Hi Anna
Congratulations on getting these published and out in the world, I’ve ordered copies for our library. I was gutted I couldn’t pull the Mark Boal piece for the Writing for the Screen textbook, but hope I can make a contribution to the next batch in your series.
I’ve just submitted my PhD, it’s been a long road and I’m looking for outputs over the next year.
I’m really interested in contributing to the Acting for the Screen text – could you let me know what you have covered and what you’re looking for in this? I’ve been involved with a couple of features in the last year, and think there’s some interesting things to say here in terms of casting from a producer and directors perspective, and the craft of acting itself.
I have some other ideas for the series if you are open – much of my work in my thesis is orientated around sound design and music composition (there’s some interesting changes as a result of digitial technologies in both Film and TV), and I wondered if you were interested in the cinematography, production design or editing at all?
I hope you are well, and hope to hear from you soon.
Kingsley Marshall
Head of Film, The School of Film & Television
Falmouth University
Penryn Campus
Cornwall TR10 9EZ
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The first three books in the PERFORM series (Focal Press | Routledge) are now available for purchase:
https://www.routledge.com/PERFORM/book-series/PERFORM
These are excellent resources for the film studies, filmmaking, screenwriting, and acting classrooms.
Writing for the Screen
Edited by Anna Weinstein (Auburn University)
February 2017 | 254 pages
Paperback: 9781138945128 | $29.95
Hardback: 9781138945111 | $150.00
Acting for the Stage
Edited by Anna Weinstein & Chris Qualls (Auburn University)
February 2017 / 268 pages
Paperback: 9781138945159 | $29.95
Hardback: 9781138945203 | $150.00
Directing for the Screen
Edited by Anna Weinstein (Auburn University)
February 2017 / 274 pages
Paperback: 9781138945005 | $29.95
Hardback: 9781138945029 | $150.00
**SPECIAL DISCOUNT**
To receive a 20% discount, use the following code at checkout: FLR40. Note that this will apply only when there are no other website-wide sales running.
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About the series
PERFORM: Succeeding as a Creative Professional is an easy-to-read series for undergraduate and graduate students that professors across disciplines in the arts can use to accompany their primary textbooks. The books are encouraging in tone and detail what it takes to perform creatively and financially in the specific fields. The series serves as a career development tool to help students understand the various vocational possibilities in the discipline they’re studying, whether acting, directing, or writing for the performing arts.
How we make a living as artists can be a bit of a mystery, particularly to students who are just beginning to learn the craft of their field. This series offers practical, real-world discussions about how people go about the business of getting paid to be artists. Each book includes essays by and interviews with working artists (writers, directors, actors, stage managers, cinematographers, editors) as well as the people these artists interact with in the field (show runners, development executives, producers, agents, casting directors). The books also includes essays by prominent professors, profiling specific artists and their journeys to success, as well as some of the lesser-known difficulties artists face in their fields and the perseverance and successes of marginalized groups.
The range of perspectives in each book offers a broad but detailed view of the industry and varying career tracks within it, ultimately bolstering readers’ confidence that they have a solid understanding of what it takes achieve creative and financial success with their art—in other words, what it takes to make a living as an artist.
Directing for the Screen
"This is not a 'how to' book, but an absorbing read which takes you on many different routes into directing. Full of insights, the range of interviewees is impressive. They all urge would-be directors to observe and learn, be persistent and find their voice."
—Claire Barwell, Former Chair of NAHEMI, Course Leader of Film Production at the Farnham Film School, University for the Creative Arts
Writing for the Screen
"An essential book – so accessible, so beautifully written, so encouraging and realistic and specific. It covers all the bases. Anyone contemplating a career as a screenwriter MUST read this book!"
—Dr. Linda Seger, Script Consultant, Author, Seminar Leader
Acting for the Stage
“Required reading for any business class on acting. An invaluable book for anyone looking to peer into the real world of the working actor. Easy to read, with a wide array of working artists talking about how to live and breathe acting. This book could radically change your career. I wish someone had handed this to me twenty years ago!"
—Richard Robichaux, Head of Acting, Penn State University
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To find out how to propose a new title for the PERFORM series, email Series Editor Anna Weinstein at [log in to unmask] Currently, we are actively seeking proposals for Acting for the Screen, Writing for the Stage, and Directing for the Stage; however, we will consider proposals for other volumes as well.
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