages meisner is a delight—always empathizing with his students and urging them onward, laughter, provoking emotion, and growing technical mastery from his charges. Actors, young and not so young, will find inspiration and excitement in this book. Gregory Peck Great product! Sanford meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country.
With an introduction by sydney Pollack, director of Out of Africa and Tootsie, who worked with Meisner for five years. This book should be read by anyone who wants to act or even appreciate what acting involves. Like meisner's way of teaching, it is the straight goods. Arthur miller"if there is a key to good acting, this one is it, above all others.
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Confessions of a Casting Director: Help Actors Land Any Role with Secrets from Inside the Audition Room
Jen rudin demystifies the often intimidating and constantly changing audition process, television including commercials and reality TV, sharing insider tips on preparing for every type of audition: musical theater, and film to voiceovers, animated movies, and even web series. In this comprehensive guide, rudin covers everything today’s actor needs to succeed, including finding an agent or manager; using technology to your advantage; the demanding world of child acting; the pros and cons of New York vs.
Confessions of a casting director is a must-have for any aspiring actor or stage parent—the definitive guide to breaking into film, theater, television, and even YouTube from longtime casting director and studio executive Jen Rudin. Packed with information that aspiring actors want, her up-to-the-minute expert advice is essential for anyone pursuing an acting career.
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The Power of the Actor: The Chubbuck Technique -- The 12-Step Acting Technique That Will Take You from Script to a Living, Breathing, Dynamic Character
Ivana chubbuck has developed a curriculum that takes the theories of the acting masters, and Hagen, such as Stanislavski, to the next step by utilizing inner pain and emotions, not as an end in itself, Meisner, but rather as a way to drive and win a goal. In addition to the powerful twelve-step process, both classic and contemporary, the book takes well-known scripts, and demonstrates how to precisely apply Chubbuck’s script-analysis process.
The power of the actor is filled with fascinating and inspiring behind-the-scenes accounts of how noted actors have mastered their craft and have accomplished success in such a difficult and competitive field. For many of today’s major talents, the Chubbuck Technique is the leading edge of acting for the twenty-first century.
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Acting: The First Six Lessons
. Get the definitive edition that has taught generations of actors and actresses. This edition includes bonus acting exercises. In his beloved classic, acting: the first Six Lessons, master acting teacher Richard Boleslavsky presents his acting theory and technique in a lively and accessible narrative form.
This enhanced edition includes additional exercises from Samuel Seldon's First Steps in Acting, which provide further opportunity to practice the techniques discussed in Acting: The First Six Lessons. Richard boleslavsky's knowledge of the theater was based on an impressive depth and breadth of experience.
A member of the moscow art theater and director of its First Studio, and America as an actor, he worked in Russia, Germany, director and teacher.
The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
Ships from Vermont. Moss’s respect for actors and love of the actor’s craft enliven every page, both current and classic, together with examples from a wealth of plays and films, and vivid appreciations of great performances. But now everyone–professionals and amateurs alike–can discover Moss’s passionate, in-depth teaching.
Inviting you to join him in the classroom and onstage, moss shares the techniques he has developed over thirty years to help actors set their emotions, and behavior on fire, imagination, fresh, showing how the hard work of preparation pays off in performances that are spontaneous, and authentic. Gotham Books.
Whether you act for a living or simply want a deeper understanding of acting greatness, The Intent to Live will move, instruct, and inspire you. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. From the foundations of script analysis to the nuances of physicalization and sensory work, here are the case studies, overcome fear and inhibition, and insights that enable you to connect personally with a script, develop your character from the inside out, television, and master the technical skills required for success in the theater, exercises, and movies.
Far more than a handbook, The Intent to Live is the personal credo of a master teacher.
The Warner Loughlin Technique: An Acting Revolution
. So this allows me not to be scared to go there, which allows me freedom as an actress to do anything, because I don't own it. It belongs to my character. Amy adams"working with Warner was a revelation. I've never felt so comfortable animating a character before and I think the sophistication in the performance in the film speaks for itself.
Lino disalvo, head of Animation for Disney's Frozen Great product! With your technique, when i visit a character's life, in character prep, her past and create an event good or tragic - that belongs to her. Bantam Books. She has coached me through comedy, drama, and even life! She has not only given me tools to be better at my job, but tools to be 100% confident through the process.
Emma roberts"warner's Technique has become part of my creative process.
Monologues They'll Remember You By: 80 Unique and Compelling Monologues That Leave a Lasting Impression
Whether a professional or a student actor, you'll find this book an invaluable resource for landing that coveted role or winning that competition. Too frequently, monologue books rely on time-worn staples that have been heard a million times before, or are padded out with aimless, insipid pieces that often aren't even taken from actual plays.
In monologues they'll remember you by you'll find 80 40 male, 40 female fresh, engaging monologues that will allow you to create memorable character portraits of depth and vitality for that all-important moment in the spotlight. Bantam Books. Gotham Books. Finding the right monologue can often be a frustrating task.
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Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making The Applause Acting Series Revised Expanded Edition - Michael Caine
Gotham Books. I'm not going to be looking at performances quite the same way. A master actor who's appeared in an enormous number of films, starring with everyone from Nicholson to Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine is uniquely qualified to provide his view of making movies. Bantam Books. Fascinating!”– gene siskel Great product!
Ships from Vermont. Acting in film an actor's take on Movie Making Applause Acting Series Series Softcover by Michael Caine. This new revised and expanded edition features great photos throughout, In Front of the Camera - Before You Shoot, with chapters on: Preparation, Characters, On Being a Star, Directors, The Take, and much more.
