| Contents |
Introduction: acting, casually and theoretically speaking / Aaron Taylor -- Aesthetics: understanding and interpreting film acting. Acting matters: noting performance in three films / Brenda Austin-Smith -- Living meaning: the fluency of film Performance / Andrew Klevan -- Play-acting: a theory of comedic performance / Alex Clayton -- Performed performance and the man who knew too much / Murray Pomerance -- Brando sings! the invincible star persona / George Toles -- Reception: film acting, audiences and communities. "Look at me"?: a phenomenology of Heath Ledger in The dark knight / Jorg Sternagel -- Is acting a form of simulation or being? acting and mirror neurons / William Brown -- The bond that unbinds by binding: acting mythology and the film community / Kevin Esch -- From being to acting: performance in cult cinema / Ernest Mathijs -- Acting and performance in home movies and amateur films / Liz Czach -- Culture: film history, industry and the vicissitudes of star acting. Story and show: the basic contradiction of film star acting / Paul McDonald -- The screen actor's "first self" and "second self": John Wayne and Coquelin's acting theory / Sharon Marie Carnicke -- Acting like a star: Florence Turner, picture personality / Charlie Keil -- Niche stars and acting "gay" / Chris Holmlund -- Apparatus: technology, film form and the actor. What becomes of the camera in the world on film? / William Rothman -- Sonic bodies: listening as acting / Jennifer M. Barker -- Dance of the ubermarionettes: toward a contemporary screen actor training / Sean Aita -- Articulating digital stardom / Barry King. |
