Breaking Down Your Script: The Compact Guide
A Step-by-Step Guide for the Actor
Seiten
2023
Nick Hern Books (Verlag)
978-1-84842-998-7 (ISBN)
Nick Hern Books (Verlag)
978-1-84842-998-7 (ISBN)
A clear, concise and practical guide for any actor who wants a structured and effective method for breaking down and understanding a performance script.
This clear, concise and practical guide provides actors with a structured and effective method for breaking down and understanding a performance script. It offers a flexible approach that works with plays from any period or genre, with television and film scripts, and even when preparing for your audition.
Inside, you'll find the tools you need for every step of the process, from making sense of the whole script, to breaking it down scene by scene, through to detailed line-by-line analysis. There are strategies for exploring character arcs, objectives, beat shifts and subtext, as well as practical exercises and sample scenes from leading playwrights to help you put the concepts into action. Also included are worksheets you can use and reuse on all your future projects.
Wherever you are in your acting career, this book is your essential working companion – giving you a method for tackling any script, and providing the foundation to take your performances to the next level.
The Compact Guides are pocket-sized introductions for actors and theatremakers, each tackling a key topic in a clear and comprehensive way. Written by industry professionals with extensive hands-on experience of their subject, they provide you with maximum information in minimum time.
This clear, concise and practical guide provides actors with a structured and effective method for breaking down and understanding a performance script. It offers a flexible approach that works with plays from any period or genre, with television and film scripts, and even when preparing for your audition.
Inside, you'll find the tools you need for every step of the process, from making sense of the whole script, to breaking it down scene by scene, through to detailed line-by-line analysis. There are strategies for exploring character arcs, objectives, beat shifts and subtext, as well as practical exercises and sample scenes from leading playwrights to help you put the concepts into action. Also included are worksheets you can use and reuse on all your future projects.
Wherever you are in your acting career, this book is your essential working companion – giving you a method for tackling any script, and providing the foundation to take your performances to the next level.
The Compact Guides are pocket-sized introductions for actors and theatremakers, each tackling a key topic in a clear and comprehensive way. Written by industry professionals with extensive hands-on experience of their subject, they provide you with maximum information in minimum time.
Laura Wayth is Professor of Acting and Coordinator of the Actor Training Programme at San Francisco State University. She has worked as an acting teacher and coach in the United States, Italy, Morocco, China and the UK, and is the author of two other books on acting: A Field Guide to Actor Training and The Shakespeare Audition.
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | The Compact Guides |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 111 x 178 mm |
Gewicht | 147 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
ISBN-10 | 1-84842-998-3 / 1848429983 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84842-998-7 / 9781848429987 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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