Secrets of Screen Acting

Secrets of Screen Acting, Fourth Edition, is a step-by-step guide to the elements of successful screen acting.

When it was first published in 1993, Secrets of Screen Acting broke new ground in explaining how acting for the camera is different from acting on stage. Reaction time is altered, physical timing and placement are reconceived, and the proportions of the digital frame itself become the measure of all things, so the director must conceptualize each image in terms of this new rectangle...