Good Acting vs GREAT Acting

takeaway: watch actors on actors

1. Be vulnerable 2. Listen to your co-actor 3. Focus on intention 4. Little change in walks , gestures 5. Change of tone like exaggerating or elongating words . Thats what i learned 😅...

I tried shooting my first short film with actors last week and it all fell apart pretty quick. We still had fun, but I've been scrambling to prepare better for our second try and this video is a LIFE SAVER. So insightful and eye opening. This channel is a gem.

Not aiming for a result but having prescribed dialogue and actions is the actor’s paradox!

As an actor I appreciate this video very much. Not about how much you can cry on command but how you let go and whatever prep you’ve done for the scene. What the actor let’s come naturally bubble to the surface is what (I think) makes a great actor from a good one. Not forcing. Once you force you’re telling and not showing the story of the character. Once you “have to do this” you’re not trying to show the character breath and react within the scene. Loved the video!

I think eyes play a major role in a great performance. Our eyes tell us so much about how we're feeling, so its a great way for us to truly feel a character's emotion when done right. A great actor who does this I think is Daniel Kaluuya.

This is a great video! It reminded me of what I learned at theatre school as I tried to figure out how acting even works 😂 it’s simultaneously so simple and complex, nebulous yet tangible.

The comments at the 3:05 mark are huge. So many actors in class aim for the emotional goal. But playing the role like that can be a forced trap. Well done!

This was incredible. Paul Mescal in Aftersun is a performance that will stay with me for the rest of my life.

I have no idea how Adam Sandler went from doing all those adolescent level films to giving that absolutely incredible performance in Uncut Gem. Not sure of the title but you know which film I'm talking about.

This is why people like brando and de niro are the best. They do this almost effortlessly.

This was very good - it was interesting to hear actors discussing how they play off the other actors in a scene, using those cues to inform their own choices. I also found it interesting to hear them speak to making 'lemonade out of lemons', when the writing (or even the direction) conflicts with, or isn't up to, the actor's abilities or intent. Well-done. :)

A guide of top performances based in movies I'VE WATCHED (only one by actor/actress): MEN 1. Marlon Brando (The Godfather) 2. Al Pacino (Dog day afternoon) 3. Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver) 4. Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of The Lambs) 5. Jack Nicholson (The shining) 6. Daniel Day Lewis (There will be blood) 7. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) 8. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) 9. Orson Welles (Citizien Kane) 10. Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) WOMEN 1. Maria Falconetti (The passion of Joan of Arc) 2. Vivian Leigh (Gone with the wind) 3. Natalie Portman (Black Swan) 4. Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice) 5. Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive) 5. Anna Karina (Vivre Sa Vie) 6. Jodie Foster (Silence of The Lambs) 8. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) 9. Fernanda Montenegro (Central of Brazil) 10. Helena Bonham Carter (Fight Club)

This is cool, I feel like it really focuses on the being convincing part of acting and doesnt have mich to say about the charisma required. Thats so hard to capture in talk (and actors cant say it about themselves) but some people you just want to watch. They entrance you.

When I think great acting, I think of Will Smith's "why don't he want me, man?" monologue in Fresh Prince, and how when he collapsed into Uncle Phil's arms, Avery whispered in his ear "now that's fucking acting!"

A pleasure to see Sam Rockwell, one of the most underrated actor ever existed. 09:17

I feel you forgot one KEY aspect to it… failure. The greatest actors have fallen completely flat on their faces, but have been able to stand up and move on while understanding what they have learned. Actors are made great actors, they are not just born that way. Through failure the greatest of us peaks through the other side by being a completely malleable human, with a controlled ego.

So much of it is how the director frames the actor & presents their performance in the edit.

Great video. Love the montage of the crying section. I often hear about how listening is a bit part of acting and it is certainly true. For past few years I have paid more attention what characters do during conversation scenes when they are not the one talking and in many films, they often act like they are waiting for their turn to say the lines instead of being an active listener which takes me out. It breaks the immersion. There is a big emphasis on being present and in the moment and knowing the intention rather than focusing on the result, I do wonder about the other side of this process which you didn't mention. The thoroughly rehearsed performances. Like how Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy rehearsed for months to get the lines and mannerisms perfect to make it sound as natural as possible and when they had to finally shoot, it was rather quick due to that focus on rehearsal which I assume is more result oriented during the actual shoot. Again. Fantastic video! Keep doing what you're doing :D

Great video, keep up the good work mate.