Director and actors. How to make a good movie, working together

The world -famous directing trainer explains what is a good performance, what the actors want from the director, that the directors do incorrectly. He tells how to conduct an analysis and preparation of the script, how the actors work, and also shares his eyes on the relationship of the director and actor.

Director"s work can be learned - like a craft. It is not necessary to surround it with an atmosphere of mystery. Over the years of teaching, Judith Weston conducted an analysis of many scripts and rehearsal techniques, developed a set of rules and a lot of tools that are the theme of this book. These principles and tools are simple, but not in the sense of “simple” = “stupid”, but in the sense of “simple” = “basic”. These methods are not esoteric and not foggy, they are objective and applicable in practice. They are a set of instructions that can be followed. Although they should not represent them as indestructible laws, their task is to discover the invaluable possibilities of the director’s own intuition