The way some introductory acting books are written it seems that a literal leg break is your best option. In ÊThe Young Actor's HandbookÊ Jeremy Kruse an actor writer producer and director who teaches method acting acting for camera improvisation and sketch comedy at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York mends this mangled genre distilling invaluable lessons and years of experience down to a lean mean intuitive hundred page primer.ÞRather than bludgeoning the uninitiated with dense paragraphs vague concepts and opaque examples ÊThe Young Actor's HandbookÊ ignites the beginning actor's creative soul with inspirational acting exercises acting theory writing exercises and insight into what it means to be an actor. This concise and pragmatic manual will guide and inform the young actor beginning actor novice acting teacher or anyone who wants to understand acting through a broad and diverse survey of essential knowledge. The teachings of Richard Boleslavsky Stella Adler Sanford Meisner Uta Hagen Michael Shurtleff Lee Strasberg and Constantin Stanislavsky are eloquently and accessible rendered as are basics of script analysis camera technique the audition mindset agent acquisition and the actor's life.ÞWhether you're a curious novice veteran acting teacher or even an interested observer ÊThe Young Actor's HandbookÊ will enhance your understanding of this vast and rewarding craft.
| ISBN: | 9781495075421 |
| Publication date: | 20th June 2017 |
| Author: | Jeremy Kruse |
| Publisher: | Applause an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 104 pages |
| Series: | The Applause Acting Series |
| Genres: |
Acting techniques |