You Can Act on Camera: Insider Tips for Delivering a Great Performance Every Time

by D.W. Brown

Overview

From the big issues to the fine points, this book gives you what you need to know when they call “Action!” D. W. Brown is one of the world’s leading experts on the subject and he provides his invaluable 31 Principles for Acting On Camera, as well as key advice on how to come through in the clutch. In addition, he incisively interviews directors of major acclaim for their insights on the unique art of acting for the camera.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615932337
Publisher:	Wiese, Michael Productions
Publication date:	02/01/2016
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	427,652
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

D. W. Brown is the author of the acclaimed acting instructional book You Can Act: A Complete Guide for Actors, as well as the compilation 2500 Years of Wisdom. In addition to directing numerous theatri-cal productions, he wrote and directed the feature film On the Inside (starring Olivia Wilde and Nick Stahl), and the short films One Clean Move, Chloe, The Need for Flowers, and Wrapper. Mr. Brown has personally coached and trained such talent as Robin Wright, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, Keanu Reeves, and Sam Raimi, and led seminars with Sean Penn, Sydney Pollack, Anthony Hopkins, Halle Berry, and Susan Sarandon. He is the head instructor of Los Angeles’s premier acting school, The Joanne Bar-on/D.W. Brown Studio (www.baronbrown.com), which has been honored by such speakers as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Pulitzer-winning dramatists John Patrick Shanley and David Mamet, as well as many other luminaries. He scuba dives, sculpts, his favorite in-door place is The Louvre, and his favorite outdoor place is Maui.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE 30 PRINCIPLES FOR ACTING ON CAMERA
1. GET YOUR LINES COLD
2. TIGHTEN EVERYTHING
3. DON’T SAY MUCH
4. DETERMINE WHAT THE SHOW NEEDS FROM YOU AND BE THAT A LOT
5. MATCH AS MATCH CAN
6. STAY FRESH
7. ACT SMALLER THAN THE SIZE OF THE SHOT
8. BE IT, DON’T SELL IT
9. LOOK THEM IN THE EYE AND TELL THE TRUTH
10. PUT IN RESTING MOMENTS
11. HAVE SOMETHING PHYSICAL GOING ON
12. FIND THE CHARACTER IN YOUR BODY, RELEASE IT THROUGH YOUR EYES
13. SPEAK AS FAST AS YOU CAN, ACT AS SLOWLY AS YOU CAN
14. POUR IT ALL INTO A SMALL SPACE
15. ROUGH IT
16. BE PROFESSIONAL
17. KEEP A SECRET
18. TALK SOFTLY
19. ONLY MOVE YOUR MOUTH
20. BE YOUR PURE SELF OR FIND A HOOK
21. THINK LOUDLY
22. DO NOTHING
23. BE FULLY SEEN
24. BE LUCKY
25. GO EASY
26. FLOW
27. RUN DEEP
28. GO SIMPLER
29. DIE AND BE REBORN
30. GET OUT OF THE WAY
“ON THE DAY” A treatise
ON THE DAY
MAKE IT WORK ON THE FLY
JUST DO IT
STANDING YOUR GROUND
IGNORE THE SIGHS
GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK
GETTING BETTER AT IT
GO FOR THE ZONE
CHOKE NOT
AVOID “EGO DEPLETION”
BE HAPPY (IT LOOKS GOOD)
YOUR EMOTIONAL PREPARATION
YOUR KILLER INSTINCT
WANTING IT THE RIGHT WAY
BE WILLING TO SUCCEED
CARE AND DON’T CARE
YOU’RE ALWAYS WHERE YOU SHOULD BE
THE INTERVIEWS
PETER BOGDANOVICH
CATHERINE HARDWICKE
JON GRIES
MICHAEL RYMER
WILLIAM MAPOTHER
PETER MACNICOL
GREG CHAMPION
MIMI LEDER
PETER CORNWELL
MARTHA COOLIDGE
JERRY ZUCKER
ROB COHEN
JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY
VOCABULARY
AN ACTOR’S MANIFESTO