Motion picture acting (1947)

Page scan 00087 from Motion picture acting

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture acting
Date:
1947
Publisher:
New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co
Volume:
Motion picture acting
Leaf #:
00087
Language:
English
Contributor:
Internet Archive
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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CONCENTRATION from trying to imagine that / am a bronze lamp, and trying to think how I would feel in its pitiful, helpless plight, sitting on a desk all day and no place to go. That would arouse all sorts of con- flicting thoughts in my mind, and that's what I dont want! Being sane, I simply cant imagine that I am an inanimate object, or a "bird talking to a horse," and neither can anyone else. Don't fall for any such absurdity. I will give you an example of what I mean by striving for seeming reality. Many times I have seen young actors in motion pictures try to lash themselves into a pathetic mood. They were trying for the impossible, going at it that way. But here is a sample of what went on. Fearfully, with doubt and trepidation, they try to think of something real that will harrow their souls: Their mothers have died! They are sunk in the deepest sorrow! Their hearts are broken! . . . What's that noise? Did someone call? Are they ready to shoot the scene, already? . . . Oh, yes . . . Mother! . . . In and out they go in an agonizing attempt to feel something, with their objective senses denying them entrance into the subjective realm (where they must go) simply because they are trying to go there through reason and reality, instead of from a well- 61