*10 Hour Acting Masterclass 2.0* the-actors-academy.teachable.com 1. Takes 2 minutes to sign-up 2. Gain instant access 3. Work at your own personalized and designed pace Join over 1,000 of the consumers who have already bought the course!
This isn't FAIR, my mom is an actress and she's not ALLOWED to look ugly in scenes. You have to be extremely famous to get away with looking 'ugly' during an emotional or intense scene. It's ridiculous. SO yeah 1 for guys 0 for girls because again we're not allowed. You can get it with horror movies sometimes, but anything else my mom's complained non-stop about it. It was a really good video, love your analyzation of the first 3 clips. I did learn something but I didn't like you saying that one girl was having fun, it's fine to have fun when you are honest, she was lying to pretend she cried on command, so I didn't like that you excused her immoral actions.
The Jaws fact is indeed fake. The actress wore a harness attached to a wire system that yanked her around. Apparently, her screams are so genuine because she didn’t expect how hard the wire system would yank her around
Came here to say something like that, but I didn’t know how she was attached. I’ve always heard that the screams were real because she didn’t know exactly when she’d be pulled under.
In all fairness to the guy from Cobra Kai, it's pretty realistic that a guy being mad at his girl in public doesn't want to get too loud and draw attention.
It may also depends on the type of relationship they had, if I remember this movie correctly, their relationship was as shallow as a kid's pool, but maybe it wasn't supposed to be shallow, after all the movie really is bad
yes but no, it's a movie, it's not supposed to depict a "realistic scenario"... if we wanted to watch a couple break up realistically we'd go outside y'know?
@@schauschau2552 or watch "a marriage story" you know, because sometimes movies depict reality, but sure you can invade people's lives and watch them breaking up if that's you kink
My takeaway from real acting is, you can’t look pretty if you’re showing real emotion. Leo is always looking like his heart got ripped out and is slowly dying inside.
And he still looks fucking beautiful, he's got an androgynous pretty & handsome face. very much my type. too bad he got old and lost his beauty, such a shame he still doesn't have kids. bruh has to populate and spread those genes.
so true. thats what i always say.. people correlate extreme emotional acting as good performance. but it's actually the subtle acting thats more difficult to do. i instantly respect or love actors who are so good at subtle acting
Exactly, because in real life human beings tend to just freeze. We are socialized to swim under the radar, I don't show any emotions in public, I don't start or continue arguments in public - I don't do anything that could disturb other people around me, it's disrespectful.
James Cameron told Billy Zane to flip over that table in front of Kate Winslet in "Titanic" to get a real reaction, because it wasn't written in the script! Genius!🎥🎬🎭
Reminds me of a scene in Scrubs where Sarah Chalke delivered a line, that was supposed to be a quick outburst kind of thing, in this loud screeching voice and nobody knew she was gonna do it that way. So what you see in they episode was how everyone really reacted
I don't know how I feel about some of those techniques. Some directors have done some unethical things to try to get the reactions they want and actors have been traumatized and physically hurt.
I feel that people on TikTok tend to misunderstood that some characters on movies are more Charismatic and expressionist, some move more they faces and some are more Calmed down
I am so fascinated by voice actors. It's a whole other beast to be so good at getting emotion across without showing any facial expressions or body language to support your performance.
I know what you mean, but I think there is a “real“ and “fake” way to act. I’m not an actor but I’ve seen some interviews from professionals who said that an actor feels the emotion their character feels if they’re good. If you need to fake your body language to mimic a certain emotion, then it often feels not genuine and is not good acting. I might be wrong tho
It's hard to define what "real acting" is supposed to be, what people almost a century ago considered "real acting" may as well be called "fake acting" by today, especially with how exaggerated they were.
5:50 its not true. She was told there was a machine that would drag her around. Though, she was surprised by how strong the machine was, those aren’t actual genuine screams of fear
addison rae's movie was objectively not a great movie n even she owns up to that. it was her very first step into acting n netflix offered her a movie, so she took it. she recently did a horror movie last year called "thanksgiving" n she was incredible in it
Thank you because I was completely blown away with her in Thanksgiving and the massive improvement in her deliveries and expressions. She was completely believable and committed to that character, her first movie shouldn't be held against her.
@@AnotherOpinion695 "Her first movie shouldn't be held against her." Yet there are people who study their entire lives before ever getting a role and then when they do, are amazing at it. The end result should not be your rehearsal.
@@plumdutchess I'm one of those people that studies acting since forever and sorry to break it to you but I am not going to shake or hate the girl for getting a lead movie role before me because I am not a miserable person
@@plumdutchess it shouldn't tho. she was offered her own movie n she took it. any of us would leap at that chance. what should b looked at is her insane acting development in barely 3 years
good acting is when it's hard to tell that the actor is acting. bad acting is when it is very obvious. real vs. fake acting is not a good analogy because acting is pretending 😅
In Lord of the Rings there's a scene where Aragorn kicks a helmet, screams and falls to his knees. That was a genuine scream as the actor just broke 2 toes with that kick.
That's true, but if an actor can't fully commit to displaying certain emotions or if the actor makes the viewer "cringe" upon watching, then the acting will feel less genuine and get called "fake." It's a matter of how effectively an actor will use their unique skills and personality to immerse us into their work.
@@c0py9aste it really should just be called good or bad acting. acting is always fake just not to the audience. "fake acting" would just mean that you are pretending to act which makes no sense. i can't get behind these terms 😭😭
0:28 What were you expecting? That's not an actor. It's a girl who got famous for waving her arms around for seven seconds at a time, getting cast in a movie that never cared about being good
1:05 I saw this clip and thought the same thing. Big emotion doesn't equal good/"real" acting. Honestly I'm not sure if acting can be "real/fake" in these contexts, just "good" or "bad". Although "real" could mean an actor is drawing from internal emotions or impulse and "fake" could mean the actor is relying on invisible work/characterization outside themselves and their experiences. But certainly fake/real are not stand-ins for good/bad, even if "real" acting may feel more genuine I guess.
True but I guess maybe what they really mean is poor acting. Where you can tell they aren’t professionals and are trying a little too hard whereas a professional is able to do it effortlessly to a point it doesn’t even seem like they’re acting
From an actor, real acting is suspending your belief and truthfully letting the situation influence your authentic reactions. Fake acting is preplanning what you’re going to do/say and trying to “perform” rather than living in the moment.
@@jujuaurelusyes! Authentic acting is about creating a strong environment and characterization that supports your acting, so you can make impulsive choices in the moment. “Fake” acting is preplanned. Love your description!!
I think the fake vs real one with the eyeshadow was really good because you could tell the character was NOT being genuinely complimentary, and that's how I felt the facial expressions came across.😊
A najority of these 'Fake vs Genuine' isn't FAKE acting, the the person's intentions. So like "Oooh I LOVE your hair" said in a sarcastic tone (fake) verses a energetic tone (Genuine)
Can we say if acting is fake? Shouldn't it be good or bad acting simply? Acting is faking by definition, so "fake acting" sounds meanlingless to me :/ Why can't we just discuss good vs. bad acting? It bothers me when fake concepts have to be used to avoid topics... I can't pay attention to the video i'm sorry, it's too distracting :(
It's the eyes, it's always the eyes. When the acting person is actually feeling the right emotions for that particular situation - you will see it in their eyes.
i saw this post on twitter thats something along the lines of "name a good acting scene of a male actor that's not crying, lashing out, breaking down or being angry" and all i can think of was choi woo shik's performance on a romance korean drama called our beloved summer. the scene was just about the 2 main romantic leads talking but choi woo shik's acting was so potent. u dont need a grand crying or lashing out scene to portray good acting performance. there's this person on youtube as well that said subtle acting is more difficult to pull off than grand scenes acting
I like calling people who cant act with their faces "dead face syndrome" because either they're stuck looking confused the whole scene or completely blank
Fake acting is meta dramatic like it always looks like acting but not to the point you can believe is actually a consequence of the actual story as a natural thing, while the genuine as dramatic as it is looks like a natural coreaction to the sequence of the story is being displayed in a scene
For the clip of "which one is fake," I guessed the right one too, but not only because of the bigger expressions. It was because of the lacking in positive energy (felt more sarcasm than I did positive), strain in expressing likeness (compared to the one on the left with slightly smaller facial expressions and came off much more relaxed in expressing likeness by comparison), and overall sensed more effort in communicating the opposite of what they actually think.
My acting teacher from nyc always said, you cant act alone. If you want to be good go work on scenes with fellow actors, take in person lessons from teachers who have been in the business.
People sometimes confused good acting with overacting. They are good performance that are less dramatic, like Benedict Cumberbatch on the Power of The dog. Performance like McGuire on Brothers that is super over the top but not necessarily good.
addendum to the Cranston tip/comment: good directing can also bring up the level another grade. So C material with A+ actor & director can bring it up to an A. But the director can also bring you down. A actor, A material with C director means B product.
When Natalie Portman was unable to cry on command during the "open the door" scene in Leon The Professional, they had to drop something in her eyes to make it appear like she's crying. I literally could not tell she was faking; she sold me on those tears!
Thank you for the context on the clips from the beginning because it isn’t fair to be compare them to Andrew, Tobey or Leonardo. Do I think the romcom’s good acting? No but at least they could’ve chosen emotional clips from other romcom’s. That would’ve made more sense
Not to be an 'erm actually' person 😂 but I actually watched a video on the behind the scenes from Jaws, and i think it was either stephen spielberg or the actress herself talking about filming that first attack scene. The reason her screaming was so realistic is because the machine they used to thrash her around was secured so tightly on her waist that the movement caused her to scream out in pain, not because she was yanked underwater without knowing like the woman said in the video. 🤷🏾♀
Something I always think about with acting is: real emotions, fake situations. You’re playing characters and it may be for pretend, but you have to feel the exact emotions in the now. You can’t fake emotions. Also IMO, the best acting isn’t the over the top flip outs you see like with JLaw or DiCaprio. It’s the normal conversational tone of voice people use, so it’s good to also remember this oxymoron: act natural.
It's even harder for an actor to act bad on purpose where what their doing is supposed to come of as deliberately awkward and something the character isn't used to doing while not still not trying to be super cringe,an easy example being if 2 people swapped bodies and the actors are supposed to make a deliberate yet 'poor' attempt to imitate the other person
I use to be able to cry on command, id think abt how my mum left me, my brothers are the only ones taking care of me, i hate my dad, im adopted and thus have abandonment issues, and im depressed, i would channel all that at one time and be able to control instantly how i cried and how much but although i can still do it on bad days now im kinda over that stuff so u cant always muster as much emotion when i need to! Great video!❤
Hey I like ur videos? Any tips on how to become a better actor from home without making a lot of noise lol, I live with my parents and can’t make too much noise.
In the scene with Isla Fisher, did they not have any safety protocols?? No agreed upon hand movements or anything to signify she was actually stuck in the event that it did happen?
the second clip (the one about a girl asking where sb got a skirt) seems to intend 'genuine' and 'fake' as in the person in the fake one didn't really mean to compliment the person, while the genuine one was interested and really meant the compliment.. none of them feels fake, just that in one the girl is being mean and in the other she's kind. edit: I see later in the video shows up another clip with the same audio, and I believe it has the same meaning as the one before. Idk, maybe I misunderstood the purpose of the video, or maybe it the purpose is mixed, because at the beginning it clearly started by comparing how real can feel emotions acted out by some actors and how they can feel less real when acted out by someone who's less skilled.
i took 10th grade drama 2 years ago giving it a chance to showcase my real acting skills but it just turned out to be disney channel wonderland... i didnt listen to my teacher telling me be over exaggerant instead i showed them the beauty and depth of real acting all though it may not seem like much on the outside to a person who only watches disney and nikalodian i still did what i thought was right i barley passed that class but it was worth it lol ive been working on this book for almost 2 years that i hope becomes a movie one day In Lost and Found, Leah is a seemingly innocent but broken girl with a haunting past, longing for the love and attention she never had. Taken in by Mark, an ex member of a criminally organized group and grieving man mourning his missing daughter, they both begin to fill each others void in life. As their bond grows and they both start to heal, Leah’s past creeps up on her unmasking a deeply disturbed side, hiding secrets that could shatter the fragile trust between them. When Mark uncovers the truth about Leah’s manipulative and violent tendencies, he must confront his own conflicted feelings about family, love, and redemption. lots of people doubted me because of my age but writting makes me happy i know depth and i do see potential for this to be a film making a big hit for now i have to finish the story and perfect it Its not about a mentally disturbed girl focusing on abnormal things its about highlighting the importance of a child being loved and cared for the message raises awareness of how crucial it is to nurture and raise kids in a healthy supportive place and what can happen when they don’t receive the love they truly need lots of films i see focus on the outcome of things like this but im focusing on the ROOT even showcasing what could happen when one heals thats the difference between my story and most others
Fake is pretending. Real is becoming/feeling all that character experiences. Fake is doing the lines with intended emotion. Real is vulnerable, being in the moment.
I just can’t get over people who focus so much on their every movement, that’s not acting. Learn your dialogue, don’t bump into furniture. If you’re committed enough to understanding and grasping the character, everything else should sort itself out.
I think it’s interesting that male actors are so much better at “ugly crying” than female actors. In movies the women always manage to stay gorgeous regardless of how devastated, exhausted, or injured their character is. Same when the storyline involves an outdoor adventure.
It’s not that they are “so much better”, it’s that they are allowed to be ugly and unattractive when showing emotion. Female actors aren’t granted that privilege. Like you say even when it’s an outdoor adventure or an apocalypse type show/movie, the women are still magically shaven and have mascara on because directors and hollywood would rather prioritise female actors remaining within the beauty standard over realism.
My general process is look at the eyes...if you are just reciting lines without channeling any emotions, your eyes will be still/expressionless...channeling emotions will always make your eyes expressive..
I don't understand this trend at all. There's no such thing as "fake acting" all acting is quite literally fake acting since it's acting. Like all of these examples, if anything, are just people acting like a "fake" person. This is just so stupid, it's really just saying acting should be standardized to one type just because it's objectively better or "real" which is ridiculous because that defeats the whole point of acting which is to be multiple characters and personalities and not just play one character. Not everything requires or should have the same type of acting
it really should be called good vs. bad acting. even then, entertainment is subjective and like you said, there are different characters that are protagonists and antagonists. regina george is a bitch and pretends to be nice but everyone loves the actress' performance because rachel did an amazing job expressing the character
Tbh I really have to say that the real vs fake does not work for me, because I literally am so stiff socially, that I probably look like I am acting as well, even though I am genuine! 😂
Extreme emotional outburst shouldn't be considered as the only good acting cus they can also be bad acting and sometimes don't make sense with showing so much dramatic extra emotions, subtle emotions are also good acting like showing a lot without doing much like through the eyes
I liked that in "Elf" they made it random when the jack in the box would pop out. That is an awesome way of keeping the realism and honest reactions in acting. That sounds terrifying in the "Now You See me" movie that Isla Fisher almost drowned in the tank. Thank goodness for the stuntman stepping in.
5:04 fun fact this is what the radio silence team did with Dylan Minnettes character in Scream V( slight spoiler for that if you haven’t seen it) While his character is preparing for his mom to come back with dinner he’s walking around the house and the way it’s depicted in the film is that there taunting the audience with a jump scare which is true but Dylan himself also didn’t know when & where ghostface would appear and attack him … that was a really awesome genuine scene
Tobey Maguire’s character in ‘Brothers’ film, is much complex than that. And you’re wrong that he found out that ‘Tommy’ (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) has intimate relationship with his wife. Maguire’s character, ‘Sam’, got PTSD after being deployed in Afghanistan and who was apparently presumed dead. Sam (Tobey Maguire) became paranoid, super aggressive and jealous.. thinking that his younger brother Tommy, had sexual relationship while he’s gone. But it’s not true. It was just his thinking.
Genuine acting comes from spontaneity and listening how sharp you are at both of these two aspects will enough to judge someone acting And how accurately you are portraying emotions Also very important. And more importantly dialogue delivery some actors do weirdly And others do naturally
Emotional outbursts are easier to act. Anyone could've done it. The real acting lies in portraying emotions through facial expressions like smile, trembling, shiver etc.
Margot Robbie is a really impressive crier. Apparently, according to an interview, she DOES have that much control over it. She said it's "like a muscle" that she can just cry immediately and has enough control to decide what word the tear falls on.
Real acting is just people showing real genuine emotion. If it’s a sad scene then they act, sound and look sad. If it’s a happy scene they act, sound and look happy. They are just saying their lines like cardboard or TRYING to look or act a certain way. They shouldn’t be trying too hard, they just have to really show they are
It is a bit ridiculous to call those yelling, raging outbursts the best acting. This isn’t hard. Give someone a little time to get over his initial shyness and almost anyone can yell and smash things. It is infinitely harder to act the everyday emotions, as people tend to keep them below the surface, be it deeply or just a bit. So you then must act/feel an emotion while then oppressing it again. The hard acting is in the detail, in the micro expressions, the little movements, looks, changes in body language and tone. Pure fear, pure rage, pure joy is one thing. Nuance a completely other level.
Agreed! Acting subtly, acting in a way that truthfully conveys holding back emotions the way we often have to do in every day life, is so much more challenging than crying and yelling. And it can be just as if not more moving and compelling.
Coming from theater to film is a transition. Blocking in the stage side of acting requires you to need to project your voice and overdo your emotions and gestures. On screen it looks incredibly forced and fake. With microphones and camera angles it's difficult for stage experienced actors to do multiple takes with believable acting. I did my dissertation on stage and screen it's a very interesting topic when you dig into the difference between the two.
Well there are different levels of each emotion depending on the situation like it doesn't have to be really expressive out there so obvious to be called good acting, some can be shown through the eyes and facial expressions without really being out there like natural chill acting.
I think it is comparable. Just look at how they approached their roles. In the real acting they clearly got into the mindsets of those characters. In the breakup scene they simply stare. If you're upset with someone, you blink, you look away in disgust, you give them expressions to convey your point. None of that happened.
*10 Hour Acting Masterclass 2.0*
the-actors-academy.teachable.com
1. Takes 2 minutes to sign-up
2. Gain instant access
3. Work at your own personalized and designed pace
Join over 1,000 of the consumers who have already bought the course!
one of those things i wish i could buy but im in university and cant afford it 😅
This isn't FAIR, my mom is an actress and she's not ALLOWED to look ugly in scenes. You have to be extremely famous to get away with looking 'ugly' during an emotional or intense scene. It's ridiculous. SO yeah 1 for guys 0 for girls because again we're not allowed. You can get it with horror movies sometimes, but anything else my mom's complained non-stop about it.
It was a really good video, love your analyzation of the first 3 clips. I did learn something but I didn't like you saying that one girl was having fun, it's fine to have fun when you are honest, she was lying to pretend she cried on command, so I didn't like that you excused her immoral actions.
Yes, the eyeshadow was seriously distracting tbh.
Sir can you make videos on this topic because it is helpful for us
U can tell what fake acting is by how cringe it is😂
Don’t forget the effect that writing can have!
It’s a talent to be that cringe
Not really…
Unless it’s supposed to be cringe
Unless they’re playing teenagers lmao
The Jaws fact is indeed fake. The actress wore a harness attached to a wire system that yanked her around. Apparently, her screams are so genuine because she didn’t expect how hard the wire system would yank her around
She broke a rib
Came here to say something like that, but I didn’t know how she was attached. I’ve always heard that the screams were real because she didn’t know exactly when she’d be pulled under.
In all fairness to the guy from Cobra Kai, it's pretty realistic that a guy being mad at his girl in public doesn't want to get too loud and draw attention.
It may also depends on the type of relationship they had, if I remember this movie correctly, their relationship was as shallow as a kid's pool, but maybe it wasn't supposed to be shallow, after all the movie really is bad
@@R_LinsI mean I don't think Addison ray from doing tik tok dances to acting mix at all
cobra kai is a trash ass show, some c level shit right there
yes but no, it's a movie, it's not supposed to depict a "realistic scenario"... if we wanted to watch a couple break up realistically we'd go outside y'know?
@@schauschau2552 or watch "a marriage story" you know, because sometimes movies depict reality, but sure you can invade people's lives and watch them breaking up if that's you kink
My takeaway from real acting is, you can’t look pretty if you’re showing real emotion. Leo is always looking like his heart got ripped out and is slowly dying inside.
But he still looks pretty 🥲
@@shreshtanair3416fr
And he still looks fucking beautiful, he's got an androgynous pretty & handsome face.
very much my type.
too bad he got old and lost his beauty, such a shame he still doesn't have kids. bruh has to populate and spread those genes.
@@mavis.lahar2001 Do you hear how weird you sound
@@mavis.lahar2001What? 😂 You’re upset he got old? Ppfftttt 😂
i dont think real acting should mean emotional outbursts. i find laughter and devastation both harder to perform and convince
so true. thats what i always say.. people correlate extreme emotional acting as good performance. but it's actually the subtle acting thats more difficult to do. i instantly respect or love actors who are so good at subtle acting
Honestly the hardest acting momentss are when you try to convey the character's specific thoughts based on expressions.
@@beetleorangejuicetrue thats why i love florence pugh❤
Exactly, because in real life human beings tend to just freeze.
We are socialized to swim under the radar, I don't show any emotions in public, I don't start or continue arguments in public - I don't do anything that could disturb other people around me, it's disrespectful.
@@beetleorangejuice Ryan Gosling is an example of great underacting.
James Cameron told Billy Zane to flip over that table in front of Kate Winslet in "Titanic" to get a real reaction, because it wasn't written in the script! Genius!🎥🎬🎭
It can keep an actor on their toes
Reminds me of a scene in Scrubs where Sarah Chalke delivered a line, that was supposed to be a quick outburst kind of thing, in this loud screeching voice and nobody knew she was gonna do it that way. So what you see in they episode was how everyone really reacted
That’s not true at all, Billy Zane has completely discredited that in an interview before
I don't know how I feel about some of those techniques. Some directors have done some unethical things to try to get the reactions they want and actors have been traumatized and physically hurt.
I feel that people on TikTok tend to misunderstood that some characters on movies are more Charismatic and expressionist, some move more they faces and some are more Calmed down
I am so fascinated by voice actors. It's a whole other beast to be so good at getting emotion across without showing any facial expressions or body language to support your performance.
Real acting? That's the same as saying 'fake pretending' 😂
I know what you mean, but I think there is a “real“ and “fake” way to act. I’m not an actor but I’ve seen some interviews from professionals who said that an actor feels the emotion their character feels if they’re good. If you need to fake your body language to mimic a certain emotion, then it often feels not genuine and is not good acting. I might be wrong tho
Its like good actors embodies the character rather than letting the character mold into the actor itself
@@southrn9419 So why’s one real and one fake if they both different acting methods? Or am I being stupid? I don’t get it lol
@@NMConsi it typically is a better performance if the emotion is actually what youre feeling. you cant fake something thats real in the first place
It's hard to define what "real acting" is supposed to be, what people almost a century ago considered "real acting" may as well be called "fake acting" by today, especially with how exaggerated they were.
5:50 its not true. She was told there was a machine that would drag her around. Though, she was surprised by how strong the machine was, those aren’t actual genuine screams of fear
addison rae's movie was objectively not a great movie n even she owns up to that. it was her very first step into acting n netflix offered her a movie, so she took it. she recently did a horror movie last year called "thanksgiving" n she was incredible in it
Thank you because I was completely blown away with her in Thanksgiving and the massive improvement in her deliveries and expressions. She was completely believable and committed to that character, her first movie shouldn't be held against her.
@@AnotherOpinion695 "Her first movie shouldn't be held against her." Yet there are people who study their entire lives before ever getting a role and then when they do, are amazing at it. The end result should not be your rehearsal.
@@plumdutchess I'm one of those people that studies acting since forever and sorry to break it to you but I am not going to shake or hate the girl for getting a lead movie role before me because I am not a miserable person
@@AnotherOpinion695 yes! exactly!!!
@@plumdutchess it shouldn't tho. she was offered her own movie n she took it. any of us would leap at that chance. what should b looked at is her insane acting development in barely 3 years
good acting is when it's hard to tell that the actor is acting. bad acting is when it is very obvious. real vs. fake acting is not a good analogy because acting is pretending 😅
In Lord of the Rings there's a scene where Aragorn kicks a helmet, screams and falls to his knees. That was a genuine scream as the actor just broke 2 toes with that kick.
the moment when aragorn was in agorny
Good acting vs bad acting should have been the title
It's not like fake vs real acting is everybody has their own personality and own way to show their acting skills.... Maybe that's why their actors
That's true, but if an actor can't fully commit to displaying certain emotions or if the actor makes the viewer "cringe" upon watching, then the acting will feel less genuine and get called "fake."
It's a matter of how effectively an actor will use their unique skills and personality to immerse us into their work.
@@c0py9aste it really should just be called good or bad acting. acting is always fake just not to the audience. "fake acting" would just mean that you are pretending to act which makes no sense. i can't get behind these terms 😭😭
0:28 What were you expecting? That's not an actor. It's a girl who got famous for waving her arms around for seven seconds at a time, getting cast in a movie that never cared about being good
Exactly But thats the trend now, its for views not authenticity. She will get better at it.
1:05 I saw this clip and thought the same thing. Big emotion doesn't equal good/"real" acting. Honestly I'm not sure if acting can be "real/fake" in these contexts, just "good" or "bad". Although "real" could mean an actor is drawing from internal emotions or impulse and "fake" could mean the actor is relying on invisible work/characterization outside themselves and their experiences. But certainly fake/real are not stand-ins for good/bad, even if "real" acting may feel more genuine I guess.
Yeeesss
how in the fuck is there fake and real acting, acting in itself is about faking shit.
True but I guess maybe what they really mean is poor acting. Where you can tell they aren’t professionals and are trying a little too hard whereas a professional is able to do it effortlessly to a point it doesn’t even seem like they’re acting
From an actor, real acting is suspending your belief and truthfully letting the situation influence your authentic reactions. Fake acting is preplanning what you’re going to do/say and trying to “perform” rather than living in the moment.
The difference between "fake" and "real" acting is like the difference between the acting in the ATLA live action movie and the acting in Titanic.
@@jujuaurelus I was looking for this in the comments; right-on!
@@jujuaurelusyes! Authentic acting is about creating a strong environment and characterization that supports your acting, so you can make impulsive choices in the moment. “Fake” acting is preplanned. Love your description!!
I've heard that crying on command is one of the hardest things to do as an actor. I'll take the cry-stick.
This is even a lesson on how to read people. Considering many actors in real life are fake and pretentious anyway.
I think the fake vs real one with the eyeshadow was really good because you could tell the character was NOT being genuinely complimentary, and that's how I felt the facial expressions came across.😊
I think its more "not good" vs "good"
A najority of these 'Fake vs Genuine' isn't FAKE acting, the the person's intentions. So like "Oooh I LOVE your hair" said in a sarcastic tone (fake) verses a energetic tone (Genuine)
Sprinted here to say this. This guy needs to check his clips and motivations behind them before posting
I was just about to say this. Like- he's misunderstanding almost every video lol.
Can we say if acting is fake? Shouldn't it be good or bad acting simply? Acting is faking by definition, so "fake acting" sounds meanlingless to me :/ Why can't we just discuss good vs. bad acting? It bothers me when fake concepts have to be used to avoid topics... I can't pay attention to the video i'm sorry, it's too distracting :(
I think they mean fake emotion not fake acting. Just how I interpret it tho
@@yesplatinum7956 sure, but the words still mean something else, and at the end of the day, that's what will matter more...
It's the eyes, it's always the eyes.
When the acting person is actually feeling the right emotions for that particular situation - you will see it in their eyes.
I agree that people should compare similar scenes instead of a romcom and intense traumatic scenes
i saw this post on twitter thats something along the lines of "name a good acting scene of a male actor that's not crying, lashing out, breaking down or being angry" and all i can think of was choi woo shik's performance on a romance korean drama called our beloved summer. the scene was just about the 2 main romantic leads talking but choi woo shik's acting was so potent. u dont need a grand crying or lashing out scene to portray good acting performance. there's this person on youtube as well that said subtle acting is more difficult to pull off than grand scenes acting
multiple scenes from Breaking Bad are able to prove that tweet wrong somehow
i'd immediately reply to that twitter post w/ 'colin firth from pride and prejudice 1995- the scene w/ elizabeth and georgiana at pemberley'
Fake acting is also used in stage performances sometimes because it's easier for the audience to understand
so useful. love this channel
I’m always happy to be there for y’all!
I like calling people who cant act with their faces "dead face syndrome" because either they're stuck looking confused the whole scene or completely blank
Fake acting is meta dramatic like it always looks like acting but not to the point you can believe is actually a consequence of the actual story as a natural thing, while the genuine as dramatic as it is looks like a natural coreaction to the sequence of the story is being displayed in a scene
Ugh thank you. Addison Rae is not the same as Andrew Garfield but also ending your situationship is not the same as your dad coming back from the dead
For the clip of "which one is fake," I guessed the right one too, but not only because of the bigger expressions. It was because of the lacking in positive energy (felt more sarcasm than I did positive), strain in expressing likeness (compared to the one on the left with slightly smaller facial expressions and came off much more relaxed in expressing likeness by comparison), and overall sensed more effort in communicating the opposite of what they actually think.
This video was great. I showed it to my gf who's a bad actress.
Hang in there 😂
😂
bro is dead
Check in with me bro it’s been 3 days
How are you bro ? Just checking.
My acting teacher from nyc always said, you cant act alone. If you want to be good go work on scenes with fellow actors, take in person lessons from teachers who have been in the business.
People sometimes confused good acting with overacting. They are good performance that are less dramatic, like Benedict Cumberbatch on the Power of The dog. Performance like McGuire on Brothers that is super over the top but not necessarily good.
addendum to the Cranston tip/comment: good directing can also bring up the level another grade. So C material with A+ actor & director can bring it up to an A. But the director can also bring you down. A actor, A material with C director means B product.
When Natalie Portman was unable to cry on command during the "open the door" scene in Leon The Professional, they had to drop something in her eyes to make it appear like she's crying. I literally could not tell she was faking; she sold me on those tears!
Great thumbnail... Basketball diaries is a must watch... I even thought Mark Wahlberg was perfectly casted for The character he plays.
Such an underrated movie.
The "other guy" Tanner Buchanan does have a lot of potential because of how long he's been acting and how often he's in films and shows
0:58
Thank you for the context on the clips from the beginning because it isn’t fair to be compare them to Andrew, Tobey or Leonardo. Do I think the romcom’s good acting? No but at least they could’ve chosen emotional clips from other romcom’s. That would’ve made more sense
Alan Rickman once said: "Forget about the act".
The Performance Of James Gandolfini And Bryan Cranston As Tony Sopranos And WAlter White Is Truly Goated🐐🗣🔥🗿
The title should be named good vs bad acting
Really appreciate the points you made on the first clip. I honestly clicked on the video ready to leave a comment making that exact point.
2:10 both these expressions seem condescending. i think this bit is just subjective
Not to be an 'erm actually' person 😂 but I actually watched a video on the behind the scenes from Jaws, and i think it was either stephen spielberg or the actress herself talking about filming that first attack scene. The reason her screaming was so realistic is because the machine they used to thrash her around was secured so tightly on her waist that the movement caused her to scream out in pain, not because she was yanked underwater without knowing like the woman said in the video. 🤷🏾♀
very well presented, i appreciate your honesty and nuance in analyzing these clips
8:55 Andrew Garfield in amazing spiderman
Something I always think about with acting is: real emotions, fake situations. You’re playing characters and it may be for pretend, but you have to feel the exact emotions in the now. You can’t fake emotions. Also IMO, the best acting isn’t the over the top flip outs you see like with JLaw or DiCaprio. It’s the normal conversational tone of voice people use, so it’s good to also remember this oxymoron: act natural.
It's even harder for an actor to act bad on purpose where what their doing is supposed to come of as deliberately awkward and something the character isn't used to doing while not still not trying to be super cringe,an easy example being if 2 people swapped bodies and the actors are supposed to make a deliberate yet 'poor' attempt to imitate the other person
Why Acting is always Fake because you are „Acting“ 😂
the picture of my dad in my mind can make me angry instantly.
the picture of my mom when she was alive can make me cry instantly.
I use to be able to cry on command, id think abt how my mum left me, my brothers are the only ones taking care of me, i hate my dad, im adopted and thus have abandonment issues, and im depressed, i would channel all that at one time and be able to control instantly how i cried and how much but although i can still do it on bad days now im kinda over that stuff so u cant always muster as much emotion when i need to! Great video!❤
I may be wrong but i think bro has a 10 hour acting masterclass 2.0
Hey I like ur videos? Any tips on how to become a better actor from home without making a lot of noise lol, I live with my parents and can’t make too much noise.
In the scene with Isla Fisher, did they not have any safety protocols?? No agreed upon hand movements or anything to signify she was actually stuck in the event that it did happen?
Why is it difficult to say dialogues in crying or sad mood but easy while doing comedy
It’s really subjective and dependent on the individual
Margot really can do that, She did it in "I Tonya" in a full scene on the mirror. Is crazy talented
Fake acting isnt fake acting, its theatre. Theatre has at least 5 rows of people. The expressions have to get through to the back.
the second clip (the one about a girl asking where sb got a skirt) seems to intend 'genuine' and 'fake' as in the person in the fake one didn't really mean to compliment the person, while the genuine one was interested and really meant the compliment.. none of them feels fake, just that in one the girl is being mean and in the other she's kind.
edit: I see later in the video shows up another clip with the same audio, and I believe it has the same meaning as the one before. Idk, maybe I misunderstood the purpose of the video, or maybe it the purpose is mixed, because at the beginning it clearly started by comparing how real can feel emotions acted out by some actors and how they can feel less real when acted out by someone who's less skilled.
Fake acting? Real acting? That's like saying fake fake and real fake.
In my last production I was told that I was very believable and my acting was real.
For a moment I thought the second clip was with Dani Daniels 😉
i took 10th grade drama 2 years ago giving it a chance to showcase my real acting skills but it just turned out to be disney channel wonderland... i didnt listen to my teacher telling me be over exaggerant instead i showed them the beauty and depth of real acting all though it may not seem like much on the outside to a person who only watches disney and nikalodian i still did what i thought was right i barley passed that class but it was worth it lol ive been working on this book for almost 2 years that i hope becomes a movie one day
In Lost and Found, Leah is a seemingly innocent but broken girl with a haunting past, longing for the love and attention she never had. Taken in by Mark, an ex member of a criminally organized group and grieving man mourning his missing daughter, they both begin to fill each others void in life. As their bond grows and they both start to heal, Leah’s past creeps up on her unmasking a deeply disturbed side, hiding secrets that could shatter the fragile trust between them. When Mark uncovers the truth about Leah’s manipulative and violent tendencies, he must confront his own conflicted feelings about family, love, and redemption.
lots of people doubted me because of my age but writting makes me happy i know depth and i do see potential for this to be a film making a big hit for now i have to finish the story and perfect it Its not about a mentally disturbed girl focusing on abnormal things its about highlighting the importance of a child being loved and cared for the message raises awareness of how crucial it is to nurture and raise kids in a healthy supportive place and what can happen when they don’t receive the love they truly need lots of films i see focus on the outcome of things like this but im focusing on the ROOT even showcasing what could happen when one heals thats the difference between my story and most others
lmao i love how some of the real acting are spider-man actors
Fake is pretending. Real is becoming/feeling all that character experiences. Fake is doing the lines with intended emotion. Real is vulnerable, being in the moment.
to be fair you went from a break up in highschool to a funeral to death to facing death and betrayal
Very helpful 🙌
I just can’t get over people who focus so much on their every movement, that’s not acting. Learn your dialogue, don’t bump into furniture. If you’re committed enough to understanding and grasping the character, everything else should sort itself out.
I think it’s interesting that male actors are so much better at “ugly crying” than female actors. In movies the women always manage to stay gorgeous regardless of how devastated, exhausted, or injured their character is. Same when the storyline involves an outdoor adventure.
It’s not that they are “so much better”, it’s that they are allowed to be ugly and unattractive when showing emotion. Female actors aren’t granted that privilege. Like you say even when it’s an outdoor adventure or an apocalypse type show/movie, the women are still magically shaven and have mascara on because directors and hollywood would rather prioritise female actors remaining within the beauty standard over realism.
My general process is look at the eyes...if you are just reciting lines without channeling any emotions, your eyes will be still/expressionless...channeling emotions will always make your eyes expressive..
My resting face is a parent, not mad, just very disapointed... Makes sense I do that one by default.
I don't understand this trend at all. There's no such thing as "fake acting" all acting is quite literally fake acting since it's acting. Like all of these examples, if anything, are just people acting like a "fake" person. This is just so stupid, it's really just saying acting should be standardized to one type just because it's objectively better or "real" which is ridiculous because that defeats the whole point of acting which is to be multiple characters and personalities and not just play one character. Not everything requires or should have the same type of acting
it really should be called good vs. bad acting. even then, entertainment is subjective and like you said, there are different characters that are protagonists and antagonists. regina george is a bitch and pretends to be nice but everyone loves the actress' performance because rachel did an amazing job expressing the character
Tbh I really have to say that the real vs fake does not work for me, because I literally am so stiff socially, that I probably look like I am acting as well, even though I am genuine! 😂
Andrew Garfield the goat 🔥🔥
petition to make him react to mrspicygremlin-
👇
Extreme emotional outburst shouldn't be considered as the only good acting cus they can also be bad acting and sometimes don't make sense with showing so much dramatic extra emotions, subtle emotions are also good acting like showing a lot without doing much like through the eyes
I liked that in "Elf" they made it random when the jack in the box would pop out. That is an awesome way of keeping the realism and honest reactions in acting.
That sounds terrifying in the "Now You See me" movie that Isla Fisher almost drowned in the tank. Thank goodness for the stuntman stepping in.
There's no such thing as bad acting. There are only people who are unable to understand the emotions conveyed by the actors.
People "acting" on TikTok by lipsyncing to movie scenes makes my entire body cringe. They are not acting.
bro is majestic
5:04 fun fact this is what the radio silence team did with Dylan Minnettes character in Scream V( slight spoiler for that if you haven’t seen it)
While his character is preparing for his mom to come back with dinner he’s walking around the house and the way it’s depicted in the film is that there taunting the audience with a jump scare which is true but Dylan himself also didn’t know when & where ghostface would appear and attack him … that was a really awesome genuine scene
That scene from brothers by Toby M. is the reason i havent seen the movie still. Im scared to see it culminate.
Just watched this video until the middle of it and I realized " so you're an actor" 😅
Tobey Maguire’s character in ‘Brothers’ film, is much complex than that. And you’re wrong that he found out that ‘Tommy’ (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) has intimate relationship with his wife. Maguire’s character, ‘Sam’, got PTSD after being deployed in Afghanistan and who was apparently presumed dead.
Sam (Tobey Maguire) became paranoid, super aggressive and jealous.. thinking that his younger brother Tommy, had sexual relationship while he’s gone. But it’s not true. It was just his thinking.
it's all in the tears
Genuine acting comes from spontaneity and listening how sharp you are at both of these two aspects will enough to judge someone acting
And how accurately you are portraying emotions Also very important.
And more importantly dialogue delivery some actors do weirdly And others do naturally
Emotional outbursts are easier to act. Anyone could've done it. The real acting lies in portraying emotions through facial expressions like smile, trembling, shiver etc.
Margot Robbie is a really impressive crier. Apparently, according to an interview, she DOES have that much control over it. She said it's "like a muscle" that she can just cry immediately and has enough control to decide what word the tear falls on.
3:05 Bryce Dallas Howards can cry on cue or almost instantly, there was an interview about it I think it was in Jimmy Fallon
It was on Conan O’Brien!
Now this is a refreshingly insightful reaction.
Real acting is just people showing real genuine emotion. If it’s a sad scene then they act, sound and look sad. If it’s a happy scene they act, sound and look happy. They are just saying their lines like cardboard or TRYING to look or act a certain way. They shouldn’t be trying too hard, they just have to really show they are
It is a bit ridiculous to call those yelling, raging outbursts the best acting.
This isn’t hard. Give someone a little time to get over his initial shyness and almost anyone can yell and smash things.
It is infinitely harder to act the everyday emotions, as people tend to keep them below the surface, be it deeply or just a bit. So you then must act/feel an emotion while then oppressing it again. The hard acting is in the detail, in the micro expressions, the little movements, looks, changes in body language and tone.
Pure fear, pure rage, pure joy is one thing. Nuance a completely other level.
Agreed! Acting subtly, acting in a way that truthfully conveys holding back emotions the way we often have to do in every day life, is so much more challenging than crying and yelling. And it can be just as if not more moving and compelling.
Leo there remembering the time he went to a Diddy party
3:13 Fun Fact, Christian Bale impressed his Director in American Psycho because of his ability to sweat on command
Coming from theater to film is a transition. Blocking in the stage side of acting requires you to need to project your voice and overdo your emotions and gestures. On screen it looks incredibly forced and fake. With microphones and camera angles it's difficult for stage experienced actors to do multiple takes with believable acting. I did my dissertation on stage and screen it's a very interesting topic when you dig into the difference between the two.
Well there are different levels of each emotion depending on the situation like it doesn't have to be really expressive out there so obvious to be called good acting, some can be shown through the eyes and facial expressions without really being out there like natural chill acting.
I think it is comparable.
Just look at how they approached their roles.
In the real acting they clearly got into the mindsets of those characters.
In the breakup scene they simply stare. If you're upset with someone, you blink, you look away in disgust, you give them expressions to convey your point. None of that happened.