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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cantrell, Tom, 1982- editor.

Hogg, Christopher, editor.

Series:

Bloomsbury Publishing series.

Bloomsbury Publishing series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television acting.

Television acting--Vocational guidance.

Television programs--Casting.

Television programs.

Television--Production and direction.

Television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Methuen Drama, 2018.

System Details:

HTML

text file

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)."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Exploring Television Acting: An Introduction

Tom Cantrell and Christopher Hogg

Television Acting: Histories and Inheritances

1 Performing Sherlock: A Study in Studio and Location Realism

Richard Hewett

2 'Visible' and 'Invisible' Performance: Framing Performance in 1970s Television

Douglas McNaughton

3 'No-nonsense Rozzer': Philip Glenister/Gene Hunt, Life on Mars and the Particularity of Television Acting

Stephen Lacey

Television Acting: Approaches and Perspectives

4 'The Organic and the Technical': a Psychophysical Approach to Television Acting

Tom Cantrell

5 Viola Davis: A Context for Her Craft and Success in Series Television

Cynthia Baron

6 'I'm going in there GC style': Performance and Performative Contracts within a Crossover of Reality Television Environments

Louise Cope

7 Truth and 'Truthiness' in Acting the Real

Derek Paget

Television Acting: Training and Industry

8 Exploring Actor Training for Television

Trevor Rawlins

9 Accent on Talent: The Valorization of British Actors on American Quality Television

Christine Becker

10 Exploring the Casting of British and Irish Actors in Contemporary US Television and Film

Simone Knox

11 Well-being and the Television Actor: Challenges and Coping Strategies

Christopher Hogg and Charlotte Lucy Smith.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781474248600

1474248608

9781474248570

1474248578

9781474248594

1474248594

OCLC:

1035556207