Description
Multiple award-winning producer and leading teacher of acting Robert Benedetti offers a no-nonsense, detailed, and clearly structured approach to the fundamentals of acting for the camera. Benedetti uses the same approach he has employed in writing and teaching for over fifty years — defining underlying principles, presenting them in a logically sequential program of development, and providing experiential exercises to help future, as well as experienced, actors shine in film and television.
Table of Contents
Part One: WORKING WITH THE CAMERA
1. Training for the Camera
2. How a Film Is Organized
3. How a Single-camera Film is Shot
4. Screen Size
5. Teamwork
6. Continuity
7. Working with Multiple Cameras
1. Training for the Camera
2. How a Film Is Organized
3. How a Single-camera Film is Shot
4. Screen Size
5. Teamwork
6. Continuity
7. Working with Multiple Cameras
Part Two: PREPARING YOURSELF AND YOUR ROLE
8. The Inner Discipline of Camera Acting
9. Inner Action
10. Actions and Objectives
11. The Four Types of Outer Action
12. Dramatic Structure
13. Emotion
14. Starting a Career in Film and Television
Afterword: The Ethics of Film Acting
Appendix A: Sample Scenes
Appendix B: Useful Scene Sources
Glossary
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