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“Whereas, on camera, you just quite literally have to think it. I realized that you could actually have a whole range of thoughts in a short space of time, and the camera would see them all.”
To think actively and bring such nuanced expression to life, while doing an activity, be totally preoccupied with an offscreen event, and follow your flights of thought from it, using your inner energy to springboard from one thought to the next, irrespective of the scene’s text. Or take this analogy ``Be like a duck—calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.”
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What Are The Different Types of On-Camera Acting?
Here are some of the main genres of on-camera acting
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There are specific techniques that help create a more effective performance for each type of acting
Single camera is when there is only one camera shooting, and it’s moved to various angles to get different shots. Multi-camera means multiple cameras are all shooting at the same time. The latter is still the popular method for sitcoms and soap operas