This is some real good stuff man, so much scruptious information here. Excuse me while I type this all out
@TheActorsFoundryOnline
7 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Ziggy-hy4fn
9 ай бұрын
I think this could have been a little more articulated. I get what you were saying but you could center it down to a couple of basic concepts. 1. Absolute Preparation 2. Active Listening You can't tell an actor not to think, you can't tell them to pretend they are not performing because there will always be that guiding force of muscle memory and spatial awareness that are simply irrelevant to the character but are the only lifeline for that performer. Trying to tell an actor not to think is like telling someone not to think of the word "penguin". Try it now. Don't think the word "penguin" for 1 minute. This is essentially impossible to dedicate a task to not think of something without total distraction. Within a short period of time your brain is going to need to remind itself what it is "forgetting" and by doing so remembers it again. If you are thinking as yourself, moving as such and planning each delivery or gesture then you are NOT PRESENT but if you are putting so much mental energy into NOT thinking as yourself you are yet still, NOT PRESENT. It's not about thinking or not thinking. The lines, blocking, emotional beats, themes, etc, should already be WELL mapped out and articulated among everyone involved in a scene before the real scene work can even begin. If you are unable to connect to your scene partner or to the text, or if you keep feeling yourself "acting" then you have simply NOT done enough preparation. With that preparedness comes the ability to "let your hands off the wheel" and to be truly present with the scene and to let those emotions and connections build naturally around the words stored in your mind and the gestures loaded in your muscles. Work WITH your scene partner or the audience to breathe that life into a scene. The more decisions you have made before the scene starts, the more stilted and rigid you will find yourself when your scene partner is, inevitably, not reading your mind. When you can't find that natural rhythm you can ONLY pretend and that will simply never translate to a believable cadence for an audience.
@joaquingurrola3936
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@rachelle.gillis
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing. Fantastic knowledge. Thank you
@TheActorsFoundryOnline
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rachelle! See you on THE CAMPUS!
@foquztube
3 жыл бұрын
This is great. Thanks for this!
@TheActorsFoundryOnline
3 жыл бұрын
Pleasure!
@campuzeta
3 жыл бұрын
I think that was the first scene that Jared shoot of the whole movie. he said he was beyond enthusiastic and nervous, he lost his voice.
@TheActorsFoundryOnline
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. I've heard that as well. However...as a professional, even when "nervous and enthusiastic" you are still expected to be on your A game. The difference between an amateur and a pro is this: when a pro is off their game, it is still masterful because they have the skill and knowledge to pull them through. Tom Hanks talks of "never really being present for the first three days of shooting" ...yet I dare you to find that scene in Captain Phillips. Chris Pratt talks about suffering from the worse stage fright, throwing up throughout Guardians, and yet he's genius. Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis...they all talk of the "overwhelming nervousness"...and yet they always deliver (on screen or stage). They job is knowing how to show up DESPITE being nervous. At every audition, every take on set, and every perfromance on stage.
@campuzeta
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheActorsFoundryOnline I'm not denying anything that you just said. I was just adding a little anecdote :) Anyway, for us, not actors is difficult to see all the little details you, profesionals, have the ability to catch. Still, very interesting.
@TheActorsFoundryOnline
3 жыл бұрын
@@campuzeta Appreciated!
@gillcawthorn7572
7 ай бұрын
I would have liked to participate here but without subtitles I could not grasp the whole thing because of his style of delivery ,hand gestures and odd emphasis . This was too distracting
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