what cinema is or movies you don't have
to doesn't necessarily to move the
camera the human face the story being
told by a person in the frame is the key
thing just completely and if it isn't
there for me I mean for me it doesn't
work that's the case with most people I
guess the technicalities like camera
movement sound design and editing are
all important no doubt but they are all
used with respect to the performance of
an actor directors funnel their
narratives through actor but acting in
cinema can be a little tricky because
you act for the camera not for the real
audience then she gave me some advices
I'll just tell you something the own act
you don't have to add stop acting
don't push it on camera let the camera
do the work most of the time the general
rule was just keep it simple too less
however in Hindi mainstream cinema doing
more is considered as the right way of
acting and the popularity of this method
has led to a lot of actors being hailed
as great actors when they are at the
most good or average or simply carbage
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over the course of 100 years the nature
of film acting changed significantly
acting in the 20s and the 30s in the
beginning the film business was about
glamour acting during the war the war
affected acting in films and then and
then people had became about strength
and then in the anti-heroic period it
became about having the private moment
in public and and then now we've arrived
at another place where our great acting
is to be physically fit fitness is great
acting in the movies however certain
characteristic remained constant
throughout this period first of which is
believability an actor can use a lot of
crutches to oversell certain emotions
like freezing facial muscles to sell the
act of crime of flaring nostrils to show
anger these are the moments when actor
want you to believe what they are doing
but great actors make you believe in the
emotions they portray
they do that by putting a lot of effort
into building the character by way of
using their own personality into the
personality of the character because
ultimately the primary objective is to
recreate private moments in public would
you recreate private behavior in front
of a crew of a hundred people I mean
really recreated really lose your mind
really break your heart we
do this make it happen for us but being
believable is not enough the next
important thing is being unpredictable
audiences are smart when it comes to
predicting characters action even if an
actor builds the character the chances
of her becoming predictable are quite
high these are the moments when audience
say that the acting was flat what they
really mean is that the act of failed to
surprise them great actors build a great
sense of mystery around them so even
when you know and understand the
character you never get an idea how they
are going to react to certain situations
you talking to me throughout the
Godfather Part 1 and 2 Michael never
acts out any wireless himself therefore
this moment comes across as a great
surprise similar moment is when an
introverted and seemingly innocent Hana
and practically justifies her action of
letting people die escape we couldn't we
were responsible for them of course this
all stems from great writing but it is
up to an actor to elevate written words
into something that is quite palpable
heads an excel from there will be blood
for comparison I've abandoned my boy
performances of this caliber can happen
only when an actor allows herself to be
affected by the material from inside out
when she allows herself to be vulnerable
in front of the camera bad actors guard
themselves with an aura of invincibility
they either hide behind the stardom or
the baggage of their previous success or
sell their eccentricities in the name of
acting it always gives them as a distant
performer whereas great actors will
always share parts of themselves they
keep hidden from the world with each new
character they put a different version
of themselves in that character it can
be ugly it can be mean
lonely scared sorrowful or devastating
none of the great moments occur on their
own great acting is a teamwork and for
the teamwork to produce great results an
actor needs to be ridiculously good at
listening
how important is listening that is the
most important thing of all
that's everything it's essential you
know I would put that very high on the
list of things it's certainly the most
important thing is that it is in acting
I think your listening is the first
thing you come with if you can't listen
then you can't you can't do it an actor
who knows how to listen is an actor that
is a director you can cut to any time
how do you do it and she said well I
just listen and you listen once you
listen it's like a tennis game to me
listening is being able to be changed by
the other person it's not hearing them
it's not waiting for your cue it's not
when are they gonna stop so I can talk
it's letting them in listening is
important because at the heart of hearts
great acting it create reacting and to
react with right expression and natural
timing you need to listen I mean when
it's done this in fact is a perfect
scene to understand the difference
between great acting and soulless acting
here pavada and Siddhas look like
waiting to say their lines with same
expressions and same intensity whereas
Rajat Kapoor and Ratna Potter seem to
react to every line spontaneously and
differently gradually intensifying the
scene they are not just saying dialogues
they are actually having a verbal fight
and they mean every single word but
delivering dialogue is just one of the
many things an actor has to do in fact
for average actors saying dialogue in a
stylistic manner is a job belter
tomorrow Russia where as for great actor
saying their lines is incidental the
real deal is the way they use their
entire potty now there's a misconception
that has grown over the years where
extreme physical transformation has
become a parameter for great acting
gaining or losing weight or adopting
different accents are all important no
doubt but ultimately their external
factors sometimes they are my new
details and sometimes an ornament the
secret lies in how actors use the entire
body to build their performance how do
they move within a frame of with respect
to the camera how do they vary the
timbre of the voice for different
character these decisions add a great
deal of depth to their performance then
there will be blood Daniel day-lewis
uses aggressive postures and a spring in
his movement to portray dominance
whereas in Lincoln his loud shoulders
and slow movement portrays the weight of
responsibilities notice his voice in
both the films one night I'm gonna come
to you inside of your house wherever
you're sleeping and I'm gonna cut your
throat
we're stepped out upon the world stage
now now with a fate of human dignity in
our hands if you're going to work in a
creative field of any kind you give
yourself over to that in the Aviator
gate Blanchard uses a high pitch voice
to match Hepburn Steinberg
but it's all tied up inside the body
don't you call Verizon Carroll a
graceful voice expresses maturity no
idea how pleased I am for you and this
is just a ridiculous level of brilliance
I know he just handed in the final scene
when the bell half told me I had a phone
call now consider all these parameters
believability unpredictability
vulnerability ability to listen and
react and the use of body now can you
apply all of them in the same same
obstacle personal
of course you can in this scene Sheikh
wants to invite Fernandez to his wedding
as his guardian but he hesitates as
their relationship hasn't even reached
the level of friendship so he sets up
entire context before reaching the point
it is believable because that's the way
people approach conversation with power
hierarchy in addition Sheikh serious
approach to the conversation contrast
his over enthusiastic personality
portrayed in the film till this point
which is quite surprising his
vulnerability is also at display as he
indirectly talks about his loneliness
which is accentuated by the way he
continuously looks down in his plate
hello and all this while Fernandez
listens to him carefully gets affected
by his words and accepts the invitation
now that is great acting
another important criterion to define a
great actor was noted by Stella Adler
to paraphrase her the greatest allant of
an actor lies in her choices that I
think stands above everything every
single acting technique and his
implementation depends on the choice and
activates it is the primary reason
behind actors getting trapped in a loop
of self-aware redundancy and actors
constantly pushing their limits through
variety of characters it is the
difference between actors continuously
playing it safe by selecting characters
with moral high-ground and actors who
continuously play risky characters
dealing in model gray areas talent for
making right choices daring and risky
choices is what helps an actor build not
just a great filmography but a legacy
through their movies you sure that I'm
sure with a guaran-fucking-tee so the
next time you watch an actor perform
don't accept anything that is not
believable and truthful because the
primary job of an actor is to hold the
mirror up to society in that process if
they entertain you that's fine if it
owns them a lot of money that's fine but
they should under all circumstances hold
the mirror up to society through their
portrayal of characters we the audience
examine our own lives so it is an
actor's responsibility to be truthful
they over to the script and to the
audience and for those of you who are at
an early stage of the acting career
here's a bit of advice live in front of
people live in front of people let them
see the good the bad the ugly the weak
the strong the conflicted the terrible
one of the things about acting that I
that gives me the greatest satisfaction
is the opportunity for that emotional
exercise
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