ABSTRACT

In this new edition, Patrick Tucker retains the engaging style and useful structure of the first edition while addressing significant changes in current technology, ensuring that this volume will remain an indispensable resource for contemporary students of screen acting.

Updated for a new decade of screen performance possibilities, Secrets of Screen Acting is a magician's box of acting tricks for today's performer and makes the distinction between acting for the stage and for the screen. He explains that the actor, instead of starting with what is real and trying to portray that on screen, should work with the realities of the shoot itself, and then work out how to make it all appear realistic.

Tucker has created and developed several screen acting of a courses, and this book is an extension and explanation of a lifetime of work in the field. Containing over fifty acting exercises, this book leads the reader step-by-step through the elements of effective screen acting.

Refreshing in its informal approach and full of instructive anecdotes, Secrets of Screen Acting is an invaluable guide for those who wish to master the art of acting on-screen.

chapter 1|17 pages

SCREEN VERSUS STAGE

chapter 2|14 pages

FILM VERSUS TELEVISION

chapter 3|11 pages

THE FRAME

chapter 4|12 pages

THE CAMERA

chapter 5|15 pages

REACTIONS AND BUSINESS

chapter 6|14 pages

SOUND AND VOCAL LEVELS

chapter 7|16 pages

TYPECASTING

chapter 8|15 pages

ACTING

chapter 9|17 pages

AUDITIONS

chapter 10|11 pages

REHEARSALS AND TECHNICALS

chapter 11|9 pages

DIRECTING ACTORS FOR THE SCREEN

chapter 13|19 pages

THE SHOOT

chapter 14|8 pages

THE EDITOR AND EDITING