- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education; 5 edition (1 Feb 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0073514160
- ISBN-13: 978-0073514161
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.6 x 1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,898,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Used to teach beginning acting on more campuses than any other text, Acting One covers the basic elements of realistic acting in twenty-eight lessons – all based on experiential exercises. The text covers basic skills such as talking, listening, tactical interplay, physicalizing, building scenes, and making good choices.
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New Lessons: The author has reorganized the beginning of the text by adding two new lessons (bringing the total to 28) with several new warmup exercises and his signature Pledge of Allegiance exercise.
Advice from Professionals: Inspiring, sage bits of counsel from distinguished professional actors and directors appear in highlighted sections of the text, proving that veteran professionals wrestle with the same questions that beginners do.
Exercises: Among the many new activities in the text are new movement exercises in Lesson 18, a section on eye contact in Lesson 7, a pointing exercise in Lesson 19, and an inflections exercise in Lesson 22.
The Cohen Approach: Each lesson is a self-contained exploration of one acting concept or skill, allowing students to concentrate on one specific area of acting at a time, and creating an assured sequencing for instructors.
Learn by Doing: Students are up on their feet and acting immediately. More than 100 exercises keep students acting rather than reading.
Glossary: This resource introduces the beginning student to unfamiliar words likely to come up in acting classes and helps demystify acting terminology. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Advice from Professionals: Inspiring, sage bits of counsel from distinguished professional actors and directors appear in highlighted sections of the text, proving that veteran professionals wrestle with the same questions that beginners do.
Exercises: Among the many new activities in the text are new movement exercises in Lesson 18, a section on eye contact in Lesson 7, a pointing exercise in Lesson 19, and an inflections exercise in Lesson 22.
The Cohen Approach: Each lesson is a self-contained exploration of one acting concept or skill, allowing students to concentrate on one specific area of acting at a time, and creating an assured sequencing for instructors.
Learn by Doing: Students are up on their feet and acting immediately. More than 100 exercises keep students acting rather than reading.
Glossary: This resource introduces the beginning student to unfamiliar words likely to come up in acting classes and helps demystify acting terminology. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Useful but overstuffed introductory acting text
19 Nov 1999
Format:Hardcover
The First Six lessons--goal and obstacle, the other, tactics, expectation, and their summary "GOTE" -- are excellent and concise. Unfortuantely, the book covers a great deal more ground than an introductory class could hope to cover. THe other chapters make good reading, and a student who decides s/he's serious about pursuing acting as a craft would be well served by owning this text. The casual student would be less well served.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
An excellent text for both the instructor and student.
2 Jan 1999
Format:Hardcover
His concepts of conflict and theatricality are excellent. Goal, Obstacle, Tactic and Expectation (GOTE)lead to a complete understanding of the actor's craft. For the beginner, this concept is absolutly necessary; the young actor now has a deep understanding of what makes an action theatrical and interesting. Through Cohen's work,the actor can understand and apply Stanislvaski's "beats."
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Great book from an insightful author
19 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
I have read through Cohen's "Theatre" and "Acting One" and both are outstanding books on theatre for any actor. It is almost as good as Sidney Lumet's "Making Movies," but without all the fun stories about movie stars. This is one book I actually read for fun, and keep it in my glove compartment when I prepare for auditions. I am glad I am going to the school where this man teaches.
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