ACTIONS: The Actors' Thesaurus is a vital companion for actors in rehearsal--a thesaurus of action words to revitalize performance.
Actors need actions. Actors cannot 'act' adjectives, they need verbs. Verbs are an aim to achieve, an action to perform.
'Actions' are active verbs. 'I tempt you.' 'You taunt me.' In order to perform an action truthfully--and therefore convincingly-- an actor needs to find exactly the right action to suit that particular situation and that particular line. That is where this book comes in....
ACTIONS is a thesaurus of active verbs that the actor can use to refine performance until s/he hits exactly the right one to help make the action come alive. ACTIONS: The Actors' Thesaurus by Marina Caldarone & Maggie Lloyd-Williams has gathered together the (formerly) dogged-eared photocopied lists of action verbs from greenrooms and rehearsal rooms and put them together in this pocket-sized thesaurus. All with a view to helping actors get to the heart of meaning and to a great performance. This thesaurus of action words is indispensable in developing mood, line readings, and acting choices for each and every line.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Esstiential Tool for Actors:
I picked up this book to help me with my acting and I have to say it has helped! It gives me quick access to actions that I can use with my paperwork. If I don't know quite what I am looking for I can look up the type of action I am looking for and go from there. Not bad for a few bucks.
Great place to start!:
"Actions" is the perfect size to carry around, and I've found it invaluable in preparing for auditions as well as fleshing out a role. The juice in this book is in the concept of characterizing a theatrical beat in one action word. Since theater is visual, it is critical for an actor to physically demonstrate the inner workings of the character, and this book is a great jumping off point. I did purchase a pocket size thesaurus to use with it, since on several occasions this book did not contain the exact... more info
Finally!!!:
I'm an acting teacher in the theatre department at a university. I've found one of the biggest problems for actors was naming their goal/objective/victory...whatever you want to call it...and coming up with tactics that were compelling and ACTABLE. This book offers a goldmine of ideas for actors. Now, hopefully, they can move on from "convince" and "avoid"!!! [ASIN:0896762521 Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus]]
So helpful!!:
This book is wonderful as a reference when trying to find the perfect action to express your intentions and achieve your objective in the scene. It won't be too helpful if you're not sure what action to start with at all, but if you have a sense of the action you are looking for, this thesaurus will help you find the strongest choice. I will carry this with me at all times.
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