Bøger af Frank Catalano

Applying performance techniques to propel your non-acting career can significantly enhance your communication skills, boost your confidence, and make you stand out in your professional field. Performance techniques traditionally associated with actors can apply to a wide range of careers. This book contains strategies to help you leverage your position using performance techniques for success at your job or business.

NEW REVISED 2013 EDITION. The collaborative role of the modern audience in the visual and performing arts - painting, sculpture, photography, film, television, theatre and music. This is a great text for aspiring PRODUCERS of performing and visual arts projects . It is an excellent exploration of the influence of the modern audience on the creative process. If you're a producer, you want to read this book! R. J. Wong - D.S.

A great choice for both professional actors and performing arts students who have been assigned a monologue in an acting class. You will learn how to select a monologue that is right for you and get valuable tips for presentation and how to present your choice within an acting class. Contains 80 original short monologues for presentation and practice.

How to select monologues by your casting type, prepare and perform them for auditions. Includes 70 original audition monologues. Also, great for acting classes. Reviews of other books by Frank Catalano 5 stars - Stand Out at your Auditions By Sean This book helped me book a job! The monologues are unique, show emotional range and gave me voice that was completely my own. Next time your thinking about busting out another tired monologue from" Our Town" slap yourself and then buy a copy of this book ! 5.0 stars - SUCH A TREASURE By Paul In this day and age everything is the same. We're all doing the same monologues in front of the same casting directors. No matter how good of a job you do, these casting people are so pissed that they had to hear that Neil Simon monologue for the 35th time. That is why "WHITE KNIGHT BLACK NIGHT" is such a treasure. Catalano is new, fresh, and writes some damn good monologues. There is something is this book for everyone of all ages.

WRITING GREAT CHARACTERS IN THE FIRST TEN PAGES was first presented as part of the 25th Annual Writer's Conference sponsored by San Diego State University on February 6 through the 8th, 2009 at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Mission Hills, California by Frank Catalano as part of the programs offered at the conference. Writers of fiction and non-fiction and industry professionals from the publishing business primarily attended the 25th Annual Writer's Conference. Mr. Catalano's seminars focused upon those writers seeking to adapt their novels into screenplays. The complete list of seminar presentations by Frank Catalano for this conference is: BOOK 1: WRITE GREAT CHARACTACTERS IN THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 2: WRITING ON YOUR FEET - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS BOOK 3: START YOUR STORY AT THE END BOOK 4: THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 5: BOOK TO SCREEN BOOK 6: ACTING IT OUT - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS II BOOK 7: WRITE GREAT DIALO

How to select and present short two-person acting scenes by your casting type, skill type and genre. Great for auditions and acting classes. Includes 25 original scenes identified by gender, age range and genre.

THE DEFINITIVE MONOLOGUE BOOK! NEW 2014 EDITION. The Art of the Monologue" - A collection of original monologues and complete how to sections that help you select and present just the right monologue for your casting type. A great book for selecting audition monologues and material for acting classes. Reviews of Catalano books. 5 stars - Stand Out at your Auditions By Sean This book helped me book a job! The monologues are unique, show emotional range and gave me voice that was completely my own. Next time your thinking about busting out another tired monologue from" Our Town" slap yourself and then buy a copy of this book ! 5.0 stars - SUCH A TREASURE By Paul In this day and age everything is the same. We're all doing the same monologues in front of the same casting directors. No matter how good of a job you do, these casting people are so pissed that they had to hear that Neil Simon monologue for the 35th time. That is why "WHITE KNIGHT BLACK NIGHT" is such a treasure. Catalano is new, fresh, and writes some damn good monologues. There is something is this book for everyone of all ages.

ADAPTING YOUR NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY BOOK TO SCREEN is based upon the content presented by Frank Catalano at the Annual Writer's Conference sponsored by San Diego State University. How to create great stories and characters from the page to the screen and how to pitch them to producers and get them madeWriting Great Characters in the First Ten PagesWhat Does an Audience Expect of You?How to Pitch Your Book as a ScreenplayYour First Ten Script PagesWriting on Your FeetHow to Start Your Story at the EndHow to Visualize Your Book as a Movie TrailerHow to Create Inevitability A Rose by Any Other Name - Creating the Right Title.Rejection and Working Your Way to YesWriting Great Dialouge Book to Screen - The Motion Picture and Television Business

ACTING IT OUT - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS - PART 2 was first presented as part of the 25th Annual Writer's Conference sponsored by San Diego State University on February 6 through the 8th, 2009 at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Mission Hills, California by Frank Catalano as part of the programs offered at the conference. Writers of fiction and non-fiction and industry professionals from the publishing business primarily attended the 25th Annual Writer's Conference. Mr. Catalano's seminars focused upon those writers seeking to adapt their novels into screenplays. The complete list of seminar presentations by Frank Catalano for this conference is: BOOK 1: WRITE GREAT CHARACTACTERS IN THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 2: WRITING ON YOUR FEET - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS BOOK 3: START YOUR STORY AT THE END BOOK 4: THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 5: BOOK TO SCREEN (SEMINAR COMPILATION OF ALL BOOKS) BOOK 6: ACTING IT OUT - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS II BOOK 7: WRITE GREAT DIAL

This volume is a great choice for both professional actors preparing for an audition for an agent or casting director or performing arts students who have been assigned a monologue in an acting class. You will learn how to select a monologue that is right for you and get valuable tips for presentation at auditions and acting classes. It also contains sections on terminology you will need to know when performing in film, television, voice over and stage. Contains 20 original short monologues for presentation and practice.

Joey Fanellii a successful Beverly hills real estate agent is thinking about killing himself. His once prosperous and happy life is falling a part. His wife Calcutta is cheating on him, his oversized house is in foreclosure and he's about to be forced out of his job. He's about to end it all when he gets a phone call that his widowed mother, whom he hasn't spoken to in thirteen years, is in the hospital with a stroke. He has no choice but to go back home to Long Island and see her. A trip that will change his life forever. 6 characters (3 adult male, one child, 2 adult females) Simple setting.

ADAPTING YOUR NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY BOOK TO SCREEN was first presented as part of the 25th Annual Writer's Conference sponsored by San Diego State University on February 6 through the 8th, 2009 at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Mission Hills, California. The following transcript was presented and recorded by Frank Catalano as part of the programs offered at the conference. The book is based partly upon that presentation, focuses on the adaptation of an existing novel into a screenplay for presentation as a motion picture, television program or Internet content. Writers of fiction and non-fiction and industry professionals from the publishing business primarily attended the 25th Annual Writer's Conference. Mr. Catalano's seminars focused upon those writers seeking to adapt their novels into screenplays. The complete list of seminar presentations by Frank Catalano for this conference is: BOOK 1: WRITE GREAT CHARACTERS IN THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 2: WRITING ON YOUR FEET - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS - Part 1 BOOK 3: START YOUR STORY AT THE END BOOK 4: THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 5: BOOK TO SCREEN BOOK 6: ACTING IT OUT - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS - Part 2 BOOK 7: WRITE GREAT DIALOGUE

A great guide to beginning a career as a professional actor including chapters on acting classes, acting terminology, how to perform scenes and monologues, cold readings and auditioning.

A New York City mafia hit man gets a second chance on life on, when his assassins mistakenly believe he is dead. He is rescued on the island of Sicily by an Islamic Bedouin and his life takes a new course of redemption. His life of purity is challenged when he meets Mara a pop singer haunted by drugs and alcohol who is on the edge of self destruction. However the only way he can save her and himself is to once again, go back to his old way of life.

WRITING ON YOUR FEET - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS was first presented as part of the 25th Annual Writer's Conference sponsored by San Diego State University on February 6 through the 8th, 2009 at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Mission Hills, California by Frank Catalano as part of the programs offered at the conference. Writers of fiction and non-fiction and industry professionals from the publishing business primarily attended the 25th Annual Writer's Conference. Mr. Catalano's seminars focused upon those writers seeking to adapt their novels into screenplays. The complete list of seminar presentations by Frank Catalano for this conference is: BOOK 1: WRITE GREAT CHARACTACTERS IN THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 2: WRITING ON YOUR FEET - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS BOOK 3: START YOUR STORY AT THE END BOOK 4: THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 5: BOOK TO SCREEN BOOK 6: ACTING IT OUT - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS II BOOK 7: WRITE GREAT DIALOGUE

New Revised 2013 Edition published by Lexington Avenue Press! Great behind the scenes look at how the groundbreaking animated series ROBOTECH and the voice for Rand (The New Generation) were created. Also, lots of information about getting into and working in voice over and animation.

HOW TO START YOUR SCREENPLAY SO THEY WILL READ IT TO THE END. THE FIRST TEN PAGES was first presented as part of the 25th Annual Writer's Conference sponsored by San Diego State University on February 6 through the 8th, 2009 at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Mission Hills, California. The following transcript was presented and recorded by Frank Catalano as part of the programs offered at the conference. The book ibased partly upon that presentation, focuses on the adaptation of an existing novel into a screenplay for presentation as a motion picture, television program or Internet content. Writers of fiction and non-fiction and industry professionals from the publishing business primarily attended the 25th Annual Writer's Conference. Mr. Catalano's seminars focused upon those writers seeking to adapt their novels into screenplays. The complete list of seminar presentations by Frank Catalano for this conference is: BOOK 1: WRITE GREAT CHARACTERS IN THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 2: WRITING ON YOUR FEET - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS - Part 1 BOOK 3: START YOUR STORY AT THE END BOOK 4: THE FIRST TEN PAGES BOOK 5: BOOK TO SCREEN BOOK 6: ACTING IT OUT - IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WRITERS - Part 2 BOOK 7: WRITE GREAT DIALOGUE

Veronica Colletti is a world famous painter living in Paris, whose creative juices have gone dry. She's come home to Long Island after many years to bury her mother and her demons. Upon her return, she comes face to face with her past, her abusive father and ultimately herself. Review: "A Brilliant Autumn" RJ Wong - 5 Stars Renown painter Veronica Coletti returns to her childhood Long Island home to relive a pivotal moment in her adolescent life and confront the person who threatened the development of her budding talent - her own father. This is a dark, searing portrait of a family spinning apart with the relationship between a cruel and brooding father and his sensitive, artistically gifted daughter at its center. With his cast of all-too-human characters, Frank Catalano has written a brilliant drama filled with incident, heartbreak, tears, laughter and even a touch of the supernatural. Single Setting Five Characters (Two adult female - 30's - 40's) (Two adult males - (30's - 50's) (one male child pre teen)

How to select monologues by your casting type, prepare and perform them for auditions. Includes 70 original stand alone audition monologues (not from plays). Also, great for acting classes. Reviews: 5 stars - Stand Out at your Auditions By Sean This book helped me book a job! The monologues are unique, show emotional range and gave me voice that was completely my own. Next time your thinking about busting out another tired monologue from" Our Town" slap yourself and then buy a copy of this book ! 5.0 stars - SUCH A TREASURE By Paul In this day and age everything is the same. We're all doing the same monologues in front of the same casting directors. No matter how good of a job you do, these casting people are so pissed that they had to hear that Neil Simon monologue for the 35th time. That is why "WHITE KNIGHT BLACK NIGHT" is such a treasure. Catalano is new, fresh, and writes some damn good monologues. There is something is this book for everyone of all ages.