Theorizing film acting / edited by Aaron Taylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Aaron.

Series:

Routledge advances in film studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture acting.

Physical Description:

xii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Contents:

Introduction: acting, casually and theoretically speaking / Aaron Taylor

Aesthetics: understanding and interpreting film acting. Acting matters: noting performance in three films / Brenda Austin-Smith

Living meaning: the fluency of film Performance / Andrew Klevan

Play-acting: a theory of comedic performance / Alex Clayton

Performed performance and the man who knew too much / Murray Pomerance

Brando sings! the invincible star persona / George Toles

Reception: film acting, audiences and communities. "Look at me"?: a phenomenology of Heath Ledger in The dark knight / Jorg Sternagel

Is acting a form of simulation or being? acting and mirror neurons / William Brown

The bond that unbinds by binding: acting mythology and the film community / Kevin Esch

From being to acting: performance in cult cinema / Ernest Mathijs

Acting and performance in home movies and amateur films / Liz Czach

Culture: film history, industry and the vicissitudes of star acting. Story and show: the basic contradiction of film star acting / Paul McDonald

The screen actor's "first self" and "second self": John Wayne and Coquelin's acting theory / Sharon Marie Carnicke

Acting like a star: Florence Turner, picture personality / Charlie Keil

Niche stars and acting "gay" / Chris Holmlund

Apparatus: technology, film form and the actor. What becomes of the camera in the world on film? / William Rothman

Sonic bodies: listening as acting / Jennifer M. Barker

Dance of the ubermarionettes: toward a contemporary screen actor training / Sean Aita

Articulating digital stardom / Barry King.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415509510

0415509513

OCLC:

752072338