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Screen Acting
While not everyone would agree with Alfred Hitchcock's notorious remark that 'actors are cattle', there is little understanding of the work film actors do. Yet audience enthusiasm for, or dislike of, actors and their style of performance is a crucial part of the film-going experience. Screen Acting discusses the development of film acting, from the stylisation of the silent era, through the naturalism of Lee Strasberg's 'Method', to Mike Leigh's use of improvisation. The contributors to this innovative volume explore the philosophies which have influenced acting in the movies and analyse the styles and techniques of individual filmmakers and performers, including Bette Davis, James Mason, Susan Sarandon and Morgan Freeman. There are also interviews with working actors: Ian Richardson discusses the relationship between theatre, film and television acting; Claire Rushbrook and Ron Cook discuss theri work with Mike Leigh, and Helen Shaver discusses her work with the critic Susan Knobloch.
All You Need to Know About the Movie and TV Business
Whether one is pursuing the dream of acting, directing, or writing, or is interested in a career as a studio executive, agent, cinematographer, makeup artist, stuntman, or camera operator, Resnik and Trost present realistic assessments of career opportunities, offer savvy insights into how to play the Hollywood game, and explore in detail the legal ins and outs of the business.
In the Eye of the Beholder
Scholars from communication studies as well as film and television studies address a variety of texts, from Ken Burns's The Civil War to the midnight cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Part one focuses on perennial subject areas related to authorship and reception. Part two addresses an assortment of postmodern and multicultural screen representations, paying closest attention to matters of gender, race, ethnicity, and the disabled. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
All for Beauty
This book provides an industrial history that examines how and why makeup and hairdressing evolved as crafts in the studio era. Readers will never again watch Hollywood films without thinking about the roles of makeup and hairdressing in creating not just fictional characters but stars as emblems of an idealized and undeniably mesmerizing visual perfection.
Steven Spielberg
Until the first edition of Steven Spielberg: A Biography was published in 1997, much about Spielberg's personality and the forces that shaped it had remained enigmatic, in large part because of his tendency to obscure and mythologize his own past. But in this first full-scale, in-depth biography of Spielberg, Joseph McBride reveals hidden dimensions of the filmmaker's personality and shows how deeply personal even his most commercial work has been. This new edition adds four chapters to Spielberg's life story, chronicling his extraordinarily active and creative period from 1997 to the present, a period in which he has balanced his executive duties as one of the partners in the film studio Dr...
Acting is Everything
This really is the ultimate guidebook for actors who are determined to initiate and sustain a successful acting career in Los Angeles or in their hometowns. Filled with practical advice, Acting Is Everything helps beginners avoid scams so they can get down to the business of getting work. Written by a renowned acting coach, it helps actors do it right the first time -- saving them time, money and heartache. Enlisting the thoughts and advice of many Hollywood insiders, Kerr teaches actors to approach acting as an art, a business and a career, and gives them the tools to succeed in all three areas. Kerr's essential book covers it all, including... -- Developing your talent -- Breaking into the...
Working in Hollywood
This comprehensive book reveals how movies are really made, from soup to nuts, by the deal makers, laborers, artists, craftspeople, technicians, and executives--in their own words.
The Un-private House
"This book looks at twenty-six houses by an international roster of contemporary architects"--P. [4] of cover.
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Guide to Literary Agents 95
This directory lists agents across North America, organized by literary agents (fee-charging and non-fee charging) and script agents (TV, movies, and plays). The book answers the most-often asked questions about agents and provides informative articles written by professional authors.
