Acting: The Active Process

by Tom McNally

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Acting: The Active Process is not a text about theory only, but a hands-on, classroom-friendly, doable process. It forces actors to ask the right questions: What do I want? What's in my way? What tactic do I select to get what I want? Where does the scene start/end and how did it get there. All of these principles are centered in the author's major advice: "Acting is about one character trying to get another character to do something."

Organized into six chapters, Acting: The Active Process:

  • uses a precise approach to understanding each principal in every chapter
  • provides classroom warm-ups relating to the chapter's main idea
  • prepares students with exercises in connecting the chapter's principle to a written scene

However, the learning doesn't end after the six chapters. There are important additions to the appendices that include insightful hints on dealing with monologues, a list of active and playable verbs, an actor's vocabulary list, and more!

 

  • ISBN13 9780757597213
  • Publish Date 30 December 2011
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 112
  • Language English