Product Description

Demonstrates what constitutes a good performance, what actors want from a director, what directors do wrong and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11278 in Books
• Published on: 1999-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 300 pages

Amazon.com
This is essential reading for anyone interested in directing or acting. Judith Weston's brilliance is to recognize that directors, actors, writers, and technicians are involved in a process that is at essence a collaboration. In order for them to have the best shot at creating something true and meaningful, they must share a language and a method of exchange that fosters creative cooperation. Weston rightly sees the director as the central figure in inspiring the energy of a production's harmony. She advises the prospective director on every aspect of a stage or film production, showing how the director can draw the best performances possible from actors.

Midwest Book Review
The focus on creating memorable performances for film and television provides explicit acting advice and examples rather than the usual generalities. From the initial reading of a script to casting and rehearsing techniques and developing or understanding relationships between actors and directors, this is packed with practical considerations.

Customer Reviews

Wow!
I had absolutely no knowledge of the acting process before I read this book. And I 'm not at all in the entertainment field. But yet this author was able to make me understand it! I'm working on my first independent film and I am so glad I invested in this book! I think with the knowledge I gained I will be able to get better actors even on a very low budget! Although this book would also work for mid- to very high-budget film!

'Directing Actors' is a great tool for the film makers kit
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television
This is an excellent book that I highly recommend for any film maker either directing actors for the first time or for more experienced directors to gain a greater insight into the world of acting. I am a trained and experienced actor who has ventured into Directing and have found the book deadly accurate about what is going on for actors on a film or TV set. From the first script read-through to working on the shoot there are very practical and sensible tips and hints to make your directing duties much more efficient and focussed. The 'script analysis' techniques are very empowering putting structure into what can be a very hit and miss affair otherwise. Put this book in your tool kit and read it all the way through then again at each stage of production as you go(great bedside reading before each shoot day). This book is inspirational, readable, practical and helpful.

Buy this book now!
If you are even thinking that this book might be of some interest to you, I can assure you it will change the way you work -- all for the good. Weston has boiled down and focused the art of getting a performance in a clear and brilliant manner. What else can I say, why are you still reading this - buy it. Simple.