Author: E. Katherine Kerr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989549301
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
E. Katherine Kerr, an award-winning actress, translates her unique keys of acting into how to manifest a fulfilled life. It is based on her 30 years experience teaching acting and a two-day transformational workshop called The Creative Explosion. Tony award winning actress, Faith Prince declared, "I enrolled in her powerful Creative Explosion workshop. My career and my life have never been the same. I now know how to be fully present on stage and off. The Four Principles are life altering. Do yourself a favor and read this book." Kerr taught acting in New York City and master classes at NYU, Sarah Lawrence, Queen's College in Ontario, and International Centre at Herstmonceux, England. After 30 years helping actors, singers, writers, and people not directly related in the arts manifest their dreams and hearts' desires, Kerr puts her experience and expertise into this powerful book. It is personal, humorous, and as full of compassion as Kerr is.
The Four Principles
Author: E. Katherine Kerr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989549301
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
E. Katherine Kerr, an award-winning actress, translates her unique keys of acting into how to manifest a fulfilled life. It is based on her 30 years experience teaching acting and a two-day transformational workshop called The Creative Explosion. Tony award winning actress, Faith Prince declared, "I enrolled in her powerful Creative Explosion workshop. My career and my life have never been the same. I now know how to be fully present on stage and off. The Four Principles are life altering. Do yourself a favor and read this book." Kerr taught acting in New York City and master classes at NYU, Sarah Lawrence, Queen's College in Ontario, and International Centre at Herstmonceux, England. After 30 years helping actors, singers, writers, and people not directly related in the arts manifest their dreams and hearts' desires, Kerr puts her experience and expertise into this powerful book. It is personal, humorous, and as full of compassion as Kerr is.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989549301
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
E. Katherine Kerr, an award-winning actress, translates her unique keys of acting into how to manifest a fulfilled life. It is based on her 30 years experience teaching acting and a two-day transformational workshop called The Creative Explosion. Tony award winning actress, Faith Prince declared, "I enrolled in her powerful Creative Explosion workshop. My career and my life have never been the same. I now know how to be fully present on stage and off. The Four Principles are life altering. Do yourself a favor and read this book." Kerr taught acting in New York City and master classes at NYU, Sarah Lawrence, Queen's College in Ontario, and International Centre at Herstmonceux, England. After 30 years helping actors, singers, writers, and people not directly related in the arts manifest their dreams and hearts' desires, Kerr puts her experience and expertise into this powerful book. It is personal, humorous, and as full of compassion as Kerr is.
Acting for Animators
Author: Ed Hooks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415580236
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A guide to acting theory written specifically for animators"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415580236
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A guide to acting theory written specifically for animators"--Provided by publisher.
Heidegger on Being and Acting
Author: Reiner Schürmann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
..". elegant and provocative... Exhibit[s] a subtle mastery of Heidegger's works." -- Review of Metaphysics ..". splendidly precise study of Heidegger... to be recommended not only to Heidegger scholars but also to those interested in the question of what philosophical thinking has as its task in the modern technological world." -- Religious Studies Review ..". indispensable to understanding the later Heidegger." -- Choice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
..". elegant and provocative... Exhibit[s] a subtle mastery of Heidegger's works." -- Review of Metaphysics ..". splendidly precise study of Heidegger... to be recommended not only to Heidegger scholars but also to those interested in the question of what philosophical thinking has as its task in the modern technological world." -- Religious Studies Review ..". indispensable to understanding the later Heidegger." -- Choice
Acting with Technology
Author: Victor Kaptelinin
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262513315
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
A systematic presentation of activity theory, its application to interaction design, and an argument for the development of activity theory as a basis for understanding how people interact with technology. Activity theory holds that the human mind is the product of our interaction with people and artifacts in the context of everyday activity. Acting with Technology makes the case for activity theory as a basis for understanding our relationship with technology. Victor Kaptelinin and Bonnie Nardi describe activity theory's principles, history, relationship to other theoretical approaches, and application to the analysis and design of technologies. The book provides the first systematic entry-level introduction to the major principles of activity theory. It describes the accumulating body of work in interaction design informed by activity theory, drawing on work from an international community of scholars and designers. Kaptelinin and Nardi examine the notion of the object of activity, describe its use in an empirical study, and discuss key debates in the development of activity theory. Finally, they outline current and future issues in activity theory, providing a comparative analysis of the theory and its leading theoretical competitors within interaction design: distributed cognition, actor-network theory, and phenomenologically inspired approaches.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262513315
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
A systematic presentation of activity theory, its application to interaction design, and an argument for the development of activity theory as a basis for understanding how people interact with technology. Activity theory holds that the human mind is the product of our interaction with people and artifacts in the context of everyday activity. Acting with Technology makes the case for activity theory as a basis for understanding our relationship with technology. Victor Kaptelinin and Bonnie Nardi describe activity theory's principles, history, relationship to other theoretical approaches, and application to the analysis and design of technologies. The book provides the first systematic entry-level introduction to the major principles of activity theory. It describes the accumulating body of work in interaction design informed by activity theory, drawing on work from an international community of scholars and designers. Kaptelinin and Nardi examine the notion of the object of activity, describe its use in an empirical study, and discuss key debates in the development of activity theory. Finally, they outline current and future issues in activity theory, providing a comparative analysis of the theory and its leading theoretical competitors within interaction design: distributed cognition, actor-network theory, and phenomenologically inspired approaches.
The Power of the Actor
Author: Ivana Chubbuck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440649960
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
In The Power of the Actor, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, premier acting teacher and coach Ivana Chubbuck reveals her cutting-edge technique, which has launched some of the most successful acting careers in Hollywood. The first book from the instructor who has taught Charlize Theron, Brad Pitt, Elisabeth Shue, Djimon Hounsou, and Halle Berry, The Power of the Actor guides you to dynamic and effective results. For many of today’s major talents, the Chubbuck Technique is the leading edge of acting for the twenty-first century. Ivana Chubbuck has developed a curriculum that takes the theories of the acting masters, such as Stanislavski, Meisner, and Hagen, to the next step by utilizing inner pain and emotions, not as an end in itself, but rather as a way to drive and win a goal. In addition to the powerful twelve-step process, the book takes well-known scripts, both classic and contemporary, and demonstrates how to precisely apply Chubbuck’s script-analysis process. The Power of the Actor is filled with fascinating and inspiring behind-the-scenes accounts of how noted actors have mastered their craft and have accomplished success in such a difficult and competitive field.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440649960
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
In The Power of the Actor, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, premier acting teacher and coach Ivana Chubbuck reveals her cutting-edge technique, which has launched some of the most successful acting careers in Hollywood. The first book from the instructor who has taught Charlize Theron, Brad Pitt, Elisabeth Shue, Djimon Hounsou, and Halle Berry, The Power of the Actor guides you to dynamic and effective results. For many of today’s major talents, the Chubbuck Technique is the leading edge of acting for the twenty-first century. Ivana Chubbuck has developed a curriculum that takes the theories of the acting masters, such as Stanislavski, Meisner, and Hagen, to the next step by utilizing inner pain and emotions, not as an end in itself, but rather as a way to drive and win a goal. In addition to the powerful twelve-step process, the book takes well-known scripts, both classic and contemporary, and demonstrates how to precisely apply Chubbuck’s script-analysis process. The Power of the Actor is filled with fascinating and inspiring behind-the-scenes accounts of how noted actors have mastered their craft and have accomplished success in such a difficult and competitive field.
Acting One
Author: Robert Cohen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Useful for teaching beginning acting, this text contains twenty-eight lessons based on experiential exercises. It covers basic skills, such as talking, listening, tactical interplay, physicalizing, building scenes, and making good choices.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Useful for teaching beginning acting, this text contains twenty-eight lessons based on experiential exercises. It covers basic skills, such as talking, listening, tactical interplay, physicalizing, building scenes, and making good choices.
The Art of Film Acting
Author: Jeremiah Comey
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136047212
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
This guide for actors and directors develops a valid method for training performers to act from their core--whether they are cold reading, auditioning, or performing for film or television. This book teaches actors how to achieve and respond to believable and honest emotions before the camera, and it maintains that the key to a successful performance lies in how the actors relate to one another and to the circumstances. Exercises, including script examples, throughout the book give readers an easy resource for practicing the principles outlined. The Art of Film Acting applies a classic stage acting method (Stanislavsky) to the more intimate medium of performing before a camera, teaching readers to experience an emotion rather than to indicate it.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136047212
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
This guide for actors and directors develops a valid method for training performers to act from their core--whether they are cold reading, auditioning, or performing for film or television. This book teaches actors how to achieve and respond to believable and honest emotions before the camera, and it maintains that the key to a successful performance lies in how the actors relate to one another and to the circumstances. Exercises, including script examples, throughout the book give readers an easy resource for practicing the principles outlined. The Art of Film Acting applies a classic stage acting method (Stanislavsky) to the more intimate medium of performing before a camera, teaching readers to experience an emotion rather than to indicate it.
Acting on the Script
Author: Bruce Miller
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1495002055
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Mastery of craft depends on repetition: the more opportunities student actors have to be guided through analyzing scripts, the more likely they are to develop a reliable process for making choices when the time comes to work independently. That's why Acting on the Script contains eight short plays, which can be used independently or as parts of one full-length play, giving aspiring actors the practice they need to tell the story of the play and of their characters clearly, believably, and compellingly. With each new scene, readers are given the opportunity to think through the analysis and synthesis process independently, then they are guided clearly through that process. The first section reintroduces the basic elements of acting craft. The book then lays out how these elements relate to a script in general and then more specifically – by using a short play to illustrate the basic principles. The second section focuses on specific analysis and synthesis problems using original scenes especially composed to help students develop their analysis and choice-making skills and to address individual acting issues. The plays, already tested in classes and two productions (one professional and one college), are filled with the kinds of acting problems that beginning actors often have trouble with and need to learn to solve. In addition, specific problems that actors might have with certain types of material are addressed as well.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1495002055
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Mastery of craft depends on repetition: the more opportunities student actors have to be guided through analyzing scripts, the more likely they are to develop a reliable process for making choices when the time comes to work independently. That's why Acting on the Script contains eight short plays, which can be used independently or as parts of one full-length play, giving aspiring actors the practice they need to tell the story of the play and of their characters clearly, believably, and compellingly. With each new scene, readers are given the opportunity to think through the analysis and synthesis process independently, then they are guided clearly through that process. The first section reintroduces the basic elements of acting craft. The book then lays out how these elements relate to a script in general and then more specifically – by using a short play to illustrate the basic principles. The second section focuses on specific analysis and synthesis problems using original scenes especially composed to help students develop their analysis and choice-making skills and to address individual acting issues. The plays, already tested in classes and two productions (one professional and one college), are filled with the kinds of acting problems that beginning actors often have trouble with and need to learn to solve. In addition, specific problems that actors might have with certain types of material are addressed as well.
Michael Chekhov’s Acting Technique
Author: Sinéad Rushe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472503473
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Intended for actors, directors, teachers and researchers, this book offers an exceptionally clear and thorough introduction to the renowned acting technique developed by Michael Chekhov. Sinéad Rushe's book provides a complete overview of the whole method, and includes illuminating explanations of its principles, as well as a wide range of practical exercises that illustrate, step by step, how they can be applied to dramatic texts. Part One provides an outline of the ideas that underpin the work, which help to prepare practitioners to become responsive and receptive, and to awaken their imagination. Part Two charts a journey through the foundational psychophysical exercises that can both orient an actor's training routine and be applied directly to the development of a role. Part Three focuses on more specific and elaborate methods of scene work, characterisation and the art of transformation. Drawing on the full range of Chekhov's writing in English and French, this book also examines unpublished material from the Dartington Hall archives and features interviews with actors who have worked with the technique, including Simon Callow and Joanna Merlin. It illustrates Chekhov's approach by referring to Rushe's own productions of Nikolai Gogol's short story Diary of a Madman and Shakespeare's Othello, as well as characters and scenes in Sarah Kane's Blasted and the contemporary American television series Breaking Bad. Michael Chekhov's Acting Technique is an accessible, comprehensive and contemporary point of reference for those already trained in the method, as well as an initiation and toolkit for practitioners who are just beginning to discover it.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472503473
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Intended for actors, directors, teachers and researchers, this book offers an exceptionally clear and thorough introduction to the renowned acting technique developed by Michael Chekhov. Sinéad Rushe's book provides a complete overview of the whole method, and includes illuminating explanations of its principles, as well as a wide range of practical exercises that illustrate, step by step, how they can be applied to dramatic texts. Part One provides an outline of the ideas that underpin the work, which help to prepare practitioners to become responsive and receptive, and to awaken their imagination. Part Two charts a journey through the foundational psychophysical exercises that can both orient an actor's training routine and be applied directly to the development of a role. Part Three focuses on more specific and elaborate methods of scene work, characterisation and the art of transformation. Drawing on the full range of Chekhov's writing in English and French, this book also examines unpublished material from the Dartington Hall archives and features interviews with actors who have worked with the technique, including Simon Callow and Joanna Merlin. It illustrates Chekhov's approach by referring to Rushe's own productions of Nikolai Gogol's short story Diary of a Madman and Shakespeare's Othello, as well as characters and scenes in Sarah Kane's Blasted and the contemporary American television series Breaking Bad. Michael Chekhov's Acting Technique is an accessible, comprehensive and contemporary point of reference for those already trained in the method, as well as an initiation and toolkit for practitioners who are just beginning to discover it.
To the Actor
Author: Michael Chekhov
Publisher: Ravenio Books
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In this practical guide, renowned actor and director Michael Chekhov shares his innovative approach to the craft of acting. Drawing on his extensive experience in the theater and his unique understanding of the actor's creative process, Chekhov presents a comprehensive system of techniques designed to help actors develop their physical, mental, and emotional abilities. Through a series of exercises and principles, actors can learn to create compelling, truthful performances that captivate audiences and bring characters to life on stage and screen.
Publisher: Ravenio Books
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In this practical guide, renowned actor and director Michael Chekhov shares his innovative approach to the craft of acting. Drawing on his extensive experience in the theater and his unique understanding of the actor's creative process, Chekhov presents a comprehensive system of techniques designed to help actors develop their physical, mental, and emotional abilities. Through a series of exercises and principles, actors can learn to create compelling, truthful performances that captivate audiences and bring characters to life on stage and screen.