Ill Be in My Trailer, John Badham
Ill Be in My Trailer, John Badham
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I'll Be in My Trailer
The Creative Wars Between Directors and Actors

Author: John Badham, Craig Modderno

Narrator: John Badham

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/30/2023


Synopsis

What do you do when actors won't do what you tell them to? Remembering his own awkwardness and terror as a beginning director working with actors who always had their own ideas, director John Badham has a bookload of knowledge to pass along in this inspired and insightful must-listen for cinema fans as well as actors and directors at all levels of their craft. You'll learn how to use proven techniques to get actors to give their best performances—including the ten best and ten worst things to say—and what you can do when an actor won't or can't do what the director wants. Also included are no-holds-barred out-of-school tales culled from celebrated top directors and actors, including Sydney Pollack, Michael Mann, John Frankenheimer, Mel Gibson, James Woods, Anne Bancroft, Jenna Elfman, and Roger Corman.

About John Badham

John Badham is the award-winning director of such classic films as Saturday Night Fever, Stakeout, and WarGames. Badham is a professor of Film and Media at Chapman University.

About Craig Modderno

Craig Modderno is a journalist and filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed the original documentary The Graduate at 25. His 3,000+ bylines have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Playboy, TV Guide, USA Today, and Rolling Stone.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brock on December 02, 2020

This was recommended to me as the best book on directing actors in a film, period. I cannot disagree.......more

Goodreads review by E.H. on June 09, 2017

During my time as a film student at Chapman University, I was fortunate enough to take Directing 1 under John Badham’s instruction. Had all my teachers been one-tenth as knowledgeable, patient, and kind as Professor Badham, I wouldn’t have changed my major. Professor Badham was the only one of my tea......more

Goodreads review by Pozan on September 14, 2019

Artistlik Yapma |4/5| Daha önce hiç film çektiniz mi? Elbette stüdyo seviyelerinde film çekmemişsinizdir ama arkadaşlarınızla ya da tek başınıza sırf eğlencesine ve vakit geçirmek için bir şeyler çekmişsinizdir elbet. Zorlandınız mı? Yönetmek olmanın zorluklarını az da olsa hissettiniz mi? Cevabınızı......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on February 06, 2018

After about a year off, back on the book bandwagon. 1 down, 29 to go.......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 30, 2010

Director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, WarGames) tells stories of Hollywood as a means of helping directors understand how most effectively to work with actors. More a textbook than a narrative, it's a worthy book with much good advice, but probably of limited use to those who aren't profession......more