Acting
By: edited by Claudia Springer and Julie Levinson
Series: Behind the silver screen -- 1; Behind the silver screen -- 1.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781784534035
Subjects: Motion picture acting
Description: Screen acting is generally considered in terms of the on-screen performance, which is actually the outcome of collaborative work and ever-changing conventions of the group activity that is filmmaking. New technologies and aesthetic developments, for example, continue to change how actors perform on screen. These elements are explored in this readable, in-depth investigation of the dynamic role of acting in the creation and evolution of Hollywood. Expert contributors take readers from the inception of film acting in 1895, when spectators thrilled at the sight of vaudeville performers and Wild West stars, through Hollywood's different eras, up to the current tendency to blend human actors with CGI. Special attention is paid throughout to definitive performances by notable film stars, including Lillian Gish, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Nicholas Cage, Denzel Washington and Andy Serkis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Claudia Springer; title: The silent screen, 1895-1927 / Victoria Duckett; title: Classical Hollywood, 1928-1946 / Arthur Nolletti Jr; title: Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967 / David Sterritt; title: The auteur renaissance, 1968-1980 / Julie Levinson; title: The new Hollywood, 1981-1999 / Donna Peberdy; title: The modern entertainment marketplace, 2000-present / Cynthia Baron.