Directing Actors

A Practical Aesthetics Approach
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-54845-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Directing Actors: A Practical Aesthetics Approach is the first book to apply the Practical Aesthetics acting technique to the craft of directing.

Zielgruppe

Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohn, Lee Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theaterregie, Theaterproduktion
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmproduktion, Filmtechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Fernsehproduktion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Author's Note Part 1: Preparation 1. Introduction 2. The Director and the Text 3. Actions 4. Practical Aesthetics Script Analysis 5. Through-Line Analysis 6. The Director’s Notebook Part 2: The Rehearsal Process 7. Early Rehearsals 8. Blocking the Scene 9. Adjustments and Run Throughs 10. Comedy: The Serious Business of Humor 11. Conclusion Suggested Reading and Viewing Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lee Michael Cohn, MFA, is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning educator, writer, director, and filmmaker. He directed Inside Private Lives (IPL), the hit show that was an LA Weekly Pick of the Week, recommended twice by the LA Times, and received a rave review in The New York Times. IPL also placed in the Top ten out of over 2,000 shows at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival. Lee is the co-author of A Practical Handbook for the Actor, a best-selling acting textbook (over 330,000 copies sold) that is required reading in hundreds of theatre programs all over the world.