Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 000135 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
000135
Language:
English
Contributor:
Internet Archive
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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How To Visualize A Role i n the succeeding chapter I shall present three scenes—the first for a woman, the second for a man, and the third for a man and woman—and follow each of them with a detailed analysis of the char- acters in the scenes. I do this to give you a practi- cal illustration of how to visualize the roles you are playing. I should prefer to have you know nothing what- ever about either the characters or the stories, other than those things which the words themselves reveal in these short scenes. I would rather have you grasp the character, background, and the mo- tivation without any memories of the actors or the performances; but since so many of you are un- doubtedly familiar with the book, the picture or the play, it would be impossible to keep you from recog- nizing them. I may as well be frank and tell you that the first scene is from "This Above All,"—Joan Fon- 109