All posts under: Directing Actors
Adaptation of a Script and Directing
This is probably the most famous scene from “On the Waterfront” film. It is an illustration of how directors work adapting the script. From Art of Directing Actors book, by Ernest Goodman. Your screenplay can … Read More
Directing Actors for Film and Theater
Still from “The Artist” film. From Art of Directing Actors book, by Ernest Goodman. “People say there’s a difference between movie acting and stage acting, but acting is acting. Getting back on stage is like … Read More
The Great Teachers
Famous acting teacher and actress – Stella Adler. From Art of Directing Actors book, by Ernest Goodman. It serves a director to know history and the techniques of acting. In the U.S., most methods … Read More
The Main Function of a Director
From Art of Directing Actors book, by Ernest Goodman. When I ask my students to tell me what a director’s job is, most of them reply that the director is the head of the … Read More
Types of Acting
From Art of Directing Actors book, by Ernest Goodman. “Only a performance warmed by the real living of the actor on the stage can affect the audience emotionally.” — Constantin Stanislavski. Acting is not … Read More
Michael Caine – Acting in Film Workshop
It is genius video where veteran actor Michael Kaine in his workshop (part 1) explains what a director should do with an actor, and shows live how to direct actors and block out a … Read More
Where do the emotions and feelings come from?
From Art of Directing Actors book, by Ernest Goodman. “You cannot hold the feeling”. ~ Constantin Stanislavski The main assumption in acting and directing actors is the idea that human emotions and feelings only appear … Read More
Should we study ‘directing actors’ or is talent enough?
(Peter Yershov) (From The Art of Directing Actors book by Ernest Goodman) “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” ~ Emile Zola I’m often asked ”Isn’t talent … Read More
Introduction to directing actors
(From “The Art of Directing Actors” book, by Ernest Goodman) Film directing is a relatively young art form, emerging almost 100 years ago. Theater art, on the other hand, has existed for thousands of … Read More
Result-Oriented Directing
From Art of Directing Actors book, by Ernest Goodman. RESULT-ORIENTED DIRECTING is an old method of directing in which directors demanded that actors play a particular result such as a specific emotion, feeling, or … Read More
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