I really need to be able to cry. I've been picked to be in a movie, if you want to know, it's called, "American Teen Angel". But for two scenes in the movie I have to cry, and I keep practicing, but I just can't do it!! Any ideas or solutions? Thank you!
2006-06-18 08:54:51 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
put menthol under your eyes......!
.......it works!
2006-06-18 08:58:15 · answer #1 · answered by βεℓℓα ツ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to think of the saddest things that you can remember (i.e. a death of a loved one, loss of a boyfriend/friend etc... etc...)!
"Here are my best thoughts on crying. If you are having a difficult time crying in a performance, then the problem is with your acting technique, not your crying technique. Which is why you are having such a hard time fixing it. You are trying to correct the wrong thing.
Don't try to develop some mechanical technique to make yourself cry. Your character, in the context of the play, isn't using some technique to make him or herself cry. it's the conflict or release of conflict within the character, intentions, etc. that is making the character cry.
If you focus your attention on a mechanical technique, or focus on some imagined, out-of-script sad event, then you are no longer focused on your character. Your mind is not on the character and the circumstances. Your mind is now on the actor trying to cry. Not the character, thinking, remembering, desiring, reacting, feeling the urge to cry, resisting the urge to cry.
Focus on your character and in playing the moment believably. Focus on the through-line, subtext, intentions, timing and all that other acting stuff. I believe there are some Acting Lessons on the AWOL homepage. If you did your job well, the tears will be there when they are supposed to be there. Why? Because if it is believable that the character should cry, and if you are fully absorbed in playing the character, then you will cry.
What if you are not fully absorbed in playing the character? The stage is not so predictable from one performance to the next. Or for camera work, take after take.
What if the tears don't come?
If you are doing your acting job well, then don't sweat the tears. Heck, most members of the audience will swear you actually cried even though you did not. Why? because your belief in the character becomes their reality. That's the magic of acting.
For camera work, (and some groups shoot videos of original short plays) if all acting efforts fail, the closeness of a shot and the level of "realism" required might indicate other measures be taken.
The director simply shoots the scene without your tears, cuts, places some fake tears on your face and shoots the scene again but from another perspective, then edits the two shots together melding the moment just before you were supposed to cry with the moment you began "crying" with the fake tears in place - to make it appear as if you cried real tears. The different perspectives cover for the fakery - just like it does with the other thousands of edits which make up a film. You can cheat a lot in camera work."
2006-06-18 09:00:16 · answer #2 · answered by OneRunningMan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crying on cue is tough but it may help if you think of something exceptionally sad, such as the loss of a beloved pet, a close family member or a close friend. Recall the grief you felt at the time of the loss and how much it hurt. That should make you cry. If you've been lucky enough to have never suffered the loss of something you love, then imagine (realistically) losing the most precious person or thing in your life and how the loss will negatively impact your life.
Good luck!
2006-06-18 09:01:37 · answer #3 · answered by robobbyta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a variety of ways to achieve tears...I like the whole method style...Believe you ARE in that situation...Otherwise, dredge up some of your own sad memories...Last recourse, use fake eye drops or wipe something NEAR your eyes that will make you instantly tear up...
Either way, break a leg! Don't stress yourself out or you'll never get there...Can't wait to see the movie...
2006-06-18 09:12:07 · answer #4 · answered by missworld594 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend Holly is a actress and she said that they just put this stuff "like vasaline" under ur eys and it makes u cry .. i saw it once on americas next top model.. and if they dont ... then just think of all the bad things that have happened to you in ur life .. like if ur mom or dad died or something .. hope i helped <333
2006-06-18 09:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by ♥♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to cry if you are forcing it. Try to think of something really sad, and see if that makes you cry. Or you can try using tear drops, but you'll still need to make the expression. Good luck.
2006-06-18 08:58:33 · answer #6 · answered by GreasySideburns 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the scene Think of Past Events that you cried about Focus on tha evnets and you should shed a tear or more...Hope that answers ur ?
2006-06-18 08:59:14 · answer #7 · answered by Fritz J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just think about a relative that passed away or a sad terrifying picture on the internet of a car crash victim or read a sad book or peel an onion or hurt your self
2006-06-18 09:39:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to focus on something in your mind very sad and not think of everything going on around you thats making you nervous...Try closing your eyes thinking about something that has made you very sad then try it again with your eyes open.
2006-06-18 09:01:22 · answer #9 · answered by Penny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of a very sad moment in your life, a very sad song or film or just peel an onion!
2006-06-18 08:58:41 · answer #10 · answered by Rhapsody 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a tack in your shoe under your big toe and everytime you feel the tears drying up step down hard.
2006-06-18 08:59:03 · answer #11 · answered by SAMANTHA B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋