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ACTION!: Acting for Film and Television
ISBN-10: 0-205-31980-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-205-31980-0
Published by Allyn & Bacon
© 2001
Pub. Date: Nov 9, 2000
Format: Paper
Table of Contents
All chapters conclude with a “Summary.”
I.WORKING WITH THE CAMERA.
Introduction: Getting Started.
A Scene of Your Own.
Your Own Camera System.
1.Training for the Camera.
Acting on Stage and on Camera.
The Film Actor's Consciousness.
2.How a Film Is Organized.
Prep.
Rehearsal.
Handling Your Lines.
3.How a Single-Camera Film Is Made.
Shooting.
Post-Production.
4.Screen Size.
Distance and Relationship.
Screen Size and the Actor.
5.Teamwork.
Blocking for the Camera.
Group Shots.
Eye-Lines.
Overlapping.
6.Continuity.
Matching Levels of Intensity.
Matching Rhythm and Tempo.
Matching Business and Props.
Matching Take to Take.
Cheating.
7.Working with Multiple Cameras.
Film versus Video.
Acting for Multiple Cameras.
Sitcoms.
Soap Operas.
II.PREPARING YOURSELF AND YOUR ROLE.
8.The Inner Discipline of Camera Acting.
Transformation and the Magic If.
Action and Public Solitude.
Indicating.
Transformation and the Camera.
9.Inner Action.
Seeing and Hearing.
Attitude.
Choice.
10.Actions and Objectives.
Defining Productive Objectives.
Defining Playable Actions.
Spontaneity.
The Inner Monologue.
11.The Four Types of Outer Action.
Automatic Actions.
Direct and Indirect Action: Subtext.
Doing Nothing.
12.Dramatic Structure.
The Shape of Drama.
Story Architecture.
