Written for law students and lawyers at all stages of their careers, Winning Jury Trials Using Acting Techniques (Just Like Perry Mason And Ben Matlock!) is a user-friendly guide to improving courtroom presentation. Experienced trial lawyer Richard D. Jensen combines his legal training and courtroom experience with his 35 years as an award-winning professional actor to teach lawyers how centuries of theatrical stereotypes and acting techniques can be used to make a lawyer's presentation into a sure-fire winner with juries.

Author: Richard D Jensen
Paperback: 120 pages
Company: Pipers Willow, Inc. (2007-05-04)
ISBN: 0978727746
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The oldest profession acting edition in fantastic condition, ships fast and is guaranteed.

Author: Paula Vogel
Paperback: 72 pages
Company: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (2005-01-01)
ISBN: 0822220512
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An essential handbook for actors–a modern classic–in a newly updated edition.

Since its original publication, Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the usual advice about persistence and luck, Brian O’Neil provides clear-cut guidelines that will give actors a solid knowledge of the business behind their art. It’s packed with practical information–on everything from what to say in a cover letter to where to stand when performing in agent’s office–including:

•How to craft a winning theatrical résumé
•The most effective ways to join the performer’s unions
•Tactics for getting an agent
•Strategies for finding work in the theater, on daytime television, and in independent films
•Navigating the different customs and cultures of New York and Los Angeles

O’Neil has updated Acting as a Business to keep up with the latest show-business trends, including how best to use the Internet, making this new edition no actor should be without.

Author: Brian O'Neil
Paperback: 192 pages
Company: Vintage (2009-10-06) (2009-10-06)
ISBN: 0307473929
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Author: Michael Sanderson
Hardcover: 375 pages
Company: Palgrave Macmillan (1984-11)
ISBN: 0312307683
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Co-authored by Joan Hotchkis, this is Eric Morris's first book The emphasis here is on first establishing a being state, eliminating the obstacles--such as tension, the actor's archenemy--and elevating the actor's awareness. As the title indicates, many of the techniques herein address the actor's need to avoid falling into the traps of concept and presentational acting. There is a complete chapter on sense memory--what it is, and how to practice it and apply it as an acting tool. There are over one hundred exercises, techniques and approaches for the actor to use in order to unblock his instrument, with various sections from Joan's personal journals.

Author: Eric Morris, Joank Hotchkis
Paperback: 174 pages Product Details:Paperback: 174 pages, Publisher: Ermor Enterprises (April 1995, Language: English, Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews, ISBN-10: 096297093X, ISBN-13: 978-0962970931, Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches, Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Company: Ermor Enterprises (1995-04)
ISBN: 096297093X
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Stella Adler was one of the 20th CenturyÕs greatest figures. She is arguably the most important teacher of acting in American history. Over her long career, both in New York and Hollywood, she offered her vast acting knowledge to generations of actors, including Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty, and Robert De Niro. The great voice finally ended in the early Nineties, but her decades of experience and teaching have been brilliantly caught and encapsulated by Howard Kissel in the twenty-two lessons in this book. Hardcover.

Author: Stella Adler
Hardcover: 275 pages Published by Applause Books 275 Pages, preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel compiled & edited by Howard Kissel prefa, Author: Stella Adler
Company: Applause Books (2000-11-01) (2000-11-01)
ISBN: 1557833737
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Author: Crown
Paperback: 148 pages
Company: Crown (1981-10-14) (1981-10-14)
ISBN: 0517525291
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Do you know a teen that's been bitten by the acting bug? Here's just the book they need! Acting for Young Actors, aimed at teens and tweens, lets kids hone their skills and develop their craft. It begins with the five W's: WHO am I? WHAT do I want? WHY do I want it? WHERE am I? WHEN does this event take place? Sounds basic - but many young child actors are told simply to "get up there and act." This book explores each of these questions, using helpful exercises to allow young actors to work through problems of character identity and motivation. With comprehensive chapters on auditioning, rehearsal, and improvisation, plus a primer on how young actors can break into film, theater, and television, Acting for Young Actors is every kid's ticket to the big time.

Author: Mary Lou Belli, Dinah Lenney
Paperback: 224 pages
Company: Back Stage Books (2006-08-01) (2006-08-01)
ISBN: 0823049477
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Respect for Acting

"This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself and those she [taught], and an explanation of the means to the end."
--Publishers Weekly

"Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience, skill, and a sense of personal and professional worth. Her principal asset in this treatment is her truly significant imagination. Her 'object exercises' display a wealth of detail with which to stimulate the student preparing a scene for presentation."
--Library Journal

"Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting . . . is a relatively small book. But within it, Miss Hagen tells the young actor about as much as can be conveyed in print of his craft."
--Los Angeles Times

"There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by Uta Hagen."
--Fritz Weaver

"This is a textbook for aspiring actors, but working thespians can profit much by it. Anyone with just a casual interest in the theater should also enjoy its behind-the-scenes flavor."
--King Features Syndicate

Author: Uta Hagen
Hardcover: 240 pages
Company: Wiley (2008-07-08)
ISBN: 0470228482
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Acting: Make It Your Business, written by an award-winning, veteran casting director, puts the power to land jobs and thrive in any medium - stage, film, TV, or the Internet - directly into the hands of the actor. This blunt, wise, and often hilarious guide overflows with cutting-edge audition, marketing, and networking strategies, combining traditional techniques with those best suited for the digital age. Well-known actors and powerful agents make cameos throughout, offering newcombers and working professionals alike a clear-eyed, uncensored perspective on survival and advancement within the entertainment industry.

"Huorous and witty . . . Actors everywhere who are trying to succeed in the business, young or old, on stage or on camera, in New York or anywhere in the world, take note: This is your road map."
- Bernard Telsey, casting director (Rent, Sex & The City: The Movie, Wicked)

"All the right questions asked and answered . . . and with a generous portion of good humor."
- Suzanne Ryan, casting director (Law & Order)

"Paul's book made me proud to be a part of the acting community in this business we call 'show.'"
- Karen Ziemba, actress, Tony and Drama Desk Award Winner

Author: Paul Russell
Paperback: 320 pages
Company: Back Stage Books (2008-09-30) (2008-09-30)
ISBN: 0823099555
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