Acting as a Way of Life: A Handbook on How to Act - for Beginners as Well as for Professionals

By Prakhar Gautam

Acting as art has been perceived as something that is limited to only those who are born with it.
However, scholars over the years have proven acting to be a process and something that can be done by anyone once he is aware of the process of acting.
This book is an attempt to simplify the process of acting into a concise, simple and understandable procedure.
In spite of being simple, the book is comprehensive and covers everything that needs to be known by an actor before he begins to act.
It is important that the person reading this brings it into practice in the manner mentioned in the book.
Take the first step into the world of acting
Happy reading.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: May 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543700169

Prakhar Gautam

Writer & Director of over 30 original plays, Prakhar is a prominent Writer Theatre Director in Delhi NCR. Prakhar is also the founder of highly acclaimed theatre group Parindey Storytellers Prakhar's shows have been getting standing ovations in and around various venues in Delhi NCR. The USP of his plays is his intense and engaging storytelling through which he is able to tell a cast a spell over his viewers. His monologues Megha Re & Aaina and plays Majority, Trigger, Alfaaz & Who Killed Yohan? Sheh and Destiny’s Revenge have become extremely popular with his audiences. He has worked with and trained over 70 first time actors and given them all opportunities

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Contents

Dedications

Author’s Word

Preface

Chapter 1 Understanding The Script

Chapter 2 Overview Of The Acting Process

Chapter 3 External Aspects Of Acting

Chapter 4 Internal Aspects Of Acting

Chapter 5 Background

Chapter 6 Premise Definition

Chapter 7 Concept Of The Fourth Wall

Chapter 8 Objectives & Supreme Objectives

Chapter 9 Emotional Vacuum

Chapter 10 Chemistry Establishment

Chapter 11 The Final Process To Acting

Chapter 12 Acting Terms

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Dedications

This book is dedicated to my parents, my grandparents, my friends and my family.

Also, it is dedicated to anyone who has ever acted with me or in my scripts.

This book is a small attempt at taking the art I love to the masses and therefore I would like to dedicate this book to everyone who has ever been on stage or in front of the camera as an actor.

Author’s Word

Acting as art has been perceived as something that is limited to only those who are born with it.

However, scholars over the years have proven acting to be a process and something that can be done by anyone once he is aware of the process of acting.

This book is an attempt to simplify the process of acting into a concise, simple and understandable procedure.

In spite of being simple, the book is comprehensive and covers everything that needs to be known by an actor before he begins to act.

It is important that the person reading this brings it into practice in the manner mentioned in the book.

Take the first step into the world of acting

Happy reading

Preface

Before we begin our discussion on how to act, let us discuss the question of why we act?

Acting begins with a will to explore. Explore lives, Explore emotions, Explore