A Screen Acting Workshop

Master the Distinctive Craft of Screen Performance

Mel Churcher's practical guide to film and TV acting

About the Ebook

A comprehensive training course in screen acting by an internationally renowned teacher and acting coach who has worked with actors of all backgrounds and experience – from drama school students at the start of their careers to Hollywood stars, including Daniel Craig, Angelina Jolie and Keira Knightley.

Mel Churcher has developed a series of five workshops which take actors step by step through the process of creating, developing and delivering assured performances on screen. Accompanied by ninety minutes of online film clips, showing all of the work in action, this book builds on these workshops and lets you progress through them at your own pace:

• Workshop 1: Keeping the Life encourages you to find what is unique about yourself and how you can preserve this vitality when acting on screen
• Workshop 2: Inhabiting the Role focuses on the emotional and psychological steps required in preparing your performance
• Workshop 3: The Physical Life introduces a series of practical exercises to develop the physicality and imagination of the actor
• Workshop 4: Through the Eye of the Camera explains the technical skills you must master to act in front of a lens
• Workshop 5: Off to Work We Go covers how to prepare for auditions and then how to handle specific challenges when you get the job

Each exercise, technique and tip is vividly illustrated in online film clips taken from the author's actual workshops. The result is a vital masterclass in every aspect of acting on screen.

Foreword by Jeremy Irons.

'When the whole business seems to have gone loopy, dip into Mel Churcher's book; somehow she always makes sense' Bob Hoskins

Why You'll Love This Ebook

• Learn the technical and emotional demands of working on camera
• Master the differences between stage and screen performance
• Discover practical exercises for developing screen acting skills
• Train with Nick Hern Books' acclaimed film and television acting coach

Reviews

'This book is not just exclusively for those who would be screen actors, but for all those, both teachers and actors, who wish to find 'truth' within the role they have been given. The plus is the [film clips], which are a joy to watch and a 'gift' for all those teachers of drama' Word Matters, The Journal of The Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama

About the Author

Mel Churcher is an international acting, dialogue and voice coach who has worked with companies including the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, Young Vic, Royal Court Theatre and Graeae Theatre Company. She is one of the top acting and dialogue coaches in TV and movies, and has worked with some of the biggest stars of stage and screen.

She is the author of A Screen Acting Workshop (2011) and The Elemental Actor (2023), both published by Nick Hern Books.

Publication Details

ISBN (EPUB): 9781780013169
Publication Date: 01 May 2014
Pages: 280
Format: Ebook (EPUB)
Publisher: Nick Hern Books

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