Methuen Drama A Life-coaching Approach to Screen Acting

Combining life-coaching and screen-acting techniques in one accessible handbook, this helpful guide empowers actors to overcome personal inhibitions and approach their work, characters and careers with confidence. Structured in two parts, the book helps actors to move away from their personal limitations and obstacles and get out of their own way when producing real and believable acting on screen. Part One Moving Away from Yourself develops the actor's freedom, confidence and strength as a person using life-coaching techniques, established personal development theories and practical exercises; while Part Two Moving Towards Someone Else introduces and works with screen acting techniques and tools. Published in partnership with the Actors Centre, A Life-coaching Approach to Screen Acting includes online videos which show hands-on coaching sessions between the author and professional actors, ideal for readers and teachers looking to replicate the method in their own training and classrooms. Review "Know Thyself+? proclaims the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and "Be Thyself+? responds Oscar Wilde, many centuries later. It is with masterful insight that Daniel Dresner connects these simple but profound directives and brilliantly draws his revelatory parallel with well-being and the craft of screen acting.Philip Wolff - Head of screen acting at the International School of Screen ActingThis original and timely book introduces the benefits of life-coaching to the stressful and uncertain lives of many actors, especially those who perform on a screen.Michael Ferguson - television producer, director scriptwriter and teacher About the Author Daniel Dresner is a leading UK acting coach. He regularly teaches at the Actors Centre and drama schools as well as coaching privately. His clients range from actors starting out to Hollywood stars. His approach has been developed over more than 20 years as an actor, director, teacher and life coach in London, New York and Tokyo. He studied the Method at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York and life coaching with the Coaches Training Institute.