Acting Skills For Life

Author : Ron Cameron
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1999-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780889242890

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Acting Skills for Life by Ron Cameron Pdf

Of all the subjects taught in the school system, dramatic arts probably has the greatest potential to help students prepare for life. The study of acting helps students develop personal and social skills: increased poise and confidence, better awareness of their physical and vocal selves, and an improved ability to think and react quickly. These talents can help in dealing with sometimes difficult real life situations. The intention of Acting Skills for Life is to integrate personal growth and the process of creative drama with the more formal skills required for stage production. This is a very practical book, full of suggestions for drama exercises and improvisations, developed over Cameron's thirty years of teaching drama, and includes helpful information for teachers working with students on stage productions.

Author : Ron Cameron
Publisher : Simon & Pierre Publishing Company Limited
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0889241953

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Acting Skills for Life by Ron Cameron Pdf

Author : Tom Isbell
Publisher : Meriwether Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015063371416

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Lessons by Tom Isbell Pdf

Truthful human behaviour on stage and screen. Definitely not a 'how-to' book! This book articulates the intangible -- how to capture lightning in a jar. It works to develop awareness in order to help the aspiring actor evolve, grow and mature as a performer. Acting is an art that comes from oneself -- no tricks, no special techniques. Every great artist begins as a craftsman then develops into an artist. Each of the 100 plain-speaking lessons in this book is brief and deals with an essential truth. The book is divided into 5 sections: Approach, Fundamentals, Classes and Rehearsals, Performance and Final Lessons. A supplemental work for students and professionals.

Author : Kathy Lubar,Belle Linda Halpern
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101097588

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Leadership Presence by Kathy Lubar,Belle Linda Halpern Pdf

BRING THE TECHNIQUES OF THE STAGE TO THE BOARDROOM. For more than a decade, Belle Linda Halpern and Kathy Lubar have applied the lessons and expertise they have learned as performing artists to the work of their company, The Ariel Group. Halpern and Lubar have helped tens of thousands of executives at major companies around the country and the globe, including General Electric, Mobil Oil, Capital One, and Deloitte. In Leadership Presence, they make their time-tested strategies available to everyone, from high-profile CEOs to young professionals seeking promotion. Their practical, proven approach will enable you to develop the skills necessary to inspire confidence, command respect, build credibility, and motivate others. Halpern and Lubar teach you: • How to handle tough situations with heightened confidence and flexibility • How to build your relationships to enhance collaboration and business development • How to express yourself dramatically and motivate others • How to integrate your personal values into communication to inspire others and become a more effective leader Learning the skills of the true performance experts, readers will understand why Leadership Presence is the key to dynamic and authentic leadership.

Author : Connie De Veer,Jan Elfline
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Acting
ISBN : 1575259230

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Actor for Life by Connie De Veer,Jan Elfline Pdf

"Actor for Life: How to Have an Amazing Career Without All the Drama is the text that actors and acting teachers search for. It has an upbeat tone, easy to read style, and tongue-in-cheek images, so the profoundly powerful content is surprisingly easy to take in and use. The exercises draw on the latest methods from the science of learning. They enable the reader to break negative patterns of thought and behavior, and literally reprogram their brains. The result is lasting positive change."--Page [4] of cover.

Author : Yoshi Oida,Lorna Marshall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350148284

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The Invisible Actor by Yoshi Oida,Lorna Marshall Pdf

The Invisible Actor presents the captivating and unique methods of the distinguished Japanese actor and director, Yoshi Oida. While a member of Peter Brook's theatre company in Paris, Yoshi Oida developed a masterful approach to acting that combined the oriental tradition of supreme and studied control with the Western performer's need to characterise and expose depths of emotion. Written with Lorna Marshall, Yoshi Oida explains that once the audience becomes openly aware of the actor's method and becomes too conscious of the actor's artistry, the wonder of performance dies. The audience must never see the actor but only his or her performance. Throughout Lorna Marshall provides contextual commentary on Yoshi Oida's work and methods. In a new foreword to accompany the Bloomsbury Revelations edition, Yoshi Oida revisits the questions that have informed his career as an actor and explores how his skilful approach to acting has shaped the wider contours of his life.

Author : Jo Kelly
Publisher : Background Actors Seminars
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0977187802

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The Truth about Being an Extra by Jo Kelly Pdf

Author : Jillian Campana
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : Acting
ISBN : 1626617031

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Acting Successful by Jillian Campana Pdf

Acting Successful: Using Performance Skills in Everyday Life explains how everyone can benefit from learning acting skills and techniques. Readers learn to view their daily actions as performances that influence the perceptions of observers. They discover how to use their voices, bodies, and acting skills to express themselves with clarity and build strong social and professional relationships. The book is organized into four sections: "Acting Your Best Self," "The Actor's Secrets," "Channeling Your Inner Star," and "Rehearsing for Reality." The first three sections provide information about acting theories, approaches to training, and skills development, while the fourth section provides opportunities for practical application. From formal presentations to subtle interactions, this book details how acting skills translate to life skills. Acting Successful helps individuals from any discipline develop expressiveness, creativity, and confidence. Perfect for introductory acting classes for majors or non-majors, or any course that addresses improved interpersonal and communication skills, Acting Successful is also useful as a training tool for business professionals, clinical practitioners, and educators. Jillian Campana holds degrees from Cal Arts, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and the American University in Cairo, Egypt. She is a professor of theatre and head of the acting and directing programs at the University of Montana. She is the author and director of the award-winning film The Puzzle Club: Brain Injury Survivors Talk, and a recipient of the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival Award for directing. Dr. Campana is an artist with the International Schools Theatre Association and she lectures internationally about performance on and off the stage.

Author : Jane Drake Brody
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781472573704

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The Actor's Business Plan by Jane Drake Brody Pdf

The Actor's Business Plan is a self-directed practical guide for actors graduating from formal training programs, as well as for those already in the business whose careers need to move ahead more successfully. Using the familiar language of acting training, the book offers a method for the achievement of dreams through a five-year life and career plan giving positive steps to develop a happy life as an actor and as a person. It assists performers to flourish using the same kind of business/career planning that is a necessary part of life for entrepreneurs and business people. This introduction to the acting industry provides essential knowledge not only for how the business actually works, but also describes what casting directors, agents, and managers do, demystifies the role of unions, discusses how much things cost, and offers advice on branding and marketing strategies. It differs from other such handbooks in that it addresses the everyday issues of life, money, and jobs that so frequently destroy an actor's career before it is even begun. While addressing NYC and LA, the guide also gives a regional breakdown for those actors who may wish to begin careers or to settle in other cities. It is loaded with personal stories, and interviews with actors, casting directors, and agents from throughout the US. The Actor's Business Plan is the answer to the common complaint by students that they were not taught how to negotiate the show business world while at school. It is the perfect antidote for this problem and can easily fit into a ten or a thirteen-week class syllabus. Offering support as a personal career coach, empowering the actor to take concrete steps towards their life and career dreams, The Actor's Business Plan: A Career Guide for the Acting Life is a must-have book for actors who are determined to be a part of the professional world .

Author : V. Daniels Adkins
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781465355553

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Acting Lessons in ''Real Life'' by V. Daniels Adkins Pdf

Declarations of social and professional protocol_ from an inside look at the wows and woes of teachings, learning, and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations. An educator’s manual: designed in diverse stages, with the most obvious intent to induce a more competitive style of thinking outside the box, and a greater sense of self-worth, confidence, and independence. Acting Lessons in Real Life‘s explicit narratives are without a doubt, “an energy boost to a dispirited ego, and a jumpstart to one’s own self-image.” It is by far; more effective than Behavior Management, Relationship Counseling, or the Physic Hotline. . And “a whole lot more fun.” Recommended for educators, parents, and people in leadership.

Author : Terry Schreiber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781581159509

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Acting by Terry Schreiber Pdf

Honed by the author's 35 years of teaching, this advanced book offers different warm-up exercises concentrating on the actor's sense of smell, sound, sight, and touch; sensory tools for conveying the climate and environment of the text; tips for suggesting a character's physical conditions; and much more. Individual exercises will help actors to free the voice and body, create a character, find the action and condition of scenes, and explore the subconscious for effective emotional recall. Readers will also find meticulous guidelines for best using rehearsal time and preparing for in-class scene work. The foreword is written by two-time Academy Award nominee Edward Norton. Those who act, direct, or teach will not want to miss the acting lessons that have made T. Schreiber Studio a premier actor training program.

Author : Deborah Gruenfeld
Publisher : Currency
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101903964

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Acting with Power by Deborah Gruenfeld Pdf

“A refreshing and enlightening new perspective on what it means to be powerful.”—Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet We all know what it looks like to use power badly. But how much do we really know about how to use power well? There is so much we get wrong about power: who has it, what it looks like, and the role it plays in our lives. Grounded in over two decades’ worth of scientific research and inspired by the popular class of the same name at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Acting with Power offers a new and eye-opening paradigm that overturns everything we thought we knew about the nature of power. Although we all feel powerless sometimes, we have more power than we tend to believe. Power exists in every relationship, not just at the top of big institutions. It isn’t merely a function of status or hierarchy, either. It’s about how much we are needed and how well we take care of other people. We often assume that power flows to those with the loudest voice or the most commanding presence. But, in fact, true power is often much quieter and more deferential than we realize. Moreover, it’s not just how much power we have but how we use it that determines how powerful we actually are. Actors aren’t the only ones who play roles for a living. We all make choices about how to use the power that comes with our given circumstances. We aren’t always cast in the roles we desire—or the ones we feel prepared to play. Some of us struggle to step up and be taken more seriously, while others have trouble standing back and ceding the spotlight. In Acting with Power, Deborah Gruenfeld shows how we can get more comfortable with power by adopting an actor’s mindset. Because power isn’t a personal attribute. It’s a part we play in someone else’s story.

Author : Ivana Chubbuck
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1592401538

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The Power of the Actor by Ivana Chubbuck Pdf

In The Power of the Actor, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, premier acting teacher and coach Ivana Chubbuck reveals her cutting-edge technique, which has launched some of the most successful acting careers in Hollywood. The first book from the instructor who has taught Charlize Theron, Brad Pitt, Elisabeth Shue, Djimon Hounsou, and Halle Berry, The Power of the Actor guides you to dynamic and effective results. For many of today’s major talents, the Chubbuck Technique is the leading edge of acting for the twenty-first century. Ivana Chubbuck has developed a curriculum that takes the theories of the acting masters, such as Stanislavski, Meisner, and Hagen, to the next step by utilizing inner pain and emotions, not as an end in itself, but rather as a way to drive and win a goal. In addition to the powerful twelve-step process, the book takes well-known scripts, both classic and contemporary, 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.

Author : Emmanuelle Chaulet
Publisher : A Balancing Act E. Chaulet
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Acting
ISBN : 9780979906305

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A Balancing Act by Emmanuelle Chaulet Pdf

A holistic approach to acting. This book presents acting as a mind, body and spirit practice and actors as emotional athletes, spiritual stuntmen and stuntwomen exposed to a constant roller coaster of emotions. Going beyond where Michael Chekhov left off, it offers new acting techniques using discoveries from holistic and energy healing modalities. Answering an urgent -yet never addressed-need, this book offers invaluable tools to heal post-performance stress disorder and cutting edge information about recovering your Highest Creative Self, the essence of your character, and true emotional balance. Lisa Dalton, Co-founder, International Michael Chekhov Association, Award-Winning Actor/Producer/Director and Co-founder and Certifying Board, National Michael Chekhov Association wrote the Foreword. She says: "It is rare to find a subject that urgently needs to be discussed and about which too little is written. The need to train the entire being of the performing artist is just such a subject. Emmanuelle Chaulet's A Balancing Act is a godsend to performing artists of any sort. Knowing how to Energize allows us to endure and even thrive during the rise and fall, the constant state of transformation, the juggling of feelings, styles, jobs, and colleagues while maintaining an even keel." "Truly some of the freshest and most innovative 21st century contributions to the art of acting." says Mel Shrawder NYC AEA/SAG actor, Former Head of Performance, University of Miami, and faculty at the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio in NYC.

Author : Roger Ellis
Publisher : Meriwether Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : IND:30000095296350

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The Complete Audition Book for Young Actors by Roger Ellis Pdf

A step-by-step guide for training young actors to audition well by developing acting skills. No other book puts auditioning in the context of acting training-an all-encompassing audition text.