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Access Accents bring the highly sought-after voice techniques of top voice coach Penny Dyer to the actor's audio device. They offer a unique opportunity to prepare for auditions at short notice.

Unlock the key to deeply authentic and emotionally charged performances with Emotional Preparation by Simon Blake. This essential guide explores the crucial components of emotion for emotional preparation, offering practical information to tap into raw, real emotions and bring acting to life with conviction. Drawing from proven acting methodologies, psychological insights, and industry expertise, Blake provides actors with step-by-step exercises to activate emotional truth on demand.

Professional stage actors are expected to have ready knowledge of a multitude of unwritten yet well-established protocols. Traditionally, this knowledge was passed along from one generation of stage actors to the next via word of mouth, or were learned by having one’s missteps corrected—until now.

Improvisation is the key to unlocking creativity, confidence, and adaptability in acting and beyond. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned performer, Meisner Activities provides engaging, practical activities to sharpen your skills, think on your feet, and deliver powerful, unscripted performances.

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.

This comprehensive audio guide helps actors and language enthusiasts master the distinctive sounds of Philadelphia speech. Perfect for performers preparing for auditions, dialect coaches, and anyone fascinated by American regional accents.

Manual completo de improvisación es tu guía para liberar creatividad y confianza con más de 70 juegos y técnicas adaptadas a todos los niveles. Aprenderás a transformar errores en magia y a disfrutar el proceso.

Whether you're an aspiring performer or a seasoned professional looking to expand your repertoire, Accent Mastery equips you with the tools and techniques needed to perfect your accent skills. Authored by acclaimed dialect coach Vandi Lynnae Enzor, this book takes you on a journey through the intricate nuances of various accents from around the globe. From British Received Pronunciation to Southern American drawls, Enzor provides step-by-step instructions, exercises, and practice tips to help you emulate accents with precision and authenticity.

Learn the ins and outs of how to get started in Voice-Over, including: microphone etiquette, how to make some of the most common noises and sounds (you might be surprised), working with copy, creating a demo reel, what to expect in the studio, the business of the business and much more. This is, hands down, the most comprehensive book on Voice-Over available. From beginners to pros, you’ll find value in Debi’s wealth of knowledge. Her tips and advice are the gems that only a true industry veteran and hard-working professional would know. Now she’s sharing it all with you!

In Behind the Star: A Guide to Mastering the Craft of Stand-In Work and Thriving Beyond the Set, Chad Gregory delivers a lean, gritty love letter to the unsung grinders of Hollywood—the stand-ins who keep the cameras rolling while stars sip coffee. A veteran stand-in for an A-list titan, Gregory doesn’t just lift the veil on this overlooked craft; he rips it down with a mix of raw memoir, practical know-how, and a life philosophy that hits like a well-timed mark.

Booked It!: The Actor's Playbook for Getting Cast is your essential guide to navigating the challenging and exhilarating world of acting. Whether you're a student just starting out or a seasoned professional looking to refine your craft, this practical and inspiring manual offers the tools you need to succeed.

Scott Sedita's Ultimate Guide To Making It In Hollywood lays out everything an actor needs to know to launch and maintain an acting career in any "Industry City." Tapping into his 40 years of experience in the business, renowned Acting Coach, Author, and Motivational Speaker Scott Sedita breaks down the Three Steps to Success: Talent, Confidence and Perseverance, and shows how these elements work together to build and sustain a successful acting career.

The world’s chaos. Too many demands on your time. Your mind’s a whirlpool. You’re fighting low-level exhaustion, possible burnout, and a mounting sense of panic. You’re trying to remember what you need to do next. You’re wondering if you can trust yourself if things don’t go how you want them to—can you cope?

This is the first book to provide an invaluable resource for the education of the next generation of performers in this exciting medium. Over the last 10 years, a revolution has occurred in digital production—video games have overtaken the film and TV industries in terms of production and revenues. Many video games derive their digital animation from human performance by means of motion and performance capture. Actors such as Andy Serkis and Troy Baker have won critical acclaim for their digital performance in games and film.

Voice Over Secrets 2 is the ultimate guide for anyone looking to succeed in the competitive world of voice-over acting. Whether you're a voice-over artist, an actor, or simply someone looking to improve your communication skills, this book is a must-listen.

A Broadway understudy faces his worst fears when he has to go on at the last minute for the star of one of the biggest hits in musical theatre history, Mel Brooks’ The Producers. If he fails, he knows it’s curtains for his career.

This comprehensive book is the key to unlocking your full potential as an actor and showcasing your range and versatility to the world. Written by industry experts and packed with insider tips, this book will teach you everything you need to know about creating a reel that will get you noticed by casting directors and producers.

Acting is living and behaving truthfully and fully under imaginary circumstances. But why are “truthfully” and “fully” so hard for us? Why is it so difficult to be in the moment with our art and in our lives?

You could be the proud parent of the next big child star. Naturally, you’d want to support their dreams and help them put their acting prowess to work. But first, a reality check: Even if your kid has plenty of talent, finding success in the entertainment industry can be quite challenging.

Este libro es una introducción a algunos de los presupuestos que han contribuido al nacimiento de la Espressività Generativa™, técnica de interpretación y método de evolución personal ya conocido y difundido en el ámbito internacional, y nace de la exigencia de una respuesta a dos preguntas.