Acting for the Camera: A Teacher's Guide

Acting for the Camera: A Teacher’s Guide is designed to help acting teachers create a hands-on course at their institution. The book provides a framework for setting up an engaging course where students can develop on-camera skills by practicing from both sides of the camera.It offers instructors a specific acting-for-the-camera technique to facilitate an experiential course and achieve dynamic on-screen performances with their students.Actors will develop their skills by demonstrating the technical aspects of filmmaking that influence the final post-production performance, including cinematography (lenses, camera angles, lighting), sound recording, and editing.Acting for the Camera: A Teacher’s Guide details individual crew duties and the basic grammar of filmmaking, guiding the instructor through a full semester of teaching the subject.It is organized into four key sections:Part One - EquipmentPart Two - Filmmaking and Crew PositionsPart Three - Shooting ScenesPart Four - Course Curr