{"id":147476,"date":"2020-05-05T11:28:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T18:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/?p=147476"},"modified":"2020-06-24T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T22:35:30","slug":"jason-bateman-acting-for-the-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/actor-tips\/jason-bateman-acting-for-the-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Bateman on How He Directs Actors and His Advice on Acting for the Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“You don\u2019t need to do a lot of acting, you just need to do a lot of thinking, and the camera has an ability to kind of reach your mind.” – Jason Bateman<\/span><\/h3>\n

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor\/director Jason Bateman<\/strong><\/a> is best known for his on-screen roles, but Bateman has worked behind the camera as a director ever since he directed three episodes of Valerie<\/em> while in his early 20s. He since won an Emmy for directing an episode of Ozark, demonstrating that Bateman has truly established himself as a talent director. In an interview with Collider<\/a>, Bateman is asked about how his experience as an actor influences the way he directs actors on set.<\/p>\n

When it comes to what role a director plays in an actor’s performance, Bateman explains:<\/p>\n

“First of all, the whole notion that a director can ‘bring out a performance in an actor,’ I always have found is a bit of a\u2026 I mean, I get what people are saying with that. But a director can\u2019t make an actor act well. An actor has the things they do really well and things that are just simply not something that they think about. It\u2019s not a question of whether they\u2019re good or not. It\u2019s just a question of what ideas are going through their head. As a director, I\u2019m just trying to assess what is that particular skill set that each actor has? What are the ideas that goes through their head? How do they think? Do they know how they come across or not? Then I just try to direct them inside of those goalposts.<\/p>\n

If a director tries to pull or push an actor outside of what really makes sense to them, or what they\u2019re able to manage themselves, you\u2019re going to start seeing a lot of acting. So being able to quickly identify what the width is between the goalposts for each actor is really the first thing I try to do. Once I identify that, then I just try to keep them inside that and keep them comfortable. If you\u2019re inside those goalposts, you feel great. You can operate to stall on instincts. Lastly, I try to kind of let them in on what the directing perspective is, with respect to camera. I\u2019ll try to really give them a good sense of what the camera is seeing so that they are assured that the camera is watching. That the camera can see what they\u2019re doing, that they need not throw to the back row, that the camera is the front row. That\u2019s as far as you need to send your communication.<\/p>\n

It keeps people small, just assuring them you don\u2019t need to do a lot of acting, you just need to do a lot of thinking, and the camera has an ability to kind of reach your mind. If they trust it, things end up coming across in a pretty subtle way, which is my personal taste. If it gets too subtle, then I\u2019ll just move the camera. I\u2019ll never make an actor overact because of where the camera is. I\u2019ll just make sure I get in there and get a close up so that they can be as small as they want to be.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More: Jason Bateman Thinks He\u2019s the \u201cWorst\u201d When Directing Other Actors<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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