Theorizing film acting / edited by Aaron Taylor.

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Routledge advances in film studies ; 14
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Physical Description:xii, 315 p. :; ill.
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Table of 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.