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Hitting Your Mark: What Every Actor Really Needs to Know on a Hollywood Set
 
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Hitting Your Mark: What Every Actor Really Needs to Know on a Hollywood Set (Paperback)

by Steve Carlson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions (15 Jul 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0941188698
  • ISBN-13: 978-0941188692
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,182,882 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Book Description

Hitting Your Mark provides both beginning and veteran actors who are new to film with techniques, tips and tricks of the trade, designed to help you hit the film set running.

Written with a realistic yet positive approach to show business, this book is an essential guide for any actor working in film or television today.

Contents Include:
* Acting for the camera
* Techniques for soaps and sitcoms
* Auditioning
* Working with the crew
* Terrific love scenes

and much more!

Steve carlson is a veteran film and television actor who has also performed in over 400 commercials. He is known, as well, for his series regular roles in 'The Young and the Restless' and 'General Hospital', two of the top-rated soap operas in the USA. Carlson teaches a series of acting workshops throughout America.



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Who are all those people and what are they doing?
A year or so ago, it occured to me that an actor can learn to act anywhere, but there was nothing that prepared them for acting ON A FILM SET. You are thrown into a tangle of lights, cameras, cables and people... having no idea who they are, what they are doing... and what they want of you? That's what this book is about. After 30 years of work in films, TV, soap operas and over 400 commercials, I'm pretty comfortable in a film set, NOW. It wasn't always so. Nobody teaches the technicalities of film acting,yet, you are expected to know it all the first moment you set foot on on a film set. Another fact that makes it so difficult is that no one is supposed to talk to an actor about his performance except the Director. But the Director is EVERYBODY'S boss. They don't have time in the middle of a shoot to instruct an actor in "Film Set 101"... so it's trial and error... and hope that you don't make too many mistakes or make too big a fool out of yourself while you are learning. Well, now you can prepare for it before you actually do it. Please enjoy. Steve Carlson

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5.0 out of 5 stars how to become an actor, 20 Jul 1999
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iI would like to know how you become an actor become I would like to beome one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great and practical, goes on my must list for students., 4 Jul 1999
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Steve Carlson has shared knowledge that, for any thinking actor, should pay off immediately in cash and success - they'll work more. Both as a first A.D. and film-making instructor it will make my jobs immensely easier.

Ty Haller - 1st Assistant Director/DGC - Film Instructor/Vancouver Film School

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a dream for both actors and casting directors., 9 Mar 1999
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As a Casting Director, I am constantly in need of actors I know can do the job. Clients are not going to be particularly pleased with an actor if he has to have the film process explained to him on the set. Steve Carlson's book; "Hitting Your Mark" is the only source I know of for an actor to learn about the set and filming process from an actor's point of view, before they actually do it. A very needed addition to the new film actors library. Plus, as an actor myself, one of the thoughts that occurred to me while reading "Hitting Your Mark" is that it's a great reminder of the filming process for actors who have been away from the set for a few years. It brings the reality of it all back very clearly. I enjoyed it greatly.

Danny Goldman Actor/Casting Director

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