Download or read book Getting Into Drama School written by Nick Moseley and published by Nick Hern Books. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A no-nonsense guide to applying for drama school.
Download or read book So You Want to Go to Drama School written by Helen Freeman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to getting into drama school. Packed with sound advice and essential information for young people who want to train as actors and performers (including musical theatre), this clear and honest guide is written by a teacher and audition panellist with a lifetime's experience of the audition process. It will help all aspiring actors develop the self-confidence, motivation and skills required to get into the drama school of their choice. Topics include: * Researching and selecting the appropriate drama school * Making yourself the best prepared candidate * Choosing and preparing your speeches and songs * Developing your working process and your self-awareness * Coping with the audition day itself * Considering your next steps if you do (or don't) get in. Also includes suggestions of speeches and songs to look at (as well as those you should avoid), information about the major UK drama schools, how to obtain funding, suggested further reading, and an introduction to the theatrical terms and genres that every prospective student should know.
Download or read book College Essay Essentials written by Ethan Sawyer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay. Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples and more, this book provides a clear, stress-free roadmap to writing your best admission essay. Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (aka The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to figure out which type is best for you is answer two simple questions: 1. Have you experienced significant challenges in your life? 2. Do you know what you want to be or do in the future? With these questions providing the building blocks for your essay, Sawyer guides you through the rest of the process, from choosing a structure to revising your essay, and answers the big questions that have probably been keeping you up at night: How do I brag in a way that doesn't sound like bragging? and How do I make my essay, like, deep? College Essay Essentials will help you with: The best brainstorming exercises Choosing an essay structure The all-important editing and revisions Exercises and tools to help you get started or get unstuck College admission essay examples Packed with tips, tricks, exercises, and sample essays from real students who got into their dream schools, College Essay Essentials is the only college essay guide to make this complicated process logical, simple, and (dare we say it?) a little bit fun. The perfect companion to The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2020/2021. For high school counselors and college admission coaches, this is an essential book to help walk your students through writing a stellar, authentic college essay.
Download or read book Drama Menu written by Glyn Trefor-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed full of drama games, ideas and suggestions, Drama Menu is a unique new resource for drama teachers.
Download or read book The Outstanding Actor written by Ken Rea and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on Ken Rea's 35 years' teaching experience and research, as well as interviews with top actors and directors, The Outstanding Actor identifies seven key qualities that the most successful actors manifest, along with practical exercises that help nurture those qualities and videos to demonstrate them. Featuring contributions and insights from Ewan McGregor, Jude Law, Judi Dench, Al Pacino, Lily James, Rufus Norris and many more, The Outstanding Actor gives you techniques that you can immediately put into practice in rehearsals, classes or private preparation. It also shows you how to increase the chances of having a more successful career. This new edition covers topical issues such as the #MeToo movement, gender balance and race issues, and how these affect working conditions and careers. There are also brand new links to video resources that bring the valuable exercises to life. The book also includes forewords by Damian Lewis and Lily James.
Download or read book 100 Exercises to Get You Into Drama School written by Jona Howl and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The book's main asset is its clarity and accessibility, it relates to its readers in a helpful and clear way.' John Gillett, actor trainer and author of Acting on Impulse Competition for drama school is fierce, thousands apply every year for only a few places. Preparing well for your audition is key. This book gives drama-school hopefuls the inside track only previously available via professional coaches. It gives clear advice on improving acting skills through effective exercises in which voice, movement, text and character come together with a single aim: to pass that elusive audition and get your career off the ground. Content and acting workshops include: posture, movement, the Alexander Technique, voice, how to work with the text, how to prepare for the Big Day, how to behave on the day. A resource section for places of study is also included. With specific exercises designed by a top London drama school coach, this book will help you think and feel like an actor. Get into training for auditions in film, TV or theatre today!
Download or read book Shakespeare Monologue Audition Success written by Mark Westbrook and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally there's a book that helps drama school and college acting applicants tackle the daunting Shakespeare monologue. Clearly set out in a lesson by lesson style format, it's like being coached by acting coach Mark Westbrook in a 1-2-1 coaching session. Tackle the Shakespeare Monologue with fresh ideas and powerful but little-taught techniques that will boost your chances of audition success.
Download or read book 100 Acting Exercises for 8 18 Year Olds written by Samantha Marsden and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive guide to teaching acting exercises that will unleash the inner creativity of students aged 8-18. Theories and techniques of some of the greatest theatre practitioners including Sanford Meisner, Constantin Stanislavski, Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen provide a basis for Samantha Marsden's original exercises for students between these ages. You won't find Duck, Duck, Goose, Zap, Zap, Boing – or any other traditional drama games in this book: instead, the craft of acting technique takes the limelight. These exercises have been tried and tested in the author's own classroom, and are guaranteed to inspire, ignite imagination and encourage heartfelt performances. Focus points used in leading drama schools such as voice, movement, relaxation, character development and understanding text are recreated for a younger student. They are easy to follow and will be fun, challenging and immensely rewarding for teachers and students alike. The book features a foreword by Paul Roseby, CEO and Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre.
Download or read book Black Acting Methods written by Sharrell Luckett and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Acting Methods seeks to offer alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with. A wealth of contributions from directors, scholars and actor trainers address afrocentric processes and aesthetics, and interviews with key figures in Black American theatre illuminate their methods. This ground-breaking collection is an essential resource for teachers, students, actors and directors seeking to reclaim, reaffirm or even redefine the role and contributions of Black culture in theatre arts. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Download or read book Audition Success written by Don Greene and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audition Success presents a groundbreaking method that has already made Don Greene one of the country's leading audition trainers. Combining specially designed self-tests and real-life examples from the careers of two performers, Audition Success will help performers understand what prevents them from nailing an audition and give them the tools to reach their goals.
Download or read book The Excellent Audition Guide written by Andy Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reassuring, encouraging how to book that demystifies the often scary-looking process of applying to drama school.
Download or read book Acting for Young Actors written by Mary Lou Belli and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know a teen that's been bitten by the acting bug? Here's just the book they need! Acting for Young Actors, aimed at teens and tweens, lets kids hone their skills and develop their craft. It begins with the five W's: WHO am I? WHAT do I want? WHY do I want it? WHERE am I? WHEN does this event take place? Sounds basic - but many young child actors are told simply to "get up there and act." This book explores each of these questions, using helpful exercises to allow young actors to work through problems of character identity and motivation. With comprehensive chapters on auditioning, rehearsal, and improvisation, plus a primer on how young actors can break into film, theater, and television, Acting for Young Actors is every kid's ticket to the big time.
Download or read book TRUTH IN ACTION written by Mark Westbrook and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A manual of common sense for actors and those that want to be. "Thank you so much Mark for this fabulous book, I feel elated again and have ditched all the other stuff." JOHNATHON FARREL When you own Truth in Action, you'll: Learn to Develop the Mindset of the Truthful Actor, which means that no matter what skill level you're at, you'll see immediate improvements. Discover how to pull apart any script and grasp the actable parts of it, which means that no matter how good or bad the material is, you'll understand it and you'll have the know-how to translate it into action - the language of the actor. Understand how to connect with your scene partners, which means you'll create great on screen/stage chemistry with your fellow actors. Learn how to transform the ideas and instructions of the director into truthful action. Discover the secrets of truthful acting and how to put them into action, which means you'll create authentic, organic and sincere performances.
Download or read book How Musicals Work written by Julian Woolford and published by Theatrebook. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to, and history of, musical theatre. What makes the great shows work, and why some never did.
Download or read book The Redemption of Gertie Greene written by Taryn Temple and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teach Drama written by SAMANTHA. MARSDEN and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 001 Get Into Drama Get Deported written by Nelson Amador and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-11 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After putting Senott behind bars, Alex goes on his most dangerous mission yet as he has to go to Nicaragua to investigate a shooting at a Univisson studio in Mexico. As Alex is on his mission, he meets a very beautiful girl name Jacqueline Montero and she helps Alex on his mission. Along his mission, Alex finds out that his old high school rival and student mentor Sebastian Hopper works for the Sandinistas and his evil plan is to build weapons and also ship weapons to the Middle East from Nicaragua. Alex must stop Hopper before he bombs the United States of America with the weapons that he has build and Alex must use autistic brain, knowledge, Witt, and Might to disable the weapons before more types of drama happens.
