| Description |
xii, 315 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Routledge advances in film studies ; 14
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: acting, casually and theoretically speaking / Aaron Taylor -- Aesthetics: understanding and interpreting film acting. Acting matters: noting performance in three films / Brenda Austin-Smith -- Living meaning: the fluency of film Performance / Andrew Klevan -- Play-acting: a theory of comedic performance / Alex Clayton -- Performed performance and the man who knew too much / Murray Pomerance -- Brando sings! the invincible star persona / George Toles -- Reception: film acting, audiences and communities. "Look at me"?: a phenomenology of Heath Ledger in The dark knight / Jorg Sternagel -- Is acting a form of simulation or being? acting and mirror neurons / William Brown -- The bond that unbinds by binding: acting mythology and the film community / Kevin Esch -- From being to acting: performance in cult cinema / Ernest Mathijs -- Acting and performance in home movies and amateur films / Liz Czach -- Culture: film history, industry and the vicissitudes of star acting. Story and show: the basic contradiction of film star acting / Paul McDonald -- The screen actor's "first self" and "second self": John Wayne and Coquelin's acting theory / Sharon Marie Carnicke -- Acting like a star: Florence Turner, picture personality / Charlie Keil -- Niche stars and acting "gay" / Chris Holmlund -- Apparatus: technology, film form and the actor. What becomes of the camera in the world on film? / William Rothman -- Sonic bodies: listening as acting / Jennifer M. Barker -- Dance of the ubermarionettes: toward a contemporary screen actor training / Sean Aita -- Articulating digital stardom / Barry King. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Motion picture acting.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Taylor, Aaron.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780415509510 (hbk.) |
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9780203123218 (electronic bk.) |
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