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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... ( person B ) invents a secret gesture of his own that will just happen to come directly into conflict with person A's . Person B does not demonstrate his task ahead of time . Then let them both loose at the same time . As A is surprised ...
... ( person B ) invents a secret gesture of his own that will just happen to come directly into conflict with person A's . Person B does not demonstrate his task ahead of time . Then let them both loose at the same time . As A is surprised ...
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... Person A starts to speak ( again , don't pretend — really have something to say ) . But person B lifts a finger or grunts as if to say , " Wait a minute , " after which he then either brushes off A's clothes , or sets up a chair , or ...
... Person A starts to speak ( again , don't pretend — really have something to say ) . But person B lifts a finger or grunts as if to say , " Wait a minute , " after which he then either brushes off A's clothes , or sets up a chair , or ...
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... person can be seated at a time , so if the standing person sits , the sitting person rises ( finding the reason to do so ) within five seconds or so . All motion is circular . Every line of text starts on the last word of the previous ...
... person can be seated at a time , so if the standing person sits , the sitting person rises ( finding the reason to do so ) within five seconds or so . All motion is circular . Every line of text starts on the last word of the previous ...
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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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