Playing the Audience: The Practical Actor's Guide to Live PerformanceApplause, 2002 - 257 Seiten In this book divided into eight chapters, author James Nicola reveals how the technique of live acting springs directly from the unique relationship between the performer and the spectator. Playing the Audience includes advice on: creating a character from the stage - from external gestures to inner dialogue; scoring the text; subtext; emotional memory; substitution; conflict; objectives; through-line of action; improvisation; blocking a scene; language and speech; connecting to the world of the play; and much more. |
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... active . In fact , whenever a line seems flat and inactive , the playwright has provided you with a BIG CLUE that something else is going on . He wants you to find the action of the line : that's how playwrights write plays . In the ...
... active . In fact , whenever a line seems flat and inactive , the playwright has provided you with a BIG CLUE that something else is going on . He wants you to find the action of the line : that's how playwrights write plays . In the ...
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... active thoughts , so provoca- tive that they must be restrained ( at least for the moment ) make for exciting theater . To keep that ball in the air , you may not need to make your inner action obvious , but betray it just enough to ...
... active thoughts , so provoca- tive that they must be restrained ( at least for the moment ) make for exciting theater . To keep that ball in the air , you may not need to make your inner action obvious , but betray it just enough to ...
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... active . Entertain . THEATRICS Some theatrics will be dictated by the text ( " Lights , please ! " ) ; others may involve design and technical effects , casting choices , or result from the direc- tor's theatrical staging with the ...
... active . Entertain . THEATRICS Some theatrics will be dictated by the text ( " Lights , please ! " ) ; others may involve design and technical effects , casting choices , or result from the direc- tor's theatrical staging with the ...
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Playing the Audience: The Practical Actor's Guide to Live Performance James B. Nicola Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2002 |
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