Acting in the Million Dollar Minute - Tom Logan

Acting in the Million Dollar Minute

The Art and Business of Performing in TV Commercials

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
280 Seiten
2020 | 3rd Revised edition
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-3764-2 (ISBN)
22,40 inkl. MwSt
The third edition of Acting in the Million Dollar Minute provides updates for today's commercial actor, including the current industry, training, the resumes, unions, contracts, the interview, the screen test, callbacks, pay and working conditions, and a complete list of SAG and AFTRA offices.
While the fundamentals of Acting in the Million Dollar Minute haven't substantially changes, all the information is completely updated and revised for today's commercial actor. This includes updates on the current industry, training, photos, the resume, unions, actor-agency contracts, the interview, the screen test, callbacks, pay and working conditions, and a complete list of SAG and AFTRA offices.

Acting in the Million Dollar Minute deals exclusively with the art and business of acting in commercials. Here the "art" is narrow: script terminology and procedure, commercial dialogue, camera staging, working the product, sample commercial scripts, and detailed analysis of how a commercial is actually shot, are all updated for this new edition.

You'll also find direction on how to: decipher the meaning behind the commercial script; begin and end every commercial performance; get the auditioners' attention immediately when the camera begins; compel the auditioners, with the sheer force of your performance; how to actually watch your playback with tips on what to look for; take the camera from another actor (i.e. upstaging); give the director a performance that makes his or her job easier in the editing room.

An important update to what's considered by all as an essential book on this topic!

Well-known as an actor's director, Tom Logan has successfully written, produced, and directed for many TV shows and feature films, both for the big screen and television. He has directed hundreds of national and international TV commercials and continues to write, produce, and direct in all of these mediums. He headed the TV/film & commercial acting departments in Los Angeles at two of the most prestigious acting schools worldwide-the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1981-89), and the American Film Institute (1980-89). He is also the author of How to Act & Eat at the Same Time: The Sequel: The Do's and Don'ts of Landing a Professional Acting Job. Tom has two sons and resides in Newport Beach, California.

Chapter 1: The Importance of Commercials
Chapter 2: The Slate
Chapter 3: The Top Four Complaints about Your Performance
Chapter 4: Commercial Dialogue
Chapter 5: Basic Commercial Acting Principles
Chapter 6: The Hero
Chapter 7: Why Most Multi-Person Auditions Don't Work
Chapter 8: Multi-Person Commercials
Chapter 9: Openings and Closings
Chapter 10: Playing the Visual Environment
Chapter 11: Basic Camera Staging
Chapter 12: Script Terminology
Chapter 13: How Commercials Are Shot
Chapter 14: That's a Wrap

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
ISBN-10 1-5381-3764-X / 153813764X
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-3764-2 / 9781538137642
Zustand Neuware
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