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A groundbreaking guide showing how actors can seize the power and potential of memory.
It's one of the most frustrating challenges that actors face: no matter how much you work on a piece of text, it still feels wrong coming out of your mouth. Compared to everyday conversation, the lines sound inauthentic, awkward, and inauthentic-in a word, rehearsed.
The problem, as Scott Miller explains in this revelatory guide for actors, isn't one of acting technique in the usual sense. Rather, it lies in how actors learn their lines. Too often, memorization is thought of as a routine task preceding the creative work of researching and developing your character. But memorization is not something separate from an actor's process-it is the process. If you're bored, or anxious, or tired while working on your lines, you're going to memorize those feelings right along with the words on the page.
Text Transfusion shares Miller's groundbreaking method for grounding preparation in memory. Combining cutting-edge neuroscience and cognitive research with decades of experience coaching performers, Miller's comprehensive approach shows how to engage with the text in an embodied and organic way that reflects how memory actually works.
Whether you are a performer, a presenter, or just someone panicking over the speech you're giving at your best friend's wedding, Text Transfusion grounds you in authenticity and presence, helping you craft natural, powerful, and emotionally rich performances.
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Product details
| Published | 07 Jan 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798216488064 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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