Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre

Foreword by Ang Lee

Ranked #89 in Actors

The second edition of this elegant and accessible primer offers a helpful reference and resource for directing actors in film, television, and theatre, useful to directors, actors, and writers. Combining underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor's craft, Lenore DeKoven discusses constructing the throughline; analyzing the script; character needs; the casting and rehearsal processes; as well as the actor and the camera.



Distilling difficult concepts to their simplest form, DeKoven explains how to accurately capture and portray human behavior...
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