Theorizing film acting
By: edited by Aaron Taylor
Series: Routledge advances in film studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780415509510
Subjects: Motion picture acting
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: acting, casually and theoretically speaking / Aaron Taylor; title: Aesthetics: understanding and interpreting film acting. Acting matters: noting performance in three films / Brenda Austin-Smith; title: Living meaning: the fluency of film Performance / Andrew Klevan; title: Play-acting: a theory of comedic performance / Alex Clayton; title: Performed performance and the man who knew too much / Murray Pomerance; title: Brando sings! the invincible star persona / George Toles; title: Reception: film acting, audiences and communities. "Look at me"?: a phenomenology of Heath Ledger in The dark knight / Jorg Sternagel; title: Is acting a form of simulation or being? acting and mirror neurons / William Brown; title: The bond that unbinds by binding: acting mythology and the film community / Kevin Esch; title: From being to acting: performance in cult cinema / Ernest Mathijs; title: Acting and performance in home movies and amateur films / Liz Czach; title: Culture: film history, industry and the vicissitudes of star acting. Story and show: the basic contradiction of film star acting / Paul McDonald; title: The screen actor's "first self" and "second self": John Wayne and Coquelin's acting theory / Sharon Marie Carnicke; title: Acting like a star: Florence Turner, picture personality / Charlie Keil; title: Niche stars and acting "gay" / Chris Holmlund; title: Apparatus: technology, film form and the actor. What becomes of the camera in the world on film? / William Rothman; title: Sonic bodies: listening as acting / Jennifer M. Barker; title: Dance of the ubermarionettes: toward a contemporary screen actor training / Sean Aita; title: Articulating digital stardom / Barry King.