Screen acting : a cognitive approach / Dan Leberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leberg, Dan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture acting.

Television acting.

Motion picture acting--Psychological aspects.

Television acting--Psychological aspects.

Emotions and cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This work approaches film and television acting from an actor's perspective rather than that of an audience member, and therefore theorises how screen acting works as a process that engages an actor's memory, imagination, emotions, and physical body in the creation of a character. It argues that film actors strive to perform profound empathetic connections with their characters and fellow actors, and then put themselves out there through performing to make those connections clear to the eventual audience. It combines interviews with working professional film and television actors, key insights and methods from Film, Television, and Theatre Studies, and theories of imagination and embodiment to show that screen actors are more than just 'the moving parts' of the mise-en-scene.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Missing Parts

CHAPTER 1 The Moving Parts

CHAPTER 2 All By Our Selves: Empathy and Acting

CHAPTER 3 The Actor’s Three Empathetic Connections

CHAPTER 4 Acting Culture and Audition Preparation

CHAPTER 5 Empathetic Work Prior to Shooting

CHAPTER 6 Empathy on Set

CHAPTER 7 Conclusion “Ready for my Close-up”

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 5, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Leberg, Dan Screen Acting

ISBN:

1-4744-8416-6

1-4744-8415-8

OCLC:

1352972021