Auditioning on Camera (An Actor’s Guide)

Title: Auditioning on Camera (An Actor's Guide)
Author: Hacker, Joseph
Price: $42.99

To win a screen role, an actor must learn to contend with an on-camera audition. Understanding how to make the crucial adjustments to one 's craft that this kind of audition requires is vital to the career of any screen actor.

Auditioning On Camera sets out the key elements of a successful on-camera audition and explains how to put them into practice. Joseph Hacker draws on 35 years of acting experience to guide the reader through the screen auditioning process with an engaging and undaunting approach. Key elements examined include:

* textual analysis
* knowing where to look
* dealing with nerves
* on-camera interviews
* using the environment
* retaining the camera's focus

The book also features point-by-point chapter summaries, as well as a glossary of acting and technical terms, and is a comprehensive and enlightening resource for screen actors of all levels.

CONTENTS
PART 1: What the Camera Requires
1. You and the Camera
2. Nerves and the camera
3. Your On-Camera Interviews
4. Your On-Camera Entry
5. Agents, Monologues & Wardrobe

PART 2: On-Camera Auditions
6. What the Structure of Drama Can Tell You
7. On-Camera Audition Strategies
8. The Importance of Where Your Character Looks
9. The Place Is the Circumstance
10. Audition Scene Preparation In Six Sections

Appendix A Sitcoms: Some Guidelines
Appendix B Auditioning for Commercials
Appendix C Technical Secrets to Creating a winning DVD Audition

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date: 16/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780415619028
Publishing status: AU In-stock Distributor