Acting for the Camera: Revised Edition |  | Author: Tony Barr
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Edition: Rev Sub
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 1
ISBN: 0060928190
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028
EAN: 9780060928193
ASIN: 0060928190
Publication Date: June 18, 1997
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Culled from Tony Barr's 40 years' experience as a performer, director and acting teacher in Hollywood, this highly praised handbook provides readers with the practical knowledge they needwhen performing in front of the camera. This updated edition includes plenty of new exercises for honing on-camera skills; additional chapters on imagination and movement; and fresh material on character development, monologues, visual focus, playing comedy and working with directors. Inside tips on the studio system and acting guilds make it particularly helpful for people new to the business, and numerous anecdotes from actors such as Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins and examples from current movies illustrate its many lessons. It is perfect for acting classes, workshops, all actors who work in front of the camera -- and all those who want to.
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 This book has become my "Acting" bible. January 21, 1999
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
The first two sections of the book alone increased my abilities in front of the camera 100%. It became that I would read it over each week on my way to acting class. Tony Barr examines all areas of acting, tools, preparation, working on set and putting what you have learned into practice. It is to the point, intelligent and easy to read. It is a book to be studied, underlined and reread. I really feel it is a must for anyone wanting to act in front of a camera, regardless of your talent level.
Want To Be in Pictures? December 13, 1997
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
Well, got a camcorder? I'm not being funny. The Eric Kline exercises at the end of the book will teach you things, with the aid of a camcorder that no amount of talking or reading can. But first, read the book. Economy is its keyword. Tony Barr gleans, from years of teaching since he founded The Film Actors Workshop in 1960, the most effective and easiest techniques for both the novice and the pro to truthfully "communicate ideas and emotions" through the camera. Correctly relegating exercises to exercises rather than as a response to the director's shout for "action," Barr recounts the need for listening, sensing and learning to respond to stimuli moment to moment. He divides the book into sections. The first two, "Acting" and "Working on the Role", he tells us are enough for anyone to create a strong performance. The next, "Tools," he warns are extras, only to be approached after you have mastered the first. The last part of the book gives the never-been-on-a-set-before actor everything he/she needs for that first role, the understanding of the mechanics of movie making that directors expect from actors. Want to be in pictures? This is a must-read for you.
Required reading for the aspiring actor! January 1, 2001
VictoriaWard (New York, NY USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is, by far, the best guide I've ever read of acting for film and television as it compares to acting for the stage -- for the dollar, a Barr-gain of anything taught in acting school! A very descriptive reference manual to read again and again throughout one's acting career, it examines the correlation between theatrical and film acting, a principal that's often disregarded by many modern actors to the detriment of their skill. This book is a thorough technical manual for those never before the camera as well as for experts in the field. Victoria Ward, Artistic Director, Stage Forward
An intelligent look into the art of acting December 28, 1999
Christie (New York)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I found this book to be extremely assistive to me, as an actress. Obviously, the author understands the fundamentals of acting, and illustrated them beautifully in this book. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to act.
Very good introductory text August 27, 2005
C. Stallard
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I very much agree with philosophy of this text. I think it did a good job of gathering the most important points of acting for film.
It's a short, easy, read, but I think it teaches all the right things.
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