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Reel · 08-24-2006, 10:49 AM

That is very easy to do, for me.
Hey, I never said I was the perfect flawless actor. I experience problems, and some obstacles, just like everyone else does.

SWK78 · 08-25-2006, 04:17 PM

If you have problems acting in laughing or crying, instead of useing "method" to conjure the emotion, think to yourself, "why is my character supposed to be crying / laughing/ or whatever?" I dont like to use these so called "method"s myself. Its the character's moments. No need to go putting in some stimuli from the acotr's past. I dont like that. It doesnt really quite work for me. When i act, its all from the character. like perhaps, when a director says, "how would YOU feel if someone loved you but then broke your heart?" Me? how would I feel? I first think to myself how i WOULD feel, but then the question arises, Why am I thinking about ME? I've never even had a boyfriend. How would 'I' know that? So I would look back over the course of the script, to see how the characters progressed throughout the story, and come to a conclusion on how deeply i had loved him, and see to what level of "emotional heartbreak" that that would take me to.

I care about the characters and I dont like to go messing too much of ME into them. I'm not ME in the story, I'm 'So-And-So', so i play it as 'So-And-So'. But if you find yourself unable to act out such emotion, then yes, go back and use "technique" and "method" to solve your problem.

SWK78

Reel · 08-25-2006, 06:38 PM

Did I not just say, Im outstanding at crying on command.

Whatever, laughing comes easy to me now.

So lets close this topic. Thanks for everybody's input.

SWK78 · 08-29-2006, 03:51 PM

NOTE: I only posted the above for other people as well if they had problems and were following the thread. Just throwing in another "method" for food.

SWK78

I LOVE ACTING · 10-18-2006, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reel

"I find it easier to cry, but to laugh realistically, when they say laugh on cue, it's really hard not to make it sound kind of fake."

Yes, that quote I found by Emma Watson, is exactly my problem.
I find it a lot easier to cry in front of camera, and make it seem real, than to laugh and make it seem authentic.

I know this, I can probably answer myself.
But, I just want to see everyone's input on this subject.

Sorry if this is a superfluous topic, or if anybody thinks this topic is stupid.

Hi Reel, I'm really impressed about the fact that you find it very easy to cry, even cry on cue...

Could you help me on this....pls... I would like to know how you do it? What do you do to actually cry?

Reel · 10-28-2006, 04:51 PM

Ok sure. I don't usually go on this much, because I'm busy with my own obligations, but I'll be happy to lend you some tips. Jus' PM me or whatever you have to do to contact me on this forum, and I'll drop by and give you a hand.

SpencerUK · 11-02-2006, 06:43 AM

It depends on the person i guess! Its the same as any action work on it in the mirror, record yourself maybe, but just try and make it as realistic as possible

Russjns · 11-06-2006, 01:08 PM

If a person THINKS about needing to cry, that person will not succeed, in my opinion. Crying occurs BECAUSE of something. Otherwise it's fake. And an audience WILL pick up on that. They will see it as melodrama. If you are truly carrying out the intentions of the scene, then tears or no tears, you will create a REAL performance, and the audience will be just as satisfied as a person who began to "cry".

Just my $.02