What makes Drama so DRAMATIC?🙊😋
While I was working on outlining the story, I realized "How will I direct to my actors what emotion and facial expressions they should portray, when I don't know myself?"
SO! In this blog, we will find out what social cues through some films recommended by others to what might fit my concept in terms of emotion or clues.
Little Women
Little Women, produced in 2019, is a romantic drama that showcases four sisters experiencing love, family, and personal growth.
Friedrich (guy she eventually likes after moving into New York) visits Jo (one of the sisters.) Jo’s family is meeting Friedrich. The natural gazes each character gave Friedrich were apparent. I want my actors to demonstrate the same eye movements in terms of widening their eyes when being surprised. This way, when Mary (the character from my film) sees her husband acting suspicious, I want her to demonstrate the same movements and expressions as Laurie in Little women (former lover of Jo).
When Laurie saw Friedrich, viewers can immediately understand that he does not like the situation. He stares at Jo the most and when Friedrich decides to excuse himself because he feels as though he is intruding (Laurie begins to look around trying to make sense of the situation.) Mary (my character/actress) will do the same when it is time to take a family picture in her daughter’s birthday. Since Mary has to stay composed, we also have to show her thoughts through her expressions trying to compress her feelings like Laurie did.
Marriage Story
This film is a great depiction of contrasting emotional distance and togetherness. Marriage Story, a 2019 drama, showcasing a director husband and actress of a wife undergoing a divorce. The feelings the actors embody was entirely raw that it touched me as an audience, with the expressions, dialogue, and effects of the events that occurred in the character’s lives.
I ABSOLUTELY ENJOYED THIS FILM! I found it fascinating how the opening scene began with each characters separate views of the other. The director demonstrated that in a series of voiceovers. It seemed like their relationship was going well, until we realized that the voiceover is of the letter they had wrote to each other, as an assignment from couple therapy. It was an absolute shock for me because the title of the movie led me to believe that this was a story of a happy married couple. BUT—It was not?? The more I watched the film I understood that this film was exhibiting marriage falling apart, but the characters still held love and respect towards the others. They had flaws, but they were humane. I am definitely incorporating the many techniques from this film.
Starting with…
Mary (character in my story) can relate to James. James feels utter confusion through the process of the divorce. When Mary feels that her husband is ignoring her and his attention is elsewhere, Mary feels confusion just like Charlie when he found out that he was getting a divorce. Charlie was able to manifest these expressions by wandering his eyes around when talking to others (due to confusion) but only paying attention to Nicole as a sign of trust (he felt that he needed her explanation because he knew her better.)
I had fun watching these films! I hope to do more research and learn to incorporate them into my film. Loving the drama 😉
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