Getting the best from non-actors
User HCoremark over at the HV20.com forums started a very helpful thread titled “Getting the best from non actors” in which various members have shared their tips/suggestions on how to get the best performance from non professional actors. The comments are very valuable such as:
“…keep encouraging them even if they’re really bad. I mean, they kind of know they’re not very good to begin with, but it would make things a whole lot worse if you keep saying things like “No, no, no…what was that?” I always just try to say “That was good, but let’s try it this way now.” And even if it’s going terribly bad while filming and you know it will be unusable, try not to cut them in the middle of it. You don’t want to annoy them or give them the idea they’re not doing well enough.”
Definitely head over to the thread and read two pages worth of really good tips!
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