The Science and Art of Acting for the Camera

p.vii

  

Contents

Shout Outs

Introduction

Chapter 1	Things Every Actor Should Know
Chapter 2	The Basics
Chapter 3	The Bones
Chapter 4	Ten Positive Attributes
Chapter 5	Relationships
Chapter 6	Main Objective
Chapter 7	Opposites
Chapter 8	Moment Before
Chapter 9	Discoveries/Emotions
Chapter 10	Beats, Tactics, and Actions
Chapter 11	Humor
Chapter 12	Place, Transitions, and Sense Memory
Chapter 13	Status, Power, and Secrets
Chapter 14	The Summary
Chapter 15	The Technique—Condensed
Chapter 16	Self-Taping

p.viii

. . . And Now a Few Words about Commercials

Chapter 17	The Slate
Chapter 18	From Slate to Copy
Chapter 19	Relationships
Chapter 20	Line-to-Line ...