Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre

Description:

This approach, honed after years of on-set experience and from teaching at UCLA, NYU, and Columbia, and endorsed by many in the industry, including director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and producer/actor Edward Asner, aims to provide a helpful reference and resource for directors and actors alike. It combines underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor’s craft. There is material on constructing the throughline; analyzing the script; character needs; the casting and rehearsal processes; film vs. theater procedures as well as the actor and the camera. Distilling difficult concepts and a complex task to their simplest form, the author explains how to accurately capture and portray human behavior. The author's discussion of creative problems she has encountered or anticipated after years of experience, and her suggested solutions and exercises, are immediately useful. Additionally, hear what the actors have to say in excerpts from interviews with such acclaimed actors as Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Glenn Close, Robert Redford, Christopher Walken, Julianne Moore, and Michael Douglas (to name a few) who discuss their work with directors, what inspires them, and what they really want from the director.

 

1. Introduction
2. The Actor and Training
3. The Actor's Vocabulary
4. The Text and the Throughline
5. Anaylsis of Script
6. The Character Outline
7. The Casting Process
8. The Rehearsal Process
9. The Actor and the Camera
10. Film and Theatre: Differences and Similarities
11. What do the Actors Say?
12. Tips to the Director
Appx: Additional Exercises for Workshop or Class
Appx: Suggested Reading and Viewing

描述：
這種方法是在多年的現場經驗和在UCLA、NYU和哥倫比亞大學教學的基礎上磨練出來的，並得到了包括導演李安（《斷背山》和《臥虎藏龍》）和製片人/演員愛德華·阿斯納在內的許多業內人士的認可。它旨在為導演和演員提供有用的參考和資源。它結合了基本理論和數十個旨在揭示演員技藝的練習。內容包括構建故事線、分析劇本、角色需求、選角和排練過程、電影與劇場程序以及演員與攝影機的關係。作者將困難的概念和複雜的任務簡化為最簡單的形式，解釋了如何準確捕捉和描繪人類行為。作者討論了她多年經驗中遇到或預期的創作問題，並提供了解決方案和練習，這些都是立即有用的。此外，還可以從與著名演員（如梅麗爾·斯特里普、丹泽尔·华盛顿、格倫·克洛斯、羅伯特·雷德福、克里斯托弗·沃肯、朱莉安·摩爾和邁克爾·道格拉斯等）的訪談摘錄中聽到演員們的意見，他們討論了與導演合作的經驗、靈感來源以及他們真正希望從導演那裡得到什麼。

目錄：
1. 簡介
2. 演員和培訓
3. 演員的詞彙
4. 文本和故事線
5. 劇本分析
6. 角色概述
7. 選角過程
8. 排練過程
9. 演員和攝影機
10. 電影和劇場：差異和相似之處
11. 演員們怎麼說？
12. 對導演的建議
附錄：工作坊或課堂的額外練習
附錄：建議閱讀和觀看材料