Underplay
Under games ( Engl. Under acting , rare: underplaying ) is the expressly reticent playing a theatrical role . Non-verbal means of expression such as gestures , signs , facial expressions and facial expressions are used very sparingly when playing under. The term understatement (German: "understatement") is often used synonymously.
The stresses on excessive playing a role is the many signs of lack of acting training, as is overacting referred.
Just as the stylistic device of understatement can be used in verbal communication to draw special attention to a statement, actors can deliberately underplay a role or a single scene in order to force their audience to look and listen particularly closely.
The technique of underplaying is often used to characterize people, for example in the case of eccentrics ( Elijah Wood in Everything is Enlightened ), autistic ( Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man ), characters of lesser intelligence ( Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump ) or with hyper-masculine psychopathic types ( Charles Bronson in Play Me a Song of Death ).
Actors who have developed the technique of underplaying particularly mature are z. B.
- Buster Keaton (1895-1966)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957)
- Spencer Tracy (1900-1967)
- Jean Gabin (1904–1976)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990)
- Robert Mitchum (1917–1997)
- Marlon Brando (1924-2004) in The Godfather
- Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)
- Richard Burton (1925-1984)
- Sean Connery (born 1930)
- Gena Rowlands (born 1930)
- Donald Sutherland (* 1935)
- Alain Delon (* 1935)
- Robert De Niro (born 1943)
- Takeshi Kitano (* 1947)
- Edward James Olmos (* 1947)
- Bill Murray (born 1950)
- John Malkovich (* 1953)
- Frances McDormand (born 1957)
- Annette Bening (* 1958)
- Kevin Spacey (born 1959)
- Lars Mikkelsen (* 1964)
- Ryan Gosling (* 1980)
Quote
“There's a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a dead pan are getting away with it. I'd hate to see them on stage with a dog act. "
“There is a fine line between undergames and non-games at all. Not acting is something that many actors are guilty of. I am amazed how these little numbers get away with it with a dreamy look and a dead face. I would even hate to see her on stage with a dog act. "
Web links
- Studying under acting (Engl.)
- Under-Acting is the New Over-Acting? (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cinematek shows Buster Keaton movies. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Troy Patterson: Marlon Brando. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .