“The key is to remember a sex scene is a scene of dramatic action and psychological development. You need to pay attention to emotion and to a character's self-awareness or lack of self-awareness.” NeedsSelfCharacterActionRememberSexPayEmotionAttentionAwarenessKeysDevelopmentSceneSelf AwarenessPsychologicalPay AttentionDramaticPsychological Development Author:K. M. Soehnlein
“You need great actors in this one, because there are moments where there's no way to get around it, you just need to come up with it. They have no time; they can't help you with coaches: "We've got to have it now!" Whether it's tears, whether it's a five-page scene. You can't put it off tomorrow because we're already behind; you've got to have it. I'm just amazed at the casting and how wonderful everybody was.” WayNeedsMomentsHelpingActorsBehindsFiveWonderfulTearsTomorrowScenePagesCome UpCoachesAmazedCastingBehind YouGreat Actors Author:Courtney B. Vance
“You have to let go of the things that are darling to you. You have to take the focus off yourself and put it on the shape of the scene and the intention of what everyone else needs.” NeedsFocusSceneShapesLetting GoIntentionDarling Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“Again, when we view a scene fleetingly, do we consciously see all the details even though we don't retain them, or do we not see them in the first place? Neurological information is crucial to deciding these questions. After all, they are so interesting precisely because unaided introspection cannot resolve them. Rather we need to know what is going on in the brain activities that constitute visual awareness.” KnowsNeedsFirstsInterestingViewsBrainAwarenessInformationSceneActivityDetailsVisualsResolveCrucialIntrospection Author:David Papineau
“When I was younger, I would mess about and have a laugh with everyone. I was doing Atonement when I was about 12, and as we went to do this very serious scene, the director Joe [Wright] came up to me ... I'd been giggling right up to the beginning of the take. And he came up to me and said, "Okay, you need to be serious now." I completely idolized him.” NeedsSaidLaughingSeriousSceneDirectorsOkayMessAtonementHave A LaughIdolized Author:Saoirse Ronan
“Even afterwards when you go through a scene and then step off, sometimes you need a minute to just decompress.” NeedsSometimesStepsMinutesScene Author:Aldis Hodge
“I'm fortunate in that I'm what you call a utility player, in that I can take a scene, if there's five or six minor characters in a scene, that need voice and personality [and] I can supply those characters.” IfsNeedsI CanCharacterVoiceFivePlayerPersonalitySceneSixFortunateMinorsUtilityMinor Characters Author:Bob Bergen
“I think people need to understand that deep learning is making a lot of things, behind-the-scenes, much better. Deep learning is already working in Google search, and in image search; it allows you to image search a term like "hug."” PeopleThinkingNeedsTermBehindsSceneHugGoogleBehind The ScenesDeep LearningGoogle Search Author:Geoffrey Hinton
“When you're doing the same scene over and over, all day long, you need to keep your levels up for your own performance and for the other actors.” NeedsLongActorsLevelsScenePerformances Author:Iwan Rheon
“It's pretty easy to think of the idea of a story, and maybe even to write a scene or two, but understanding the ebb and flow of a narrative, where to leave the little clues your protagonist (and reader) need, while playing fair, takes a lot more skill and patience than you might think.” ThinkingNeedsWritingLittlesTwoIdeasStoriesMightEasyUnderstandingReaderSceneSkillsFairsFlowNarrativeClueProtagonistsEbb And Flow Author:Dennis Green
“I think there was a lot of working out the arc of how Manny [Daniel Radcliffe] talks. Scene to scene [in the Swiss army Man], if I would start talking a little too well, they would come in and say like, "Hey, you need to [dial back] your ability to speak" - things like that.” IfsThinkingMenNeedsWellsLittlesSpeakAbilityTalkingSceneArmyWork OutHeyArcsSwissHey YouAbility To Speak Author:Paul Dano
“It was a lot of fun to play a character [in Swiss Army Man] with no inhibitions, and with no knowledge of the world, and who comes into the world kind of like a blank slate. It means there's no template or blueprint for how you need to play certain scenes.” MenWorldNeedsKindMeanPlayCharacterCertainFunSceneArmyBlankBlueprintsSlateSwissInhibitionsKnowledge Of The WorldBlank Slates Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“These 150-minute superhero films that Hollywood is making are so concerned with their length that each scene doesn't have the time it needs to make sense.” NeedsFilmMinutesSceneConcernedHollywoodMake SenseLengthSuperhero Author:Sonia Braga
“For example, if it's a sad scene, I need to feel that way, at least to a slight degree and for a short while, to get it right. Which is why I sometimes listen to music when I'm revising. Music creates moods for me quicker than any other medium.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsSometimesExampleSceneDegreesMoodMediumsListening To MusicRevising Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“Here was just not a lot that we could do as an Independent. We could barely make $100,000. It was nothing' else livin' on the independent scene, and I think we needed to get on the TV and be seen. We need to work really hard this time.” ThinkingNeedsHardTvsNeededSceneIndependent Author:Lil Boosie
“We played around and improvised a ton [in The Hangover], and I think it's hard to say at this point what's what. Gosh, I wouldn't even know how to take a stab at it. The script was so good that we really didn't need to improvise very much, but I think we just found a lot of moments on the set. It's really cool when you get onto the set of a movie and you start shooting the scenes and you start to actually incorporate the environment.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsHardMomentsFoundKnow HowEnvironmentSceneScriptsShootingReally CoolHangover Author:Ed Helms