Directing Screen Performances

Name: Directing Screen Performances
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781474249591
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By Robert Klenner

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Directing Screen Performances guides aspiring directors through the entire process of working with actors for the screen. Beginning with script analysis and casting, it offers practical advice on rehearsals, visual treatments, on-set directing, and editing to refine performances. The book combines clear explanations with illustrations, photographs, and exercises to help directors develop effective communication and craft compelling performances.
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This book is ideal for aspiring and practising screen directors seeking to improve their skills in working with actors and crafting performances, as well as film students and professionals involved in directing for screen arts.

"Featuring practical exercises and insightful interviews with successful actors and directors, this is a must-have guide to getting a memorable performance on screen"--

Featuring practical exercises and insightful interviews with successful actors and directors, this is a must-have guide to getting a memorable performance on screen.

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The core goal of Directing Screen Performances is to teach aspiring directors how to prepare and work with actors. Through a practical exploration of the major approaches to contemporary screen acting, you will learn how to formulate your own effective modes of communication to craft compelling performances.

Directing performances for the screen starts well before the actor is cast and finishes well after the last slate is shot. In this book, you will learn how to analyse a script, brief the casting director, rehearse the actors, decide on the visual treatment that enriches their performances, direct effectively on set, and finesse the character in the edit.

The director's process is clearly defined and augmented with illustrations, photographs, and graphics. Each chapter concludes with practical exercises to consolidate the new knowledge.

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Praised by industry professionals, Directing Screen Performances is celebrated for its intelligent and inspiring approach. Paul Thompson of New York University commends its practical strategies that help directors embrace collaboration with actors. John Bashford from Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art highlights it as a valuable resource full of tips that unlock nuanced performances, benefiting both directors and actors.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474249591

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 January 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 26 colour, 330 bw illus

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 296.0mm

Weight: 960g

Pages: 360

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About the Author

Robert Klenner has been an actor, director, producer, university lecturer, and directing consultant based in Australia. He was born and raised in Poland, where he studied film performance under Krzysztof Kieslowski. His career spans over two decades and three continents. He’s directed over one hundred hours of screen drama and has taught directing in the United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Ethiopia. Klenner is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Directors Guild of Australia.