Overview

The Student Actor Prepares is a practical, interactive approach to a student actor's journey. Each chapter includes acting principles, their importance to the process, and workbook entries for emotional work, script analysis, and applications to the study of theater. Topics cover a brief history of the art of acting and how the study of acting can be an advantage in numerous occupations; an actor's discovery of emotional work; movement and mime practices for the actor; vocal practices for the actor; solo improvisational study; script analysis for the individual actor; rehearsal tips; monologue work; original solo work; audition information; working with an acting partner or in a production; acting resources; and research topics.

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Author:   Gai Jones
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.739kg
ISBN:  

9781783201907

ISBN 10:   1783201908
Pages:   467
Publication Date:   15 July 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Prologue  Creative (CI) and Reflective Inquiry (RI) Journey  Brief History of Theatre Acting  Theatre Vocabulary for the Acting Student: Top One Hundred and Sixty Essential Words  Theatrical Humor  Reading Plays  Closure for The Student Actor Prepares: Acting for Life: Prologue Chapter One: Introduction to Theatre Acting  Unlimited Potential  Skills Developed by the Acting Process  Actor’s Personal Autobiography  Natural Talents and Aptitudes  Acknowledging your Uniqueness  Positive New Experiences  Dealing with Inhibitors  Dealing with Negativism and Rejection in the Acting Biz  Winning Attitudes  Closure for Chapter One: Theatre Acting Chapter Two: Creativity Introduction to Creativity Definition of Creativity  Say Yes to Creativity  Various Types of Creative Thinking: Brainstorming, Intuition, and Left Brain Right Brain  Tips on How to Increase your Creativity Experiences to Increase your Creativity  Left Brain/Right Brain Experience  Thinking Outside the Box  How an Actor Benefits by Thinking Creatively Using Both Left and Right Brain Thinking in Acting  Closure for Chapter Two: Creativity  Chapter Three: Movement  Introduction to Movement  Definition of Movement  History of Movement Training  Introduction to Relaxation for Movement  The Bow Video Recording as Part of your Rehearsal Process  Preparation for Actor’s Character Stance and Movement  Stage Stances and Movement  Introduction to Mime Study for the Actor  Closure for Chapter Three: Movement  Chapter Four: Vocal Work  Introduction to Vocal Work Taking Care of your Voice  Warm-Up for Vocal Experiences  Vocal Vocabulary and Assignments  Song Lyrics for Vocal Work  Shakespeare for Vocal Interpretation  Closure for Chapter Four: Vocal Work Chapter Five: Improvisation  Introduction to Improvisation  Definition of Improvisation History of Improvisation  Why an Actor Studies Improvisation  Vocabulary Used in the Study of Improvisation  Difference between Giving a Speech and Solo Improvisation Performance Difference between Ad Lib and Improvisation  How an Actor Uses Improvisation Basic Principles of Improvisation  Warm-Ups for Improvisations  Solo Improvisation  Closure for Chapter Five: Improvisation  Chapter Six: Acting and Script Study  Introduction to Acting  History of Acting: Mechanical to Method  Master Acting Teachers  Acting Vocabulary  Reading and Analyzing a Script from an Actor’s Point of View  Character Biography for a Monologue from a Play  Closure for Chapter Six: Acting and Script Analysis  Chapter Seven: Monologues  Introduction to Monologues  Definition of a Monologue  History of the Monologue Monologue Vocabulary Why an Actor Studies Monologues  The First Day: Monologue for Analysis and Staging  Warming Up  Keeping it Real and in the Moment—Not Indicating  Staging  Memorizing Monologues  Musical Theatre Lyrics as Monologues

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Gai Jones, founder of California Youth in Theatre, taught theater at El Dorado High School in Placentia, CA, for thirty-four years.

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