Sam Stevenson – författare

Auditions can often be the most feared aspect of being an actor and yet, as the author points out, casting directors are on the side of everyone who auditions for them. They want you to do well, feel confident about the audition and in turn give the director the confidence they need to choose you.The insights and reassurances throughout this book provide a little-seen glimpse into the world of casting, helping you to understand how casting directors and directors view the process and what purpose the audition serves. Casting director Sam Stevenson draws on her rich experience, from both her time as deputy head of casting at the National Theatre and her varied freelance career, to delve into the challenges and possibilities that you might face. She explores the intersecting, underlying principles of auditioning for stage and screen, whether you are meeting online, in-person or self-taping.This book helps bridge the gap between you and the people who are making the decisions, to help it feel like a less scary process.

This is the second edition of the extremely popular resource, fully updated for the current specification and covering the whole examined CCEA Further Mathematics GCSE course including Pure Mathematics, Mechanics and Statistics as well as a brand new section on Discrete and Decision Mathematics.It has been subject to a detailed quality assurance check by a Maths expert prior to publication and clearly explains the theory for each subject followed by a generous number of questions with answers at the rear.The authors, Neill Hamilton and Sam Stevenson, will be well-known to teachers in Northern Ireland.CONTENTS Unit 1: Pure Mathematics:1 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions2 Equations3 Simultaneous Equations4 Trigonometry5 Quadratic Inequalities6 Differentiation7 Tangents and Normals8 Turning Points9 Integration10 Area11 Matrices12 Logarithms13 Solving Index Equations Using Logarithms14 Logarithms and Log Graphs.Unit 2: Mechanics:15 Displacement and Velocity/Time Graph16 Constant Acceleration17 Newton’s Laws18 Forces19 Vectors20 Friction21 Connected Bodies22 MomentsUnit 3: Statistics:23 Bivariate Analysis24 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion25 Probability26 Binomial Distribution27 Normal Distribution.Unit 4: Discrete and Decision Mathematics:28 Counting29 Boolean Algebra30 Linear Programming31 Time Series32 Critical Path Analysis.ANSWERS

This comprehensive resource is designed to extend the content of the textbook Mathematics for M3 and M7 for CCEA GCSE by covering the additional requirements of unit M4 of the CCEA GCSE Mathematics specification. It has been designed to be straightforward for students to follow, by not requiring annotation to indicate the relevance of each section of material. The book can be used by those studying the M4/M7 or M4/M8 pathway. For each topic, the book begins with a logical explanation of the theory, examples to reinforce the explanation, and any key words and definitions that are required. The material then flows into exercises, before introducing the next topic. In this way, the student is guided through the subject. The book contains a large number of exercises in order to provide teachers with as much flexibility as possible for their students. There are two Progress Review exercises for students to check their learning.