Focal Press Secrets of Screen Acting

When it was first published in 1993, Secrets of Screen Acting broke new ground in explaining how acting for the camera is different from acting on stage. This third edition of Secrets of Screen Acting from Focal Press covers how reaction time is altered, physical timing and placement are reconceived, and the proportions of the digital frame itself become the measure of all things, so the director must conceptualize each image in terms of this new rectangle and actors must fit into the frame. Based on a revolutionary non-Method approach to acting, this book shows what actually works: how an actor, an announcer—anyone working in front of the cameras—gives excellent performances on screen.