The Core Goal Of Directing Screen Performances Is To Teach Aspiring Directors How To Prepare And Work With Actors. Through A Practical Exploration Of The Major Approaches To Contemporary Screen Acting, You Will Learn How To Formulate Your Own Effective Modes Of Communication To Craft Compelling Performances. Directing Performances For The Screen Starts Well Before The Actor Is Cast And Finishes Well After The Last Slate Is Shot. In This Book You Will Learn How To Analyze A Script, Brief The Casting Director, Rehearse The Actors, Decide On The Visual Treatment That Enriches Their Performances, Direct Effectively On Set And Finesse The Character In The Edit. The Director's Process Is Clearly Defined And Augmented With Illustrations, Photographs And Graphics, And Each Chapter Concludes With Practical Exercises To Consolidate The New Knowledge--bloomsbury Screen Studies. The core goal of this book is to teach aspiring directors how to prepare and work with actors. Through a practical exploration of the major approaches to contemporary screen acting, you will learn how to formulate your own effective modes of communication to craft compelling performances. Directing performances for the screen starts well before the actor is cast and finishes well after the last slate is shot. In this book you will learn how to analyse a script, brief the casting director, rehearse the actors, decide on the visual treatment that enriches their performances, direct effectively on set and finesse the character in the edit. The director's process is clearly defined and augmented with illustrations, photographs and graphics, and each chapter concludes with practical exercises to consolidate the new knowledge Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Director Director as genius Director as leader Director as storyteller Director as storyworld creator Interview: Todd Solondz 2 The Actor Overview of the process Evaluating screen performance Theater versus screen acting The magic “if” The System and the Method Interview: Sam Neill 3 Pre-production Script analysis Script analysis Casting Rehearsal Pre-visualization 4 Production Shooting procedure Collaboration with the Director of Photography Collaboration with the sound department Collaboration with actors—working with emotional dynamite Happy accident 5 Post-production Picture editing Sound design Music Color grading Interview: Mark Warner Conclusion Sources "Featuring practical exercises and insightful interviews with successful actors and directors, this is a must-have guide to getting a memorable performance on screen"-- Provided by publisher "Featuring practical exercises and insightful interviews with successful actors and directors, this is a must-have guide to getting a memorable performance on screen"--Éditeur
