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Summary
Honed by the author's 35 years of teaching, this advanced book offers different warm-up exercises concentrating on the actor's sense of smell, sound, sight, and touch; sensory tools for conveying the climate and environment of the text; tips for suggesting a character's physical conditions; and much more. Individual exercises will help actors to free the voice and body, create a character, find the action and condition of scenes, and explore the subconscious for effective emotional recall. Readers will also find meticulous guidelines for best using rehearsal time and preparing for in-class scene work. The foreword is written by two-time Academy Award nominee Edward Norton. Those who act, direct, or teach will not want to miss the acting lessons that have made T. Schreiber Studio a premier actor training program.
Author Notes
Terry Schreiber is the founder of T. Schreiber Studio
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. vi |
Foreword | p. viii |
Preface | p. x |
A Note on Personal Pronouns | |
Methodology | p. xiii |
My Experience | |
No "One" Technique | |
An Actor's Toolbox | |
Mind, Heart, Will | |
Part I Procedure | p. 1 |
Chapter 1 Relaxation | p. 3 |
Tension-The Enemy of the Actor | |
"To Be Seen" Body Work | |
"To Be Heard" Vocal Work | |
Warm-Up Program | |
Chapter 2 Concentration | p. 21 |
The Senses-Five Powerful Tools | |
Chapter 3 Imagination | p. 25 |
Sidebar: Finding Emotional Resolution | |
Chapter 4 Preparation | p. 29 |
Body and Voice | |
The Actor's Notebook | |
Memorization | |
Sidebar: Backward Way to Construct a Sentence | |
Monologues | |
Class and Rehearsal Space | |
A Note for Leaders | |
Part II Group Exercises | p. 39 |
Relaxing into the Floor | |
"Hard" Chairs | |
Chapter 5 General Sensory Exercises | p. 41 |
Height | |
Floating | |
Beach/Sunning/Water | |
Animal Exercises | |
Sidebar: The Snow Leopard | |
Meal | |
Cave | |
Sidebar: Alone in a Cave | |
Mixed Sound/Smell | |
Chapter 6 Personal Sensory Exercises | p. 55 |
Baby Exercise | |
Age Exercise | |
The Place Exercise (Room/Closet/Chest/Attic/Basement) | |
Face | |
Shower | |
Chapter 7 Physical-Condition Exercises | p. 67 |
An Actor's Secret | |
Cold | |
Sidebar: One Hundred Degrees, and I'm Freezing | |
Heat | |
Drunkenness | |
Drugs | |
Pain | |
Sidebar: Pain, Shin Splints, and the High School Basketball Bench | |
Blindness | |
Deafness | |
Don't Go Alone | |
Other Impairment | |
Insanity | |
Sidebar: Insanity, Anger, and My Hair | |
Conclusion | |
Part III Individual Exercises | p. 83 |
A Note for Leaders | |
Chapter 8 Creating A Character-The Spoon River Exercise | p. 85 |
Spoon River, Part One-Introduction to the Character | |
Sidebar: Mrs. Sibley Said Nothing, and Everything | |
Spoon River, Part Two-Animal Work and "Psychological Center" | |
Sidebar: Rose Ritz, Fancy Peacock | |
Chapter 9 Making A Scene: The A.C.T. (Action/Condition/Telephone Call) | p. 103 |
Activity | |
Physical Condition | |
Sidebar: Sisterly Love | |
Preparation and Rehearsal | |
Telephone Call | |
A.C.T. in Class | |
Sidebar: Cleaning Up, the Hangover, and the Confession | |
What We've Learned | |
Chapter 10 Freeing the Instrument-The Fallout and the Song Exercise | p. 113 |
A Note for Leaders | |
Fallout | |
Sidebar: The Fallout-A Way to Warm Up | |
Song Exercise | |
A Note on Leading the Fallout and Song Exercise | |
What We've Learned | |
Chapter 11 Exploring the Subconscious-Emotional Recall | p. 141 |
Emotional Recall, Part One | |
Sidebar: Blowout on the Soccer Field | |
Emotional Recall, Part Two | |
Emotional Recall, Part Three | |
Emotional Recall, Part Four | |
A Note for Leaders | |
What We've Learned | |
Chapter 12 Validating The Self-The Private Moment | p. 159 |
Practical Purpose | |
Before Class-Choosing Private Moments-The Storyboard | |
What Is a Private Moment? | |
Parts One and Two | |
Private Moment-Preparation | |
Sidebar: Opening Up a Sensual Side | |
Performing the Private Moment, Parts One and Two | |
Private Moment, Part Three | |
Sidebar: The Private Moment, Years Later, On Stage | |
Sidebar: Tipping Point of a Career | |
Character Private Moments | |
Sidebar: A Gut-Wrenching Moment | |
What We've Learned | |
Part IV Scene Study | p. 177 |
Chapter 13 Assigning Scenes | p. 179 |
Rules for Rehearsal | |
Chapter 14 Road Map | p. 185 |
Working Title | |
Objective | |
Beats | |
Sidebar: Relearning | |
Actions (Also Called "Intention") | |
The Givens | |
Essential Scene Preparation | |
Chapter 15 Scene Work Rehearsal Process | p. 197 |
Preliminary Meeting | |
First Rehearsal | |
Second Rehearsal | |
Third Rehearsal | |
Chapter 16 Scenes in Class | p. 203 |
Sidebar: Putting It All Together | |
First Time | |
Second Time | |
Chapter 17 Application of Exercise Work | p. 209 |
Relax and Prepare | |
Where Have You Been? | |
Sidebar: Preparation at 6th and 9th | |
Don't Predict | |
Fight Against Emotions | |
Scene Problem-Personal Problems | |
Handling Dangerous Emotional Acting Situations | |
Sidebar: Using the E.R. to Go to Pieces | |
It All Comes Down to Text | |
Conclusion | p. 217 |
Appendix A Recommended Reading | p. 221 |
Appendix B Playwrights Suggested for Study | p. 223 |
Glossary | p. 224 |
About the Author | p. 230 |
Index | p. 231 |