This approach; honed after years of on-set experience and from teaching at UCLA; NYU; and Columbia; and endorsed by many in the industry; including director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger; Hidden Dragon) and producer/actor Edward Asner; aims to provide a helpful reference and resource for directors and actors alike. It combines underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actors craft. There is material on constructing the throughline; analyzing the script; character needs; the casting and rehearsal processes; film vs. theater procedures as well as the actor and the camera. Distilling difficult concepts and a complex task to their simplest form; the author explains how to accurately capture and portray human behavior. The authors discussion of creative problems she has encountered or anticipated after years of experience; and her suggested solutions and exercises; are immediately useful. Additionally; hear what the actors have to say in excerpts from interviews with such acclaimed actors as Meryl Streep; Denzel Washington; Glenn Close; Robert Redford; Christopher Walken; Julianne Moore; and Michael Douglas (to name a few) who discuss their work with directors; what inspires them; and what they really want from the director.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I was clogging on Rocky Top after I opened this volume of great country musicBy RonaldDerGrosseMan; I was clogging on Rocky Top after I opened this volume of great country music. Yes I was also "Crazy" when I saw that number in the book along with Your Cheatin Heart and Stand By Your Man. Imagine King of the Road; I Fall to Pieces; God Bless the USA; DIVORCE and Always on My Mind I wanted to go Crying in the Chapel; Behind Closed Doors and sing Help Me Make It Through the Night because I just asked to have the Last Dance With You For the Rest of My Life. Thats when I started playing Walkin the Floor Over You.. Buy this great volume and youll have it Through the Years. has it today just in time for a little hoot and holler as you Rock Around the Christmas Tree if you bought Best Christmas Songs Ever too!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Classic Country thats fun to play!By Jay D.Fun; classic; new(er) and old...this book has about all of it! Great arrangements that are neither overly complicated nor stripped down to the point that theyre boring. Complete with Piano/Chord/Vocal - this book is nicely done! I have a Kawai CP2 with a song stylist feature - there are many songs in this books song list that are also in this book which just makes it even more of a blast to play!!3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Another Good Songbook by Hal LeonardBy Robert PoundThis is another good songbook by Hal Leonard with traditional country songs to learn to play on guitar or piano. I recommend everyone that wants to learn to play a few great country songs to buy this book. It contains a lot of older popular country songs by male and female artists. It is well written showing the guitar chords and includes the lyrics for singing. The only thing negative I can say about this book is I wish I could play all of these songs. Hey; at least Im working on learning them. Thanks.