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Auditioning on camera : an actor's guide / Joseph Hacker.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.8.A3 H33 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hacker, Joseph.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television acting.
- Acting--Auditions.
- Acting.
- Television broadcasting--Auditions.
- Television broadcasting.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 270 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Summary:
- To win a screen role, an actor must learn to contend with 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. -- from back cover.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: SECTION I WHAT THE CAMERA REQUIRES
- ch. 1 Who you are shouts so loudly I can't hear what you're saying
- You and the camera
- ch. 2 "Just relax and be yourself" - a tototally worthless piece of advice
- Nerves and the camera
- ch. 3 When the camera is in the room, guess who's not there?
- On-camera interviews
- ch. 4 I asked him, "How do I get to where you are?" "Oh" he said, "that's impossible ... but there are a million ways."
- Agents, monologues and headshots
- SECTION II ON-CAMERA AUDITION STRATEGIES
- ch. 5 I knew you were perfect for the part the moment you walked into the room
- Your on-camera entry
- ch. 6 Calm them by knowing what you want to do
- How on-camera auditions go
- On-camera audition strategies
- Auditioning in pairs
- Callbacks on camera
- ch. 7 "I really really really want to get this part but I'm not sure how I should play it"
- The structure of drama and what it means to your acting choices
- ch. 8 He buys his ties in the city
- Wardrobe strategies for on-camera auditions
- ch. 9 Your eyes/your thoughts
- The importance of where your character looks
- ch. 10 The place/your thoughts
- The place is the circumstance
- SECTION III SCENE PREPARATION FOR ON-CAMERA AUDITIONS
- ch. 11 How to paint a nose
- Basic philosophy
- ch. 12 What needs to happen
- Analyzing the story/the scene
- ch. 13 Acting is doing. Meaningful acting is doing in an emotional context
- Creating the character: actions and circumstances
- Dealing with preconceptions
- Love scenes and further notes
- ch. 14 Somewhere, someone thinks it's funny
- Comedy: some guidelines
- ch. 15 Evil be now my good
- Auditioning for the villain
- ch. 16 Lights! Camera! ... then Action
- Secrets to creating a winning "virtual" audition
- ch. 17 Overall summary and a few choice perspectives
- Final comment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415619011
- 0415619017
- 9780415490993
- 0415490995
- 9780415585651
- 0415585651
- 9780203846179
- 0203846176
- 9780415619028
- 0415619025
- OCLC:
- 692084846
- Publisher Number:
- 99993273752
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