Directing actors : creating memorable performances for film and television / Judith Weston

Includes bibliographical references

Result direction and quick fixes -- Moment by moment -- Listening and talking -- Actors' choices -- Structure: transitions, events and through-lines -- Actors' resources and training -- Script analysis -- Casting -- Rehearsal -- shooting

This work investigates the often painful, often frustrating, but potentially exhilarating relationship between actor and director. It provides simple, practical tools that directors and actors can use immediately, and takes the reader on a journey through the creative process.