I have a very simple tip for you today: Just listen! OK, that’s all. Goodbye.
OK, OK, there’s more. This tip is less about what you should be doing, and more about what you should stop doing. Less is more.
This tip is great for all acting, but is especially relevant to camera acting. And it’s even more important for closeups. The camera tends to be very intimate. Much of the time we feel as though we are only a few feet away from someone (or even closer) when we are acting on-camera. The closer the camera comes to you, the less you should do. So what do you do? Less!
Stop all that extra fake stuff you’re doing.
Stop trying to figure out how to say your next line.
Stop trying to fake it to make it look like you’re doing something..
Just really listen…and allow something amazing to happen naturally. Listen to the other person talk instead listening to yourself. I see a lot actors who seem to try to put all of their acting into how they say their lines. But that’s like having a conversation with someone and only paying attention to what you are saying. The other person will quickly become uninterested in you because you aren’t really listening to them. It becomes a one-sided monologue at
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