Want to work in a Spielberg Film?

Of course you do, who wouldn't…

To do so, you'll absolutely need to know how to create and reveal, awe, wonderment, excitement and fear on various levels.

Why?

Because Spielberg definitely likes to work with these four emotions a lot and they are what make the "Spielberg Face".

Watch the video below, one of my students shared with me and you'll see what I mean. Spielberg uses these emotions from the most subtle reveal to the more extreme. He skillfully intensifies them with his classic slow or fast push in of the camera. Each one of these four emotions are similar, yet have distinct subtle differences which make them not only look but feel differently. Although he uses these same emotions fairly consistently, we don't notice them being repeated, because of the actor's unique look and context in which they appear. To spot their unique differences, pay close attention to the eyebrows, eyes and mouth. Post your thoughts on what and where you see these slight variations of the now famous "Spielberg Face", or just post your favorite Spielberg moment.

091. The Spielberg Face from Kevin B. Lee on Vimeo.

What Makes an Academy Award Winning Face?

An Academy Award Winning Face always conveys the character's inner thoughts and feelings in a way that is recognizable to the audience. As an actor, there must not be any distortions between what you are feeling and what you are revealing. The first step is to be in EMOTIONAL ALIGNMENT!

Actors are in the emotional communication business. To communicate effectively, you must know how you personally reveal emotion. If there is a difference between what you feel and what your face is revealing, the communicates become unclear and booking is very difficult. The farther you are out of alignment, it becomes almost impossible. There are many reasons why many of us are not in alignment with what we feel and what we reveal. The 3 biggest reasons for this lack of alignment most people can identify with are one or a combination of the following:

1. How you are wired
2. The culture in which you were raised
3. Your family's own personal idiosyncrasies

Most actors don't realize that the biggest problem they have with non-verbal emotional communication is they are out of alignment. The worst part of this problem is that it doesn't go away. The reason for this is, you can’t change what you are not aware of. How you express right now feels appropriate to you. To communicate non-verbally you must be in alignment with what you feel and what you reveal.

To better understand and bring to light any distortions you may have, join me for my one-day Emotional Evaluation Intensive. To learn more, please click HERE to visit my website.