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Radio Acting
BBC Radio issues some 14,000 contracts a year to radio actors. In addition, there is a large market for actors in voice-overs, commercials and book readings. Radio differs as a medium from acting for the stage, television or film, and many actors have neither experience nor training in it. This guide takes readers through the studio layout and recording, technical terms and productive working relations with the radio director. The author describes preparing a role, voice technique, rehearsal and recording. There is also a chapter devoted to voice-overs and commercials - a lucrative part of the business - and getting started on a radio career. Appendices include a marked-up radio script, technical exercises and a glossary of technical terms.
180 pages, Paperback
First published July 31, 1997
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October 4, 2020
It was okay, not outstanding, not groundbreaking, and there is -- as in most books about a given subject -- a lot of information you already are perfectly aware of, gathered from your own life experience. - - - - Ferdinand.
January 9, 2011
This is the best and only book about radio acting that exists. If you are interested in acting in radio or audio drama, you probably need this book. If you are interested in directing, you need it too. It details the BBC production method used for most of their radio drama output.
This slim volume covers essential details such as working with microphone positions, communication between actors and directors, and methods for achieving a truthful performance in a uniquely challenging medium.
If you are based in the US, this book is especially important, because many (if not most) of the audio drama producing in the US pales in comparison to British performance standards, for a variety of reasons. Namely, there is so little modern audio drama output in the US, that many people are unaware of modern standards of performance. Radio drama is no longer a cheesy, dated medium, but a vibrant, subtle, intimate, and unique form of art. If you are interested in this art form, you need this book.
This slim volume covers essential details such as working with microphone positions, communication between actors and directors, and methods for achieving a truthful performance in a uniquely challenging medium.
If you are based in the US, this book is especially important, because many (if not most) of the audio drama producing in the US pales in comparison to British performance standards, for a variety of reasons. Namely, there is so little modern audio drama output in the US, that many people are unaware of modern standards of performance. Radio drama is no longer a cheesy, dated medium, but a vibrant, subtle, intimate, and unique form of art. If you are interested in this art form, you need this book.
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