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Theorizing film acting

Title
Theorizing film acting / edited by Aaron Taylor.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2012.

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Additional Authors
Taylor, Aaron.
Description
xii, 315 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Routledge advances in film studies ; 14
Uniform Title
Routledge advances in film studies ; 14.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: acting, casually and theoretically speaking / Aaron Taylor -- Aesthetics: understanding and interpreting film acting. Acting matters: noting performance in three films / Brenda Austin-Smith -- Living meaning: the fluency of film Performance / Andrew Klevan -- Play-acting: a theory of comedic performance / Alex Clayton -- Performed performance and the man who knew too much / Murray Pomerance -- Brando sings! the invincible star persona / George Toles -- Reception: film acting, audiences and communities. "Look at me"?: a phenomenology of Heath Ledger in The dark knight / Jorg Sternagel -- Is acting a form of simulation or being? acting and mirror neurons / William Brown -- The bond that unbinds by binding: acting mythology and the film community / Kevin Esch -- From being to acting: performance in cult cinema / Ernest Mathijs -- Acting and performance in home movies and amateur films / Liz Czach -- Culture: film history, industry and the vicissitudes of star acting. Story and show: the basic contradiction of film star acting / Paul McDonald -- The screen actor's "first self" and "second self": John Wayne and Coquelin's acting theory / Sharon Marie Carnicke -- Acting like a star: Florence Turner, picture personality / Charlie Keil -- Niche stars and acting "gay" / Chris Holmlund -- Apparatus: technology, film form and the actor. What becomes of the camera in the world on film? / William Rothman -- Sonic bodies: listening as acting / Jennifer M. Barker -- Dance of the ubermarionettes: toward a contemporary screen actor training / Sean Aita -- Articulating digital stardom / Barry King.
Call Number
MWEQ 13-4476
ISBN
  • 9780415509510
  • 0415509513
  • 9781138922150
  • 1138922153
  • 9780203123218 (canceled/invalid)
  • 0203123212 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2011041097
  • 40021200709
OCLC
752072338
Title
Theorizing film acting / edited by Aaron Taylor.
Imprint
New York : Routledge, 2012.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Routledge advances in film studies ; 14
Routledge advances in film studies ; 14.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Taylor, Aaron.
Other Standard Identifier
40021200709
Research Call Number
MWEQ 13-4476
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