Auditioning On Camera : An Actor's Guide

Joseph Hacker

ISBN 10: 0415619025 / ISBN 13: 9780415619028

Verlag: Routledge, 2011

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - To win a screen role, an actor must learn to contend with the unique challenges of an on-camera audition. Understanding how to make the crucial adjustments to one's craft that this kind of audition requires is vital to the career of any screen actor.Auditioning on Camera sets out the key elements of a successful on-camera audition and explains how to put them into practice. Joseph Hacker draws on 35 years of acting experience to guide the reader through the screen auditioning process with an engaging and undaunting approach. Key elements examined include:commanding the camera's focusdealing with nerveson-camera interview techniquesstructural scene analysisknowing where and when to looktransforming the audition spaceThe book also features audition guidelines for comedies and villains, as well as techniques for performing in pairs and for creating self-produced 'virtual auditions' via the internet. It is a comprehensive and enlightening resource for screen actors of all levels.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780415619028

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Auditioning On Camera : An Actor's Guide
• Verlag: Routledge
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0415619025
• ISBN-13: 9780415619028
• Bindung: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

To win a screen role, an actor must learn to contend with the unique challenges of an on-camera audition. Understanding how to make the crucial adjustments to one's craft that this kind of audition requires is vital to the career of any screen actor.

Auditioning on Camera sets out the key elements of a successful on-camera audition and explains how to put them into practice. Joseph Hacker draws on 35 years of acting experience to guide the reader through the screen auditioning process with an engaging and undaunting approach. Key elements examined include:

• commanding the camera's focus
• dealing with nerves
• on-camera interview techniques
• structural scene analysis
• knowing where and when to look
• transforming the audition space

The book also features audition guidelines for comedies and villains, as well as techniques for performing in pairs and for creating self-produced "virtual auditions" via the internet. It is a comprehensive and enlightening resource for screen actors of all levels.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Joseph Hacker is an associate professor of theatre practice at the University of Southern California. He is also an actor and producer with over 30 years' experience, having appeared in such seminal TV series' as 24, Quantum Leap and the Twilight Zone.