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Language: English

URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)

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Format: 190 Seiten , Illustrationen , 22,2 cm

ISBN: 9781538137079

Content: A practical guide that shows BIPOC actors how to break down the audition process rather than being broken down by the entertainment industry and its practices of exclusion and bias. Working in an environment that often stereotypes or attempts to "universalize" experiences, it's more important than ever that actors consider how culture, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and ability are inseparable and important parts of their identity that should not be minimized and can instead enhance their work. In breaking it down: Audition techniques for actors of the global majority, Nicole Hodges Persley and Monica White Ndounou share real-world audition strategies that centers the experiences of actors of color. They combine practical advice, cultural studies, Black feminist perspectives, and lived experiences to offer intersectional approaches to auditioning. The ten steps outlined in this book aid actors across racial lines seeking to develop the necessary skills to break down a character and script while affirming their full selves into the audition to book the role. Building on the momentum of the #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo, and Time's Up movements, Breaking It Down emboldens actors of the global majority to embrace every aspect of their identities rather than leaving themselves behind in an effort to gain entry and access to the entertainment industry

Note: Englisch

Language: English

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 168 Seiten)

ISBN: 9781538137086

Content: "This volume offers strategic approaches to auditioning for women, men, and non-binary actors of the global majority. It provides a fresh approach from the perspectives of two directors of color who are also actors working in theater, film, and television"--

Note: Introduction: Breaking it down -- Establish boundaries: centering wellness -- To tell the truth -- Read the story -- Play punctuation and practice pronunciation -- Play the action -- Identify emotions -- Identify historical and cultural contexts -- Face stereotypes -- Self-tape security -- Agents and managers dos and don'ts -- Conclusion: Break it down, bring it and book it

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-53813-707-9

Language: English

Keywords: Vorsprechen

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Format: X, 303 S. : , Ill., graph. Darst.

ISBN: 978-0-8135-6255-1 , 978-0-8135-6256-8

Note: Includes filmography. Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8135-6257-5

Language: English

Subjects: American Studies , General works

Keywords: Film ; Schwarze ; Schwarze ; Filmproduktion ; Rassismus

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Format: 1 online resource (318 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 9780813562575 (e-book)

Additional Edition: Print version: Ndounou, Monica White, 1976- Shaping the future of African American film : color-coded economics and the story behind the numbers. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, c2014 ISBN 9780813562568

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource : , 10 photos, 5 figures, 6 tables

ISBN: 9780813562575

Content: In Hollywood, we hear, it’s all about the money. It’s a ready explanation for why so few black films get made—no crossover appeal, no promise of a big payoff. But what if the money itself is color-coded? What if the economics that governs film production is so skewed that no film by, about, or for people of color will ever look like a worthy investment unless it follows specific racial or gender patterns? This, Monica Ndounou shows us, is precisely the case. In a work as revealing about the culture of filmmaking as it is about the distorted economics of African American film, Ndounou clearly traces the insidious connections between history, content, and cash in black films. How does history come into it? Hollywood’s reliance on past performance as a measure of potential success virtually guarantees that historically underrepresented, underfunded, and undersold African American films devalue the future prospects of black films. So the cycle continues as it has for nearly a century. Behind the scenes, the numbers are far from neutral. Analyzing the onscreen narratives and off-screen circumstances behind nearly two thousand films featuring African Americans in leading and supporting roles, including such recent productions as Bamboozled, Beloved, and Tyler Perry’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Ndounou exposes the cultural and racial constraints that limit not just the production but also the expression and creative freedom of black films. Her wide-ranging analysis reaches into questions of literature, language, speech and dialect, film images and narrative, acting, theater and film business practices, production history and financing, and organizational history. By uncovering the ideology behind profit-driven industry practices that reshape narratives by, about, and for people of color, this provocative work brings to light existing limitations—and possibilities for reworking stories and business practices in theater, literature, and film.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: The Color of Hollywood—Black, White, or Green? -- , Part One: Finding Freedom on Stage and Screen -- , 1. The Plantation Lives! -- , 2. Insurrection! African American Film’s Revolutionary Potential through Black Theater -- , Part Two: Black Pathology Sells [Books and Films]? -- , 3. Playing with Fire: Black Women’s Literature/White Box Office -- , 4. Breaking the Chains of History and Genre -- , Part Three: It’s Not Just Business: Color-Coded Economics and Original Films -- , 5. The Paradox of Branding, Black Star Power, and Box Office Politics -- , 6. Big Business: Hip-H op Gangsta Films and Black Comedies -- , Conclusion: The Story Behind the Numbers -- , Appendix: Ulmer Ratings of Selected Actors -- , Notes -- , Selected Filmography -- , Index -- , About the Author , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.36019/9780813562575

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813562575