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An essential handbook for anyone who wants to act on television and film – by a leading teacher of screen acting.For any aspiring screen actor, the challenge is to combine all the components of your craft with an ability to handle the technical demands of acting for the camera within the often bewildering environment of a film set.Michael Bray takes you step by step through all the challenges you'll face, demystifying the processes you'll encounter, and helping you develop the necessary skills, including:How to approach the script and prepare your characterHow to maintain your concentration and learn to relax on setHow to deliver your lines and improve your vocal rangeHow to master continuity, eye lines, and hitting your marksHow to tackle auditions to ensure your best chance of getting the jobFull of invaluable advice, extracts from screenplays, numerous illustrations and practical exercises – which can be undertaken on your own, using the camera on your phone – this book is an accessible and authoritative guide to developing a successful career as a screen actor.

The Marxist conception of the division between mental and manual labor is a critical yet unrecognized aspect of contemporary political struggles.Departing from this novel argument, Michael Bray traces the conceptual and socio-political history of this labor division and emphasizes how the forms of control and organization articulated by that division in practices of production, democracy, racialization, and financialization are becoming increasingly important. Critiquing the left for its tendency to side implicitly with the powers of mental labor, Michael Bray shows that comprehending and challenging those powers is a pivotal task for anti-capitalist politics today.