I think its a great skill, i really want to learn it? Or is crying on cue something that comes natural?
2006-08-01 02:56:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Hey Christene,... I don't know if you are a very emotional person,but if you are...this might help. Minutes before you know that your cue is coming,..here's some things to imagine... * You just ran over and killed your dog/cat by accident. * Your doctor just told you that six months is all you've got left. * You accidentally threw away your winning lotto ticket worth millions. Ok, you get it, there are just a few of many,many images you can try. Hope this helps.
2006-08-01 03:53:57 · answer #1 · answered by dj6217 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
For some people, yes... it comes naturally... I've seen fellow actors burst into tears during an exercise and they were not up there on stage to cry... they reacted to something other than what the lesson was about... completely spontaneous... not at all related to the exercise.
Others (like me) couldn't cry if they had to. I haven't cried in years... it's just me. Thinking of something sad won't help you a bit if that same "Sad" thing wouldn't make you cry when you are sitting at home all alone. In fact... "Thinking" about anything other than the scene you are performing at the very monent you are doing it is distracting.... distracting enough to destroy the rest of your performance. For those of us who don't cry, there are technical effects... chemestry... an irritant directed through a tube at the actors eyes, just outside of the camera's frame... causing the eyes to turn red and tears to form.... or an ampule held in a handkerchief, which is broken on stage by an actor at the crucial moment... the handkerchief held to the eyes actually causes the eyes to tear up.
There are physical atributes to crying which you learn to use in your performance. But for many of us, tears come from an outside source.
2006-08-01 11:12:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mark 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
_Some_ people can just take the character's emotions and, well, they cry. But some of us just can't do that. Thinking of something that has made you cry in the past, or an onion or something similar work well. And if you just plain CAN'T make yourself tear up, put your face in your hands and rub your eyes so they turn red, and make it look like you're trying very hard not to cry.
2006-08-01 13:31:01 · answer #3 · answered by BrownSugar811 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Picture someone you really love - dying. And imagine you were just told the news of their death. Practice it.
2006-08-01 10:03:31 · answer #4 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think of something really really upsetting for a moment
2006-08-01 10:00:53 · answer #5 · answered by allthativegot21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4 simple words "onion in your sleeve"
2006-08-01 10:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by Sheefa 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋