Directing Actors

Acknowledgments = xiii INTRODUCTION = 1 Directors in Jeopardy = 1 Actors: The Mysterious "Other" = 2 The Craft of Directing = 4 The Actor-Director Relationship = 7 What Do Actors Want? = 10 What Is In This Book? = 11 Ⅰ. RESULT DIRECTION AND QUICK FIXES = 13 Ten Examples of Result Direction = 14 Adjectives = 27 Verbs = 29 Facts = 36 Images = 40 Events = 43 Physical Tasks = 45 Questions, Questions, Questions = 46 Ⅱ. MOMENT BY MOMENT = 49 Fear and Control = 50 Risk = 51 Honesty = 54 Moment By Moment = 57 Idiosyncrasy = 63 Freedom = 67 Concentration = 70 Ⅲ. Listening and Talking = 77 Ⅳ. Actors' Choices = 91 Questions = 93 Opposites = 95 Judgment = 96 Need = 98 Spine = 99 Objective = 102 Action Verb = 103 Unconscious Objectives = 103 Choosing Objectives = 105 Images = 107 Obstacle = 114 Facts = 119 Sense Of Belief = 121 Adjustments = 122 Subtext = 124 Physical Life = 126 What Do You Mean "Specific"? = 130 Ⅴ. STRUCTURE: TRANSITIONS, EVENTS AND THROUGH-LINES = 133 Ⅵ. ACTORS' RESOURCES AND TRAINING = 141 Memory (Personal Experience) = 141 Observation = 143 Imagination = 146 Immediate Experience = 147 Sensory Life = 150 Feelings = 152 Teachers & Gurus = 153 Stretching = 157 Stage Acting vs. Film and Television Acting = 158 Professionalism = 159 Ⅶ. Script Analysis = 163 Preparing For The First Read = 165 The Writer-Director = 166 Editing Stage Directions = 167 First Impressions: Chart 1 = 183 Owning The Characters = 185 Paraphrasing = 185 "It's Just..." and "I Assume..." = 187 The Technique Of Three Possible = 188 The Reality (Fact) Behind The Words = 190 More Reading Ideas = 190 The Immutables: Facts and Images: Chart 2 = 191 Facts and Evidence = 193 Questions = 196 Research = 199 Images and Associations = 200 Imaginative Choices: Chart 3 = 206 History／Backstory = 206 What Just Happened = 208 Objective／Intention／Need = 209 Issues／What's At Stake／The Problem／The Obstacle = 212 Action Verbs = 213 Adjustments = 215 Subtext = 217 Physical Life = 217 Events: Chart 4 = 219 What The Script Is About = 227 Spine = 229 Summary = 233 Ⅷ. Casting = 235 Ⅸ. Rehearsal = 245 Rehearsal Plan = 248 Full Cast Read-Through = 250 Scene Rehearsal = 251 Opening Remarks = 251 First Reading Of Scene = 252 Through Lines = 253 Layers = 256 Working In Beats = 257 Rehearsal Guidelines = 258 Improv = 263 Blocking: Physical Objects and Physical Activity = 268 Resistances = 272 Episodic Television = 277 Summary = 278 Ⅹ. Shooting = 281 Epilogue = 291 Appendix A: Children and Nonprofessional actors = 294 Appendix B: Comedy = 296 Appendix C: = 302 Short List Of Action Verbs Sample Simple Objectives More Action Verbs Filmography = 308 Bibliography = 311 Further Acknowledgments = 313

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