100 Exercises To Get You Into Drama School

Author : Jona Howl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408146525
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Exercises to Get You Into Drama School written by Jona Howl and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The book's main asset is its clarity and accessibility, it relates to its readers in a helpful and clear way.' John Gillett, actor trainer and author of Acting on Impulse Competition for drama school is fierce, thousands apply every year for only a few places. Preparing well for your audition is key. This book gives drama-school hopefuls the inside track only previously available via professional coaches. It gives clear advice on improving acting skills through effective exercises in which voice, movement, text and character come together with a single aim: to pass that elusive audition and get your career off the ground. Content and acting workshops include: posture, movement, the Alexander Technique, voice, how to work with the text, how to prepare for the Big Day, how to behave on the day. A resource section for places of study is also included. With specific exercises designed by a top London drama school coach, this book will help you think and feel like an actor. Get into training for auditions in film, TV or theatre today!

Author : Samantha Marsden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350049972
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Acting Exercises for 8 - 18 Year Olds written by Samantha Marsden and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive guide to teaching acting exercises that will unleash the inner creativity of students aged 8-18. Theories and techniques of some of the greatest theatre practitioners including Sanford Meisner, Constantin Stanislavski, Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen provide a basis for Samantha Marsden's original exercises for students between these ages. You won't find Duck, Duck, Goose, Zap, Zap, Boing – or any other traditional drama games in this book: instead, the craft of acting technique takes the limelight. These exercises have been tried and tested in the author's own classroom, and are guaranteed to inspire, ignite imagination and encourage heartfelt performances. Focus points used in leading drama schools such as voice, movement, relaxation, character development and understanding text are recreated for a younger student. They are easy to follow and will be fun, challenging and immensely rewarding for teachers and students alike. The book features a foreword by Paul Roseby, CEO and Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre.

Author : Christinea Donnelly
Publisher : Facet Publishing
ISBN 13 : 185604761X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Know it All, Find it Fast for Youth Librarians and Teachers written by Christinea Donnelly and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand new version of the best-selling enquiry desk reference text, Know it All, Find it Fast, specifically designed for those working with children and young people in schools, public libraries and at home. Including an invaluable overview of the education system and the school curriculum as well as a comprehensive listing of useful resources by topic, this A-Z covers school subjects from science and maths to reading and literacy, and more general themes such as children's health, wellbeing and hobbies. Each topic is broken down into useful sections that will help to guide your response; Typical questions outline common queries such as 'Have you got any information about volcanoes?' Considerations provides useful hints and tips i.e. 'Geography now encompasses not only physical and human geography but also environmental geography, social geography, geology and geopolitics.' Where to look lists relevant printed, digital and online resources with useful annotations explaining their scope and strengths Readership: This is the must-have quick reference tool arming librarians and teachers with the knowledge to deal with any queries thrown at them from children and young people as well as their parents and caregivers. It will also be a handy reference for parents and anyone working with children and young people in other organizations such as homework clubs and youth workers.

Author : Helen Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848420168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book So You Want to Go to Drama School? written by Helen Freeman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to getting into drama school. Packed with sound advice and essential information for young people who want to train as actors and performers (including musical theatre), this clear and honest guide is written by a teacher and audition panellist with a lifetime's experience of the audition process. It will help all aspiring actors develop the self-confidence, motivation and skills required to get into the drama school of their choice. Topics include: * Researching and selecting the appropriate drama school * Making yourself the best prepared candidate * Choosing and preparing your speeches and songs * Developing your working process and your self-awareness * Coping with the audition day itself * Considering your next steps if you do (or don't) get in. Also includes suggestions of speeches and songs to look at (as well as those you should avoid), information about the major UK drama schools, how to obtain funding, suggested further reading, and an introduction to the theatrical terms and genres that every prospective student should know.

Author : Samantha Marsden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350049964
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 Acting Exercises for 8 - 18 Year Olds written by Samantha Marsden and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive guide to teaching acting exercises that will unleash the inner creativity of students aged 8-18. Theories and techniques of some of the greatest theatre practitioners including Sanford Meisner, Constantin Stanislavski, Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen provide a basis for Samantha Marsden's original exercises for students between these ages. You won't find Duck, Duck, Goose, Zap, Zap, Boing – or any other traditional drama games in this book: instead, the craft of acting technique takes the limelight. These exercises have been tried and tested in the author's own classroom, and are guaranteed to inspire, ignite imagination and encourage heartfelt performances. Focus points used in leading drama schools such as voice, movement, relaxation, character development and understanding text are recreated for a younger student. They are easy to follow and will be fun, challenging and immensely rewarding for teachers and students alike. The book features a foreword by Paul Roseby, CEO and Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre.

Author : Frank McKone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780868196633
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Audition written by Frank McKone and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to help drama students make the transition from secondary school to the theatre-training world. Focusing on auditions for actors, but providing commentary for technical and management aspirants, this manual consists of self-guided exercises to build your skills and much more.

Author : Nick O'Brien
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136945601
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stanislavski in Practice written by Nick O'Brien and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanislavski in Practice is an unparalleled step-by-step guide to Stanislavski’s System. Author Nick O’Brien makes this cornerstone of acting accessible to teachers and students alike. This is an exercise book for students and a lesson planner for teachers on syllabi from Edexcel, WJEC and AQA to the practice-based requirements of BTEC. Each element of the System is covered practically through studio exercises and jargon-free discussion. Over a decade’s experience of acting and teaching makes O’Brien perfectly placed to advise anyone wanting to understand or apply Stanislavski’s system. Features include: Practical extension work for students to take away from the lesson Notes for teachers on how to use material with different age groups Exam tips for students based on specific syllabi requirements A chapter dedicated to using Stanislavski when rehearsing a text A glossary of terms that students of the System will encounter

Author : David Farmer
Publisher : David Farmer
ISBN 13 : 1479343021
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 101 More Drama Games and Activities written by David Farmer and published by David Farmer. This book was released on 2012 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '...bubbles over with imaginative ideas... for primary, secondary and other drama teachers.' - Teaching Drama Magazine, Spring 2013. '..this book cheered me up. Buy it and smile. There will be a lot of laughter in your classroom.' - Drama Magazine, Spring 2013. This sequel to the best-selling 101 Drama Games and Activities contains all-new inspirational and engaging games and exercises suitable for children, young people and adults. The activities can be used in teaching drama lessons and workshops as well as during rehearsal and devising periods. The book includes lively and fun warm-up games, as well as activities to develop concentration, focus and team building. The drama strategies can be used as creative tools to explore themes and characters. There are dozens of ideas for developing improvisation (which can be extended over several sessions). There are many new activities for exploring storytelling skills as well as mime and movement.

Author : Dudley Knight
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408157152
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speaking With Skill written by Dudley Knight and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actors and other professional voice users need to speak clearly and expressively in order to communicate the ideas and emotions of their characters – and themselves. Whatever the native accent of the speaker, this easy communication to the listener must always happen in every moment, onstage, in film or on television; in real life too. This book, an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork, gives speakers the ownership of a vast variety of speech skills and the ability to explore unlimited varieties of speech actions – without imposing a single, unvarying pattern of "good speech". The skills gained through this book enable actors to find the unique way in which a dramatic character embodies the language of the play. They also help any speaker to communicate to a listener with total intelligibility without compromising the speaker's own accent; and to vary speech actions to meet different language needs. Supporting audio provides 116 tracks illustrating the exercises described in the book.

Author : Bill Connington
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408182661
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physical Expression on Stage and Screen written by Bill Connington and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tight throat; held breath; stiff muscles; stage fright: impediments to performance come in many guises, but they all spring from the same source-tension. In Physical Expression on Stage and Screen Bill Connington, a renowned teacher of the Alexander Technique, shows you how to recognize and release the tension that keeps you from performing at your best. If you're ever not certain of what to do with your hands or how to make a meaningful gesture, or if your movement feels fine in daily life but then you suddenly become self-conscious when onstage or in front of a camera, this book is here to help. More than one hundred clear, accessible exercises-including many filmed tutorials available online-will enable you to • Move more naturally and easily • Breathe more freely • Speak more clearly • Free your creative impulses • Play a character with an unfamiliar physicality