Actor in You, The, Plus MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package

Explore the fundamentals of acting   The Actor in You presents a thorough and systematic exposure to the fundamentals of the acting process in simple, direct language and a streamlined structure.  This title draws on exercises and examples from students’ everyday lives, well-known plays, and popular television programs to lead the beginning student through the process of creating a role.   MySearchLab is a part of the Benedetti program. Research and writing tools, including access to academic journals, help students understand critical thinking in even greater depth. To provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app. 0133802442 / 9780133802443 The Actor in You Plus MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card 020591490X / 9780205914906 The Actor In You: Twelve Simple Steps to Understanding the Art of Acting

Table of Contents:
In this Section: 1) Brief Table of Contents 2) Full Table of Contents   1) Full Table of Contents   Part 1: Preparing Yourself     Chapter 1: Understanding the Actor’s Job   Chapter 2: Relaxing and Centering   Chapter 3: Your Voice and Speech Chapter 4: Working Together   Part 2: Action and Character   Chapter 5: Exploring the Text Chapter 6: Actions and Objectives   Chapter 7: How Scenes Work Chapter 8: The Foundations of Character Chapter 9: Personalization   Part 3: The Performance and After   Chapter 10: Early Rehearsals Chapter 11: Staging and Final Rehearsals Chapter 12: The Performance and After   Appendix A: The Tradition of the Actor Appendix B:  Suggested Plays and Anthologies   Appendix C:  Short Practice Selections from Shakespeare   Glossary of Theater Terminology    2) Full Table of Contents   Part 1: Preparing Yourself     Chapter 1: Understanding the Actor’s Job   Engagement   Truthfulness   Skill   Usefulness Dramatic Function  Finding Your Own Sense of Purpose Discipline    Chapter 2: Relaxing and Centering   Relaxation   Finding Your Center   Breathing, Sounding, and Moving From Center  The Cycle of Energy   Your Relationship to Gravity   Phrasing Movement     Chapter 3: Your Voice and Speech Using Your Own Voice Speech Voice Production Articulation Speech, Character, and Situation Further Training of Body and Voice   Chapter 4: Working Together Leading and Following   Seeing and Hearing     Part 2: Action and Character   Example Plays   Selecting Your Scene   Chapter 5: Exploring the Text Word Choice    Rhythm The Music of Speech The Given Circumstances    Chapter 6: Actions and Objectives   Stanislavski’s View of Action   Internal and External Action: Justification Action and Emotion Action and Public Solitude   Dual Consciousness   Indicating   Automatic and Spontaneous Actions Defining Useful Objectives Playable Actions Obstacles and Counter-actions Subtext The Through-line and Superobjective   Chapter 7: How Scenes Work The Shape of a Scene Crisis   Units of Action or Beats Making Connections   Chapter 8: The Foundations of Character Character Traits    Chapter 9: Personalization Needs and Personalization Emotion Recall and Substitution Entering the Character’s Mind Perception, Arousal, and Attitude Deliberation and Strategic Choice The Inner Monologue The Super-Choice Autobiography, Diary, and Self-image   Part 3: The Performance and After   Chapter 10: Early Rehearsals Auditions Preparation and Homework Early Read-throughs Getting Up and Off Book Exploring the Character’s Body Communication in Rehearsal You and Your Director   Chapter 11: Staging and Final Rehearsals Types of Stages   Directions on Stage  The Groundplan and Blocking   Establishing the Score Shaping and Pacing the Performance Costumes, Makeup, and Props Technical Rehearsals Dress Rehearsal   Chapter 12: The Performance and After Emotion in Performance   Spontaneity   Beginning the Performance The Fear of Failure Measuring Success Growth After Opening   Your Sense of Purpose   Transformation   Appendix A: The Tradition of the Actor   Appendix B:  Suggested Plays and Anthologies   Plays   Play and Scene Anthologies   Anthologies for Students of Color     Appendix C:  Short Practice Selections from Shakespeare   Glossary of Theater Terminology 

About the Author :
Robert Benedetti, a distinguished teacher of acting and directing, and three-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning film producer, received his PhD from Northwestern University. After serving as Director of Theatre and Artistic Director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago, he became an early member of Chicago’s Second City Theatre.   He taught for fifty years at schools such as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Carnegie-Mellon University, The National Theatre School of Canada, the Australian Victorian College of the Arts, and the University of California, Riverside.   He was Chairman of Theatre at York University in Toronto, Head of the Acting Program at the Yale Drama School, and for eight years Dean of Theatre at The California Institute of the Arts. He recently retired as a tenured Full Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Artistic Director of the Nevada Conservatory Theatre.   Benedetti was Company Director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and has directed at many other regional theatres, including the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, the South Coast and San Diego Repertory Theatres, and Australia’s Melbourne Theatre Company, with multiple productions at the Oregon, Colorado, and Great Lakes Shakespeare festivals.    As a screenwriter and producer, Benedetti has won three Emmys and a Peabody Award. He has written six books on acting and film production, including The Actor at Work 10th edition, The Actor in You, 5th edition (now translated into Danish,) ACTION! Acting for Film and Television and From Concept to Screen (now translated into Chinese.)   In 2005 he received the Lifetime Career Achievement Award from the American Association for Theatre in Higher Education, and in April, 2012, he was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre at the Kennedy Center.