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  2009-06-10 5:43AM / 標準BLOG / Rants / 會員可以看
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  I came across this in an email. Too true and dead on. Have to pass it on.
  
  
  
  

  INVISIBLE ACTING by Neil Schell
  
  Your audience does not want to see you act.  Shocking isn’t it?  If they don’t see you act, how can you have an audience?  Well the answer to that is, in truth, they want to see your character.  Not your acting.  
  
  When you as an actor are trying too hard or showing the audience various things like “I’m a cop!” or “I’m a doctor.” or “I’m in pain.” or “I’m in grief.” the audience rejects your work outright.  You see, audiences are extremely intelligent.  They have been watching actors in close up shots in film for over 100 years now.  When an actor tries to show a characteristic or an emotion, its an insult to the audience’s intelligence.  They know you’re faking it. 
  
  When you are in your scene you really shouldn’t be trying to “show” anything.  You are either experiencing an emotion or you aren’t.  You are either being a character or you aren’t.  You must learn to trust the truth of the moment.  What’s happening right now?  That’s all there is.  
  
  Searching for truth in your acting is inextricably bound to not trying to showing anything.  They are one in the same.  Developing this skill takes hard work, guidance and drive.  The gems that lead you to that place of being the character and experiencing true emotions are earned by those who deserve it.  And if you don’t earn them, your audience just can’t have your acting.  
  
  In truth, your audience doesn’t want to see any acting at all.  As soon as those trained audience eyes see the slightest bit of push or fake or phoniness, they are jolted out of the story.  They start watching your acting and stop watching the story.  It’s a great disservice to those who are, in the end, paying for your work.  It must be invisible.  Unnoticeable.  And unobtrusive.  
  
  Not unlike the magician, your acting skills must give a seamless performance.  The “acting” must be invisible and the truth laid bare.   Your audience will love you for it.  
  
  © Copyright 2009 by Neil Schell
  

  So bloody true. Alway check your motivation, and show truth in the subtext of the character, not just playing out the characterization. It is easier when the script is well written.