Pantomime at its best

Posted by Avner Engel in Animation

As some of you may or may not know, I started the acting classes at Animation Mentor.

Two weeks into the term I can say that acting is by far one of the most hardest/ toughest nuts to crack, but at the same time challenging as well.
Before I started AM everybody kept on telling me how hard it was, but now I am slowly starting to realise that there is so much to it than what it looks like on screen. It’s amazing how all the small idiosyncrasies that are put together create the performance of a character we learn to love (or dislike in some instances).

Anyhow, I wanted to share a pantomime clip of Mr. Bean I found on Youtube while I was looking brainstorming for reference. Pay careful attention to all the elements he is using in his performance such as pacing, texture, status, contrast and the most incredible thing about it all is the way he tells it through his body language and gestures.

Enjoy!