Kategoria BISAC: Performing Arts >> Acting & Auditioning

In the Background gives advice on courses and casting, and how to prepare before shooting begins. It describes the joy and the fear, the pleasures and the pain, the challenge and the boredom of life on set. Wardrobe, taxes, files, resumes, the myriad details of the performer's life here are practical details and information that can make the professional difference."

This follow-up to Catherine Weate's successful Classic Voice focuses on the challenges of speaking contemporary texts. Think there isn't as much to work on vocally when you approach a modern-day script? Think again. Weate offers up a myriad of ideas for exploring the demands of contemporary texts and rhythms.

Extras, bit players, and stand-ins have been a part of the film industry almost from its conception. On a personal and a professional level, their stories are told in Hollywood Unknowns, the first history devoted to extras from the silent era through the present.

Hollywood Unknowns discusses the relationship of the extra to the star, the lowly position in which extras were held, the poor working conditions and wages, and the sexual exploitation of many of the hardworking women striving for a place in Hollywood society. Though mainly anonymous, many are identified by name...

Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Author Herb Parker posits that his work is played easier if actors think of the plays as happening out of outrageous situations, and remember just how non-realistic and presentational Shakespeare's plays were meant to be performed. The plays are driven by language and the spoken word, and the themes and plots are absolutely out of the ordinary and fantastic--the very definition of outrageous. With exercises, improvisations, and coaching points, Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous helps actors use the...

Hollywood Actors Studio is dedicated to providing excellent and distinct training and to promoting the actor as artist in the community.

The Studio is a safe, fun and supportive environment for artistic discoveries and personal growth. We train people in revealing their true talents and realizing their potential.

Our purpose is to offer top-notch acting, self-expression and public speaking training programs to...