Acting: Advanced Techniques for the Actor, Director, and Teacher

by Terry Schreiber, Edward Norton (Foreword)

Honed by the author's 35 years of teaching, this advanced book offers different warm-up exercises concentrating on the actor's sense of smell, sound, sight, and touch; sensory tools for conveying the climate and environment of the text; tips for suggesting a character's physical conditions; and much more. Individual exercises will help actors to free the voice and body, create a character, find the action and condition of scenes, and explore the subconscious for effective emotional recall. Readers will also find meticulous guidelines for best using rehearsal time and preparing for in-class scene work. The foreword is written by two-time Academy Award nominee Edward Norton. Those who act, direct, or teach will not want to miss the acting lessons that have made T. Schreiber Studio a premier actor training program.

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2005

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellently-practical tool for both actors and teachers.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been taking the guy's class for a year, probably ought to read his book.
I'm going to have to list this under "read" though, because I'm going to be reading pieces of it for a while. It has a lot of great exercises that we do in class, especially for warm ups. Good body dynamics stuff. I have enjoyed doing those exercises in class and I used them to warm up during the last play i was in and they really do help to get grounded and prepared. I don't know how much help this book would be for actors who aren't in Terry's class, I could see it as a help for a teacher looking for things to do, but you need a teacher to guide you through the acting stuff.