Acting is Believing (with InfoTrac)

by McGaw, Charles; Clark, Larry D.; Stilson, Kenneth L.

• ISBN13: 9780155059825
• ISBN10: 0155059823
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-30
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Part I: THE ACTOR. 1. Training Your Talent. 2. Discovering the Physical Actions. 3. Finding a Purpose. 4. Approaching the Creative State. 5. Directing Your Attention. 6. Seeing Things. 7. Relating to Things External Stimuli. 8. Relating to Things Internal Stimuli. Part II: THE ACTOR AND THE PLAY. 9. Creating a Character. 10. Expressing the Super-Objective. 11. Interpreting the Lines. 12. Communicating the Lines. Part III: THE ACTOR AND THE PRODUCTION. 13. Getting the Job. 14. Show Time! Rehearsing and Performing. Appendix A: Scene Study for Undergraduate Actors. Appendix B: Theatre Resources. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I: The Actor	1	(138)
Training Your Talent	3	(14)
Acting with Professional Competence	7	(6)
Exploring Your Resources	13	(4)
Discovering the Physical Actions	17	(20)
Committing Yourself to Action	21	(3)
Believing Your Actions on Stage	24	(1)
Sustaining Belief	25	(2)
Solo Improvisation	27	(1)
Making a Score of Physical Actions	28	(9)
Finding a Purpose	37	(24)
Stating the Objective	40	(2)
Doing, Not Being	42	(4)
Working against an Obstacle	46	(3)
Expectation and Adaptation	49	(3)
Nonverbal Group Improvisation	52	(4)
Verbal Group Improvisation	56	(5)
Approaching the Creative State	61	(18)
Training the Body	63	(1)
Relaxing through Justification	64	(2)
About Inhibitions	66	(1)
The Creative State	67	(12)
Directing Your Attention	79	(14)
Concentrating on Action	82	(2)
Concentrating on Other Actors	84	(2)
Making an Action of Speech	86	(7)
Seeing Things	93	(16)
Observing People	98	(3)
Adapting Observations through the Imagination	101	(2)
Observing Animals and Objects	103	(6)
Relating to Things---External Stimuli	109	(12)
Relating to Other Actors	116	(5)
Relating to Things---Internal Stimuli	121	(18)
Relating to Past Experiences	123	(7)
Relating to Images	130	(9)
PART II: The Actor and the Play	139	(82)
Creating a Character	141	(19)
Penetrating the Script	143	(1)
Identifying the Motivating Force	144	(2)
Constructing ``Your'' Autobiography	146	(2)
Autobiographical Worksheet	148	(2)
Nurturing the Character	150	(2)
Uncovering the Units of Action	152	(3)
Incorporating the Second Plan	155	(1)
Finding the Outer Form	155	(5)
Expressing the Super-Objective	160	(12)
Finding the Super-Objective	162	(4)
Assuming a Dual Personality	166	(4)
Summary	170	(2)
Interpreting the Lines	172	(27)
Exploring the Subtext	174	(4)
Finding the Verbal Action	178	(2)
Relating the Lines to the Motivating Force	180	(1)
Relating the Lines to the Super-Objective	181	(3)
Believing the Character's Manner of Speaking	184	(5)
Motivating the Longer Speech	189	(10)
Communicating the Lines	199	(22)
Understanding the Words	200	(3)
Handling the Sentence	203	(2)
Building a Progression	205	(3)
Thinking Antithetically	208	(2)
Sharing the Imagery	210	(11)
PART III: The Actor and the Production	221	(36)
Getting the Job	223	(17)
Understanding the Business of Acting	225	(7)
Preparing for the Audition	232	(3)
Auditioning	235	(5)
Show Time! Rehearsing and Performing	240	(17)
Finding the Meaning	241	(2)
Developing the Character	243	(1)
Creating and Refining the Form	244	(3)
Making Technical Adjustments	247	(1)
Polishing the Performance	247	(3)
Working at Rehearsals	250	(2)
Working at Home	252	(1)
Playing the Part	252	(5)
Appendix A Suggested Plays for Undergraduate Scene Study	257	(6)
Appendix B Theatre Resources	263	(6)
Glossary	269	(12)
Bibliography	281	(8)
Index	289