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Big, intense performances are the ones that get a lot of the recognition and praise (often for good reason!). But a lot of my favorite moments of acting are tiny, subtle expressions. In this video I highlight the power of some of these subtler moments of performance, and acknowledge that talent is about much more than intensity.
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When I was younger, I tried to do this kind of thing because I wanted to portray realistic emotion. Then I realized, I'm doing a school musical, no one is gonna even be able to see this kind of subtlety. It's great that film lets us explore quieter moments.
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this is why i love the quiet romantic moments of period dramas. The very subtle facial expressions during a proclamation of love is just everything
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Florence Pugh is absolutely among the greats with her performances so far in her career. Such a talented person.
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There's a Brazilian movie critic that once said that Florence Pugh is someone that knows herself so well, has such a strong confidence of who she is, that it allows herself to become empty and leave enough space so the character can easily take control, there's no conflict between the real Florence and her roles, you can see when shes fully transformed into another person, she gives everything and i completely agree with that
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Florence Pugh’s micro facial expressions are truly something to behold. Face acting at its finest. She doesn’t even have to say a word and you know exactly how she’s feeling. It’s incredibly powerful.
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This was one of the things that made Arcane so great. The animators nailed the subtle performances of all the characters in a way i've never seen in animation before. The quiet scenes stood out just as much as the big action scenes.
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i love it when big plot twists are foreshadowed not just by logic and reasonings but by those tiny little 'huh' feelings of very subtle acting
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An acting teacher I had years ago, had an exercise where you would literally walk onto the stage, sit on a bench, and do nothing. He said it was the most difficult acting exercise he knew. And he's onto something: it's much more difficult to "not perform" than it is to put on a big show.
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My favorite scene in Midsommar is when she's tripping and having a decent time, and the word "family" immediately brings her out of that bliss and into a nosedive bad trip. The acting was so incredible
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that's why fleabag is my favorite show. its a quiet look into someone's unraveling, little things in actions and looks and interactions tell a whole story. it's so real and soooo incredible.
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Just a tiny add, I wanted to point out this can be done in voice acting as well. I've revisited the Spiderverse movie a few times lately, in hype for the sequel, and something that gets me everytime is Miles' dad trying to tell him about his uncle, you can feel so much of him cracking from below the facade, it's beautiful
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I cannot get over Florence Pugh's range. She's so believable and good portraying grief in Midsommar, but ... also amazing in her comedic scenes as Yelena Belova in Black Widow and Hawkeye. SUCHH a talent!
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Realistically portraying "feeling an emotion while pretending not to" has always been the kind of acting that most impresses me, and is way more effective on me than outbursts of emotion, so I'm happy you made this video showing it some love!
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i'm so glad you brought up Daniel Kaluuya because he was one of the first actors that came to mind for me lol. he's INCREDIBLE at subtle performances, obviously showcased fully in Get Out and Nope. and it's painful to see some people call his acting in those movies "boring" because they expect big emotive expressions of terror in a horror movie and they're completely missing all of the depth that he's giving us in a quieter package.
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I think it should be said that Adam Driver belongs in that “subtle” group for “Marriage Story”. The nuance and subtleties of his performance in that film are what make it one of the all time greats. Not the yelling and crying scene; that’s what can be so easily misinterpreted. What’s the achievement is everything he does in the lead up to it. How he somehow made a scene as operatic as that somehow feel earned and organic for his character. Nothing in the editing room can create that. Only a masterful actor crafting a layered, authentic performance.
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Olivia Colman's character in Fleabag is one of my favourite examples of this kind of acting. She rarely raises her voice. She doesn't need to. Every line, every snarky comment she makes has such venom to it. Certain ways of on-screen communication can only be done in this subtle way. The evil stepmother's judgmental comments hit so much harder because of the subtlety that Colman achieves. Amazing performance
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The hardest and most impressive part about micro expression is not only knowing when to do it, but being able to avoid doing it. You have to be completely comfortable and in the moment, to avoid awkwardness and to not make it seem like you're trying to do it. Body language, posture, facial expressions, we all do them subconsciously. Being able to control them and time them is incredibly difficult, let alone in front of an entire camera crew
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An emotional scene where the character's trying NOT to cry and failing will always get me more than a character just freely letting out their emotions. It's just such a human thing to do. One of my favorite portrayals of this is David Tenant playing Crowley in the end of Good omens season 2, when he tries to go through with a love confession even after the plan for it has completely fallen apart in the worst way possible. There's this moment when his voice breaks and he immediately makes this really irritated humming noise, like he's not not only failing to keep his composure but angry at himself for it. That is SO fucking relatable, there is literally nothing more embarrassing and rage inducing then crying in front of someone when you really don't want to
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I loved Yeun's performance in burning. We are introduced to Ben as this charismatic and handsome guy, who irl would be generally well liked. Although at first we can tell that Jong-Su disliking him is because he sees him as a romantic rival, who he believes has a much better chance with Hae-mi than him, as the movie progresses Ben starts to slowly allow Jong-Su to look behind his mask and it turns into a completely different dislike. As the movie moves forward Ben becomes a very sinister and actually kind of terrifying person in the eyes of the viewer while within the fiction he maintains the front of being "good". We can also see a sort of fascination from Ben towards Jong-Su who even though being complicit to Ben's true nature has chosen to continuously remain a silent bystander. Ben is constantly poking Jong-Su to see if he will ever do something aka Jong-Su has become his new favourite toy.
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@erzarose2082
1 year ago
"It's sad to watch people cry, but it's far sadder to watch people try not to cry."
Biggest lesson I've learned as an actor
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