Harry's emotions lost?

[artsylynda at aol.com]

>>Ish_starbabe wrote:  Well the fact that there were over 30  takes for Dan 
to get the 
shot.....means that he had to be erfect probably  that is why there is 
not that much emotion as J.K. Rowling has put in the  book.....but 
shouldn't they be sticking to the book....so I don't think they  should 
have taken so many shots....may be that would have helped them get  
more emotion as in the book.....als the 'HESITATION' as displayed by  
both Harry and Cho(Dan and Katie).<<
 
We only see the "lip lock" in the photos we've seen so far.   We've had no 
chance (so far) to see the hesitation and emotion involved  beforehand.  
 
I've read lots of places that it often takes 30 takes to get a  scene right, 
because of having to shoot from various angles, because somebody  coughs or 
sneezes or fluffs a line, or, as often happens when Rupert and Dan do  scenes 
together, gets the giggles.  Doing 30 takes isn't necessarily  because they 
didn't do it right.  
 
The whole point of film acting is to be able to "turn it on" when  the 
cameras roll, no matter how often you have to "turn on" that emotion or  whatever.  
I love to watch behind the scenes films on HBO or on  DVDs.  It's obvious from 
watching such films that actors are very  adept at getting the same emotion, 
the same "freshness" to a scene over and over  and over.  That's how stage 
actors can do the same part for weeks or months  and have the show still be 
excellent for the audience at the end of the run,  sometimes even better then than 
it was at the beginning.  That's  acting.

Dan's an excellent actor no matter what some folks on various  message boards 
think - if he wasn't, he wouldn't have been cast in  "Equus" which requires a 
very serious actor with excellent skills.  In a  stage show, the success of 
the show lives or dies by how good the actors are on  stage.  No amount of film 
fame would make that show a success if Dan wasn't  good in the role, and no 
producer is going to risk his or her reputation on  someone who's a "celebrity" 
rather than an actor with serious skills.  You  don't see someone like Paris 
Hilton starring on Broadway in serious dramas, do  you?  That proves my point.
 
Back to the kissing scene:  Katie may be new to acting, but as  Dan isn't, 
and as he said in an interview, their nervousness over doing the kiss  in the 
first place played well in the scene.  And this wasn't his first  screen kiss, 
either, so whatever happened to make it take 30 takes was most  likely not his 
fault.
 
Hope this clears up your confusion!  :-D




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