 Welcome back it is Thursday and that means acting analysis for animators and today We're gonna take a look at the haunting of Hill House All right, so for this show there's a lot of stuff that I like for the first season But apparently in my notes it just says season one episode one and that's it So the two little sure things are gonna show I know there was more But I was completely fascinated by the show the stories the characters the creepiness I got to watch it again. I'm sure we'll find more things They'll do a part two and so on it's on but for now it's gonna be two things and I know there's more But it's also stuff. That's not I would say super helpful. There's a scene in Episode six. I think where one of the characters has a really really long Monologue and it's fantastic starts a bit further away the camera Slowly creeps in and you can see this as I fast forward through the shot And he just has such a fascinating voice the story is cool The performance is great and it goes on and on and on and intercuts at one point But even then I think it was just an actual intercutting and then there's the actual one long take is even longer in here What I'm showing now is over three minutes long. It might have been about four minutes total Absolutely fantastic, but again, I can't really show that because then it's hey watch this. It's great Do the same thing that it's not quite helpful. So if you've been watching my acting analysis clips You know, I'm picking out things that you might just take the ID and plug it into your shots a bit more Actionable in terms of usage. I hope so but for now, let's go to the first one so the first one has a little girl sleeping and She slowly wakes up and there is just some sleep paralysis Just some problems with nightmares and things that she sees but what I'm looking at is this this moment here And then you can see the heavy breathing that continues on through here and Then as the shot continues There's a cool camera reveal to turn of the camera and you can see what she's looking at and it's cool with the hair That is down and then it turns into more of a Upstanding profile shot. It's kind of cool. But what I'm looking at specifically is something like this where your character goes This big eyes and then you can see through here Freaking out heavy breathing. There's panic setting in and to me It's like a very very long anticipation now I wouldn't really put all of this in the shop for your reel was it's really really long and people might click away It's not that interesting. It's a tricky thing to recommend But I like the idea like the idea of your character doing something This might be some secondary action where they're picking up things doing something and maybe then you have that moment of And then the heavy breathing looking up or something and then as an audience you go What did the character just see or hear or realize and I think it's could be really cool as a different approach in terms of anticipation and it kind of draws the audience in and you might be able to get away with a Longer shot because as it gets interesting and you were invested in the shot and you're wondering What is the character seeing or hearing then you can draw out the shot and then make it longer And then have a good payoff with whatever it is. This could be a comedy. This could be something actually freaky whatever you want to do and technically as you can see it's fairly simple in terms of Big reveal big eye change and heavy breathing But I think in terms of how you can apply this for a shot in terms of entertainment value or just again drawing an audience in Where they wonder what's gonna happen. I think this could be really really cool And in general I'm just a fan of characters reacting to things It's not always pantomime doing an action or lip-sync and performing to the sync of the audio But it's something where the character hears or sees or understand something There's a thought process and you can see the the gears turning visually on the face And then they have some sort of reaction I think that's always really really cool to see on the character that you animated It's it's it's just something where the character comes alive And it's just cool to observe and can almost read into the characters eyes and you wonder What did they see and maybe they saw that or maybe they heard that and so on anyway I thought that's kind of cool now The second one is really one of those typical things that I just pick out where you might go really But it's something that's not even a big deal in the actual scene But it made me think well Let's show you first and then we'll talk about him and by we I mean me so as the character finishes his Action here you see the other character in the back bringing tea and she says do you want some tea? He goes. Yes, there's the pickup here, and then she keeps on holding and he keeps on talking And then that's it now Why am I showing you this when I was watching this and it's probably because when I have tea is usually Warm too hot and this seems You know not hot maybe as a ton of calluses. He doesn't really care about the heat Maybe somewhat cold and it kind of struck me. No, this is super weird But there's something about what if the character when he picks up or she the cup it gets hot And there's a bit of a release of the grip but a pause and then maybe that he only comes to here And then he re grips the cup up here Or maybe she swings it around and he has a better handling grabs it here She let's kind of go it's could be interesting handoff in terms of props This could be something where his hand goes over and then they touch and that's the beginning of a romantic relationship And so on and so on but something that's interesting to me, and I know this is something very simple, but just that to me is interesting a because of prop usage and Just how there's something that influences the character and again I talked about that before with maybe the weather something hot or cold or windy But it doesn't have to be a central part of the shot. It could just be where someone Pick something up and just this this little moment of an end of change and again This could be just a simple thing where you feel like the character is influenced by the outside environment or a prop Where I feel like they sit more in that world. It's not just a performance where it's just I'm Acting and move gesturing my arms and that's it There's more for connection between the the set and the props and maybe something with another character and so on There's multiple things that you can do now at the same time you could use this idea for an audio piece I was a big fan when you have an audio piece with silence and what if during that pause? The character is about to grab something so you have a blah blah blah blah blah pause and blah blah blah blah And during that pause you would actually write before the pause the character would grab something and it's hot And even though you don't hear it in the audio the character could go And it's just that quick release and then re-grab and that's what happens during the pause And that's why the character pauses and you can have that slight adjustment And then the line continues and a character starts, you know drinking how we're hot it is like that But I think this could be an interesting way of taking ownership of that pause that little gap there where you can add your own Ideas you can add a specific acting moment that was not dictated by the audio And I like that because it shows your original thinking your creativity and your sense of entertainment Whatever you can do with original material and make it different so it's not just a Somewhat reinterpretation of the original text original acting choices. So whatever you can do to add something original I think that at least to me is very interesting to watch and something like this Even though it's simple in this shot is an interesting moment of oh I can use this pause to do this and and I can use that through a prop where it's something hot or really cold The reaction could be or something. Oh, that was you know, maybe it's something kind of wet and weird and slimy I don't know what if you want to do but but it's just something that adds a little Something to the character in terms of living in that space I hope that makes sense and if not as always you can leave comments and like what what are you talking about? And I'll gladly explain and in text form But that's it I know it's very short and I'm gonna go through the rest of the show again in the future So watch out for a part two one of these days or months or years in the future But for now those are the things that I noted and as always maybe you've seen other things And you just want to let me know in the comments Maybe you have a scene where you call that was really cool and I'll check it out And I can maybe pick that piece as a part two But anyway, that is it and as always thanks for watching till the very end You know the drill the like and subscribe and all that good stuff You know it and I'd say thank you and I will see you in my next clip