Acting Auditioning category: 934 books
by Ben Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Ben Thompson went to China at the age of 50 to study Mandarin. He soon found himself drawn into the world of TV and film acting. He stayed for over 10 years and took part in more than 70 television series and films. This book is intended for anyone going to China who might want to try some screen acting,...
by Lorna Marshall, Yoshi Oida
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
A founding member of Peter Brook's international theatre company, Yoshi Oida infuses his acting and directing with the artistry of the Oriental traditions and a mastery of Western forms. In this disarmingly accessible study of the art of acting he shares his unique experience and range of expertise....
The Warner Loughlin Technique
An Acting Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
For the first time in print, comes the revolutionary acting technique from the premiere acting coach of our era. Not a copy of the old masters, The Warner Loughlin Technique empowers the actor to create rich, nuanced and unique characters. Discover the technique used to help create some of the most...
The Intent to Live
Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2004
“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”
–Larry Moss, from the Introduction
When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to...
Freeing the Natural Voice
Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language (Revised & Expanded)
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Knowing how to connect language with breath and voice is a golden key to hang on the chain of the actor's craft! Linklater’s groundbreaking original Freeing the Natural Voice sold more than 100,000 copies. Now, revised and greatly expanded this edition has been eagerly adopted by...
by Jared Kelner
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
ATTENTION ACTORS!!!!!If you've ever struggled to remember your lines, the creative memorization techniques taught in LINE? will help you break through your mental blocks and accelerate the line memorization process. Author Jared Kelner has applied his experience as an actor and acting teacher...
True and False
Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
One of our most brilliantly iconoclastic playwrights takes on the art of profession of acting with these words: invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school. Acting schools, “interpretation,” “sense memory,” “The Method”—David Mamet takes a jackhammer to the idols...
by Stephen Horst
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
In NYC everyone can sing. The only way to stand out in auditions is to ACT the song. This is a complex and extremely subjective process. You must learn how to connect to the lyric and let your emotions flow openly within you for all to see and experience. This can feel extremely vulnerablebut even more...
by Derek Jacobi
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Star of stage, screen and television, and one of only two people to be awarded two Knighthoods, Sir Derek Jacobi is one of Britain’s most distinguished actors. ‘If you want to be an actor, don’t. If you need to be an actor, do.’ The world of theatre could not have been further from Derek’s...
Other People's Shoes
Thoughts on Acting
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Harriet Walter's wonderfully practical - and personal - introduction to acting.
"Acting is what I do with who I am", writes Harriet Walter. And in this book she takes us step by step through the processes involved in performance. Each step of the way is illuminated with brilliantly...
The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
William Esper, one of the most celebrated acting teachers of our time, takes us through his step-by-step approach to the central challenge of advanced acting work: creating and playing a character.
Esper’s first book, The Actor’s Art and Craft, earned praise for describing the basics taught...
The Actor's Art and Craft
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.Esper worked closely with Meisner for seventeen years and has spent decades developing his...
Acting
Advanced Techniques for the Actor, Director, and Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
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...
by Cathy Haase
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Aspiring film and television actors will discover exercises for relaxing the face to achieve maximum expressiveness; maintaining proper eye focus in front of the camera and conveying the "beats" of a scene, even in the shortest takes. They'll also learn tested techniques for adapting to the styles...