tl;dw
Ian McKellen says stage acting is much harder because the audience can see your entire body so you have to have full control of your whole body for the full duration whereas with film acting, you only need to control the part of the body that is in frame and only while the camera is rolling.
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You also can't afford to do mistakes in stage acting. It's obviously harder.
Bump. I too watched this video after it appeared on my youtube feed.
Yeah, that makes sense.
It's Sir Ian McKellen, you prick.
the standards are far lower for stage acting because most of the audience in a big theatre can't see the detailed movements of your face very well. All that really matters is your voice acting.
you can say that film acting is easier because you have more takes and chances , but if you compare the final product the level of acting in film is usually much higher than the level of acting on stage.
That was before cgi, I'd say it's harder to react convincingly to green screen ninjas and backgrounds, not to mention it makes you look really silly, which is probably how normal people would feel when reciting Shakespeare on stage
if actors have to consciously contort their faces to show emotion, they're not good actors
No shit. You can't cut and splice performances on stage, you have to nail it THE FIRST TIME EVERY TIME. This is why people used to respect all those people who worked with the Shakespeare company and classically trained actors.
he's probably right
stage acting is more of an actor's thing
movies are more about the director