Acting for the Camera: Revised Edition – The Practical Handbook for On-Camera Performers with Insights from Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins - Softcover

Barr, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060928190 ISBN 13: 9780060928193

Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks, 1997

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Culled from Tony Barr's 40 years' experience as a performer, director and acting teacher in Hollywood, this highly praised handbook provides readers with the practical knowledge they need when performing in front of the camera. 

This updated edition includes plenty of new exercises for honing on-camera skills; additional chapters on imagination and movement; and fresh material on character development, monologues, visual focus, playing comedy and working with directors. Inside tips on the studio system and acting guilds make it particularly helpful for people new to the business, and numerous anecdotes from actors such as Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins and examples from current movies illustrate its many lessons. It is perfect for acting classes, workshops, all actors who work in front of the camera -- and all those who want to.

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Tony Barr conducts acting seminars throughout the United States and Canada, and lives in Los Angeles, CA.

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Culled from Tony Barr's 40 years' experience as a performer, director and acting teacher in Hollywood, this highly praised handbook provides readers with the practical knowledge they need when performing in front of the camera. This updated edition includes plenty of new exercises for honing on-camera skills; additional chapters on imagination and movement; and fresh material on character development, monologues, visual focus, playing comedy and working with directors. Inside tips on the studio system and acting guilds make it particularly helpful for people new to the business, and numerous anecdotes from actors such as Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins and examples from current movies illustrate its many lessons. It is perfect for acting classes, workshops, all actors who work in front of the camera -- and all those who want to.

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• Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0060928190
• ISBN 13: 9780060928193
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
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