Exploring television acting / edited by Tom Cantrell and Christopher Hogg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Cantrell, Tom, 1982- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television acting.

Physical Description:

xi, 192 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Methuen Drama, 2018.

Summary:

The first collection of its kind to bring together scholarly and practitioner perspectives, this book analyses the experiences, skills and techniques of actors when working on television. Featuring eleven chapters by internationally distinguished researchers and actor trainers, this collection examines the acting processes and resulting performances of some of the most acclaimed television actors. Topics include: studio and location realism; actor training for television; actor well-being in the television industry; performance in reality television and British and Irish actors in contemporary US television and film. The book also contains case studies examining the work of Emmy-award-winning actor Viola Davis and the iconic character of Gene Hunt in Life on Mars (BBC, 2006-2007).

Contents:

Part 1 Television Acting: Histories and Inheritances

1 Performing Sherlock: A study in studio and location realism p. 15 / Richard Hewett

2 'Visible' and 'invisible' performance: Framing performance in 1970s television drama p. 29 / Douglas McNaughton

3 'No-nonsense rozzer': Philip Glenister/Gene Hunt, Life on Mars and the particularity of television acting p. 47 / Stephen Lacey

Part 2 Television Acting: Approaches and Perspectives

4 'The organic and the technical': A psychophysical approach to television acting p. 63 / Tom Cantrell

5 A context for her craft and success in series television p. 79 / Viola Davis and Cynthia Baron

6 'I'm going in there GC style': Performance and performative contracts within a crossover of reality television environments p. 95 / Louise Cope

7 Truth and 'truthiness' in acting the real p. 110 / Derek Paget

Part 3 Television Acting: Training and Industry

8 Exploring actor training for television p. 127 / Trevor Rawlins

9 Accent on talent: The valorization of British actors on American quality television p. 140 / Christine Becker

10 Exploring the casting of British and Irish actors in contemporary US television and film p. 154 / Simone Knox

11 Well-being and the television actor: Challenges and coping strategies p. 171 / Christopher Hogg and Charlotte Lucy Smith.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1474248586

9781474248587

OCLC:

1004839141