ACTING FOR THE CAMERA

Culled from Tony Barr's 40 years' experience as a performer director and acting teacher in Hollywood this highly praised handbook provides readers with the practical knowledge they need when performing in front of the camera. This updated edition includes plenty of new exercises for honing on-camera skills; additional chapters on imagination and movement; and fresh material on character development monologues visual focus playing comedy and working with directors. Inside tips on the studio system and acting guilds make it particularly helpful for people new to the business and numerous anecdotes from actors such as Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins and examples from current movies illustrate its many lessons. It is perfect for acting classes workshops all actors who work in front of the camera -- and all those who want to.