Acting by Mistake

ACTING BY MISTAKE is a practical guide for actors that operates under the premise that a mistake is the actors' true opportunity to create.  The book addresses high stakes situations and how to involve yourself in a process that puts you in control.  The energy that fear, doubt and lack of confidence generates is crippling to the creative process.  ACTING BY MISTAKE will give you the tools you need to convert crippling energy into a new resource for opportunity.

The book is filled with ideas that embrace exactly what you need to do when you can't remember your lines, become intimidated by other actors, hear yourself talking while you audition or perform, have difficulty looking another actor directly in the eye, can only say a line on way  or you just lack confidence in your own skills.  This book focuses on specifically what to do when you step onto the stage to audition, rehearse, or perform.  There is no pretense; just practical suggestions for situations you encounter everyday as a developing artist.

If you already have experience, this book will

afford you the opportunity to look at your past in a new light.

If you are a neophyte, you can begin your process with roots

firmly planted in the soil of a positive creative process.

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Acting by Mistake

ACTING BY MISTAKE is a practical guide for actors that operates under the premise that a mistake is the actors' true opportunity to create.  The book addresses high stakes situations and how to involve yourself in a process that puts you in control.  The energy that fear, doubt and lack of confidence generates is crippling to the creative process.  ACTING BY MISTAKE will give you the tools you need to convert crippling energy into a new resource for opportunity.

The book is filled with ideas that embrace exactly what you need to do when you can't remember your lines, become intimidated by other actors, hear yourself talking while you audition or perform, have difficulty looking another actor directly in the eye, can only say a line on way  or you just lack confidence in your own skills.  This book focuses on specifically what to do when you step onto the stage to audition, rehearse, or perform.  There is no pretense; just practical suggestions for situations you encounter everyday as a developing artist.

If you already have experience, this book will

afford you the opportunity to look at your past in a new light.

If you are a neophyte, you can begin your process with roots

firmly planted in the soil of a positive creative process.

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Acting by Mistake

Acting by Mistake

by William Roudebush
Acting by Mistake

Acting by Mistake

by William Roudebush

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Overview

ACTING BY MISTAKE is a practical guide for actors that operates under the premise that a mistake is the actors' true opportunity to create.  The book addresses high stakes situations and how to involve yourself in a process that puts you in control.  The energy that fear, doubt and lack of confidence generates is crippling to the creative process.  ACTING BY MISTAKE will give you the tools you need to convert crippling energy into a new resource for opportunity.

The book is filled with ideas that embrace exactly what you need to do when you can't remember your lines, become intimidated by other actors, hear yourself talking while you audition or perform, have difficulty looking another actor directly in the eye, can only say a line on way  or you just lack confidence in your own skills.  This book focuses on specifically what to do when you step onto the stage to audition, rehearse, or perform.  There is no pretense; just practical suggestions for situations you encounter everyday as a developing artist.

If you already have experience, this book will

afford you the opportunity to look at your past in a new light.

If you are a neophyte, you can begin your process with roots

firmly planted in the soil of a positive creative process.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781462800360
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Publication date: 06/04/2001
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 864 KB

Table of Contents

Forward9
Introduction11
Where to Use Your Imagination15
Using Acting By Mistake18
In Rehearsal19
In Auditions21
In Performance25
What You Must Do28
Don't do it unless you must30
A Grain of Truth31
Stop Listening to Yourself33
How to Begin35
Go Alone41
Remove Your Protections43
Inside Protection47
The Way Out50
Another Way Out Or How to Learn Your Lines53
Outside Protection57
Seven Ways Out59
Pacing Protection60
The Way Out62
Movement Protection66
Performance Protection72
The Way Out75
Decisions77
One Final Note81
Surviving82
Follow Through85
Don't Explain. Don't Interpret ... Just Tell It89
Trust92
Positive Energy94
John Ford Noonan96
Additional Positives99
Repetition102
A Paradox105
There Are No Rules to Creativity107
Jeffery Posson109
The Character Leap111
Be Flexible114
Belief115
Surviving Bad Directors118
The Non-Communicative Director119
The Director Who Directs Everything121
The Histrionic Screamer123
The Early Career-or Inexperienced Director124
The Incompetent Director128
A Workbook of Clues129
The Power of the Script132
The Full Stretch134
A Neat Little Package136
Looking Better When You're Ill139
Finding a Needle in a Haystack140
The Mini-Lesson142
Afterword144
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