Insightful observations on acting from Michelle Williams. This is all directly applicable to our craft as animators.
Category: Acting
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 …
