The Actor at Work
ISBN: 9780205542079 | 0205542077
Edition: 10thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/15/2008
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This edition marks the 40th Anniversary of this classic and comprehensive introduction to acting. With this new edition, Benedetti continues to provide students with wide-ranging insight into the techniques and demands of acting today. Centered on the concept of action, The Actor at Work covers all the major skills of the actor, including voice, speech, movement, analysis and role-playing. Using many ideas from contemporary psychology and various physical and spiritual disciplines, this text helps students uncover and develop the actors within ... MORE
| List of Exercises | |
| Preface | |
| The Ground: Preparing Yourself | |
| The Exercises and In-Class Performances | |
| A Note On Discipline | |
| The Actor | |
| In You The Skills Of The Actor | |
| The Tradition Of The Actor | |
| The Modern Period Acting and Your Personal Growth | |
| Summary | |
| The Creative State Tension and ... MORE | |
| Restful Alertness Experiencing Wholeness | |
| Relaxation The Here and Now | |
| Summary | |
| Centering, Moving, and Gesturing | |
| The Pure Center and the Voice | |
| The Actor s Use of Center Grounding | |
| Your Changing Relationship to Gravity Phrasing Movement Gesture | |
| The Genesis of Gesture | |
| Summary | |
| Voice The Voice and Emotion | |
| The Source of the Voice | |
| The Cycle of Energy Tone Production | |
| The Voice and Inner Dynamic | |
| The Voice and Attitude Using Your Own Voice | |
| Summary | |
| Speech | |
| The Process of Speech Nasal Sounds | |
| Oral Sounds: Vowels and Diphthongs | |
| Oral Sounds: Consonants Projection Speech, Context, and Character | |
| Further Training of Body and Voice | |
| Summary | |
| Dramatic Language Text and Subtext | |
| Word Choice Context | |
| Rhythm Melody Imagery | |
| Summary | |
| Working With Others | |
| The Bodily Center and Relationship Commitment, Support, and Communication | |
| Transaction and Teamwork | |
| Summary | |
| The Path: Exploring Action | |
| The Flow and Shape of Dramatic Action Aristotle on Action | |
| Action and Reaction: The Life of the Scene | |
| The Shape of Drama | |
| Drama and Conflict | |
| Summary | |
| Action for the Actor | |
| Action According To Stanislavski Action in Life | |
| Internal and External Action Believability Indicating | |
| Summary | |
| Action, Character, and Emotion Public Solitude | |
| Dual Consciousness | |
| Action and Character | |
| Action and Emotion | |
| Emotional Recall and Substitution | |
| The Role of Emotion in Performance Personalization and the Magic if | |
| Summary | |
| The Acting Process: Givens, Needs, Objectives, And Actions | |
| A Scene of Your Own | |
| The Given Circumstances Needs and Aspirations | |
| Objectives Defining Productive | |
| Objectives Defining Playable Actions: Verbs Automatic Actions | |
| Summary | |
| Beats, Through-Line, And Superobjective | |
| The Levels of Action Scene | |
| Structure Breaking Down | |
| The Scene | |
| The Through-Line | |
| The Superobjective | |
| The Acting Process | |
| Summary | |
| The Fruition: Preparing The Performance | |
| The Function and Elements of Character Functional and Likeness | |
| Traits Physical | |
| Traits Social Traits | |
| A Note on Style Psychological Traits | |
| Moral Traits Economy of Characterization | |
| A Character Checklist | |
| Summary | |
| The Character s Mind | |
| The Instroke of Reaction Choice | |
| Automatic Actions | |
| Direct and Indirect Action | |
| Not Doing: Suppression | |
| The Character s Self-Image | |
| Summary | |
| The Character s Body | |
| The Character s Center | |
| The Flow of Bodily Energy Physique and Personality Body Alignment and Character | |
| Summary | |
| Rehearsing Auditions Preparations and Homework Early | |
| Read-Throughs Exploring the Action Establishing the Score Communication in Rehearsals | |
| You and Your Director Getting Off Book | |
| Summary | |
| Staging | |
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