Screen Acting
While not everyone would agree with Alfred Hitchcock''s notorious remark that ''actors are cattle'', there is little understanding of the work film actors do. Yet audience enthusiasm for, or dislike of, actors and their style of performance is a crucial part of the film-going experience. Screen Acting discusses the development of film acting, from the stylisation of the silent era, through the nat...
While not everyone would agree with Alfred Hitchcock''s notorious remark that ''actors are cattle'', there is little understanding of the work film actors do. Yet audience enthusiasm for, or dislike of, actors and their style of performance is a crucial part of the film-going experience. Screen Acting discusses the development of film acting, from the stylisation of the silent era, through the nat...