Theorizing Film Acting

ISBN-13: 9781138922150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 316 str.

Aaron Taylor

Opis

This comprehensive collection provides theoretical accounts of the grounds and phenomenon of film acting. The volume features entries by some of the most prominent scholars on film acting who collectively represent the various theoretical traditions that constitute the discipline of film studies. Each section proposes novel ways of considering the recurring motifs in academic enquiries into film acting, including: (1) the mutually contingent problematic of description and interpretation, (2) the intricacies of bodily dynamics and their reception by audiences, (3) the significance of star performance, and (4) the impact of evolving technologies and film styles on acting traditions. 　

Spis treści

Introduction: Acting, Casually and Theoretically Speaking, Aaron Taylor  I. Aesthetics: Understanding and Interpreting Film Acting  1. Acting Matters: Noting Performance in Three Films, Brenda Austin-Smith  2. Living Meaning: The Fluency of Film Performance, Andrew Klevan  3. Play-Acting: A Theory of Comedic Performance, Alex Clayton  4. Performed Performance and The Man Who Knew Too Much, Murray Pomerance  5. Brando Sings! The Invincible Star Persona, George Toles  II. Reception: Film Acting, Audiences and Communities  6. "Look at Me!": A Phenomenology of Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Joerg Sternagel  7. Is Acting a Form of Simulation or Being? Acting and Mirror Neurons, William Brown  8. The Bond That Unbinds By Binding: Acting Mythology and the Film Community, Kevin Esch  9. From Being to Acting: Performance in Cult Cinema, Ernest Mathijs  10. Acting and Performance in Home Movies and Amateur Films, Liz Czach  III. Culture: Film History, Industry and the Vicissitudes of Star Acting  11. Story and Show: The Basic Contradiction of Film Star Acting, Paul McDonald  12. The Screen Actor’s "First Self" and "Second Self": John Wayne and Coquelin’s Acting Theory, Sharon Marie Carnicke  13. Acting Like a Star: Florence Turner, Picture Personality, Charlie Keil  14. Niche Stars and Acting "Gay," Christine Holmlund  IV. Apparatus: Technology, Film Form and the Actor  15. What Becomes of the Camera in the World on Film? William Rothman  16. Sonic Bodies: Listening as Acting, Jennifer M. Barker  17. Dance of the Übermarionettes: Toward a Contemporary Screen Actor Training, Sean Aita  18. Articulating Digital Stardom, Barry King

O autorze

Aaron Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of New Media at the University of Lethbridge. His recent publications on film acting can be found in Quarterly Review of Film and Video (2012), Acting and Performance in Moving Image Culture (2012), and Stages of Reality: Theatricality in Cinema (2011). He has recently written on It’s a Wonderful Life for the Cultographies series.