An excellent analysis of what makes Paddington’s animation so special. Both films are real gems, and I highly recommended them if you haven’t seen them.
Category: Acting
Acting Analysis: Contained Emotions
Here’s a great moment from The Holiday: Kate Winslet’s character, Iris, goes through three emotional states. Her acting is contained, nuanced, and communicates all three emotional states in pantomime. It’s full of texture, and is a great example of subtle acting …
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Reflective Silence
Though Paul Thomas Anderson made a name for himself with elaborate and technically complex film making, one of his defining trademarks is a simple one–letting his camera linger on a silent character. While many filmmakers rely on dialogue to convey …
David Badgerow – Smurfs Reference Reel
David Badgerow shares his acting reference from his work on Sony’s Smurfs: The Lost Village.
Michelle Williams on Acting
Insightful observations on acting from Michelle Williams. This is all directly applicable to our craft as animators.
Ten Meter Tower
Ten Meter Tower is a social experiment which found people that had never jumped off a 10 meter tower and filmed the results. All manner of reactions, inhibitions, insecurities, and fears are on display from wide range of people. No …
Top 10 Performances on Film
Cinefix takes on the unenviable task of picking the top ten performances (on film) of all time. How Daniel-Day Lewis did not make this list is beyond me. Still it’s worth a look.
Actors on Acting
Film4 profiles famous actors talking about their craft.
Excerpts from Bryan Cranston’s, ‘A Life in Parts’
A couple of insightful observations on acting craft from Bryan Cranston’s autobiography, A Life in Parts. On preparing for the “Jane’s Death” scene in Breaking Bad: When I do the homework for such a delicate scene, I don’t make a plan. My …
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The Origins of Method Acting
Method acting encourages actors to immerse themselves in the world of the characters they are playing, so that they can more accurately inhabit their roles. This can extend to some actors never breaking character until the last shot of the …
