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	• Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television Judith Weston Michael Wiese Productions, 1999 - 300 pages average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

In other words... the best book on directing I've ever read. The only I will ever recommend. To actors and directors alike.

I hate to call it "hype," but after reading the book feverously (which, for a book on directing, is almost unheard of), it is safe to believe it here. All the endorsements on the back cover from people working "in the industry" no longer ring of marketing salesmanship, but of complete honesty. There are few things in this world I would endorse, given the chance. This is one of them.

I don't want to say it "changes you." But I will say I had more thoughts and ideas OF MY OWN while reading this book that ever before. The reason? It's like any craft: if you sit down to make something, you usually don't really know what to make specifically until you get to know your tools. Then--once you know what you can be done, what things are available to you to use, the ideas of what you can do with these tools start flowing.

I'd like to thank Ms. Weston for introducing me to some of the tools. Actually, I have thanked her. She called me back. I'm still floored by that.

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Best book on directing I've seen

I'm an independent director and this book really revolutionized my thinking about working with actors. I've applied the approach and techiques in the books after reading it a couple of times over the past two years and have been amazed at how well it works.

In listening to DVD commentaries of various directors and watching other directors work, it's pretty clear that Judith Weston has tremendous insight it how to create that memorable performance.

This book is a must for any aspiring director or director that wants to be a "actors director".

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The best

The best and probably only guide to directing actors on the market. I used to be an actor and was directed by a multitude of directors who didn't know a whit about acting, nor cared to know. I now teach film directing and screenwriting at a film school and give workshops to young film directors on working with actors. This is pretty much the only book I recommend to my students. My only caveat is that much of what she writes about must be practiced and observed first-hand, live, before you can actually understand what she means. But if you have the opporunity to rehearse and work with actors, or even with other students, use this book as your Bible.

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