EyeActing

Hi! Welcome to the Mikroteater

and the beautiful Chat Noir.

And right now,

it’s all happening at a theater,

because, people,
we're going to an audition!

Follow me, and follow
the arrows, to the audition.

Let's go.

For the last 6 or 7 years,

I've been developing
a new acting technique.

And I've simply called it "EyeActing."

It's based on the concept that
where you look in a room

affects how you feel.

OK, do you have sound?

Not yet.

Let me see. There.

Now you have sound.

You can put this there.

It turns out that through new research,
and neurology,

it turns out that where you look

in a room affects how you feel.

In other words, your gaze

has a direct connection
to your subconscious.

Tell me a little bit about Vera.

Vera is,

she is a girl who

hasn't had it easy growing up.

And together with five other girls,

she has found herself a pack. She lives

outside of normal society.

She's pretty young.

When you talk about Vera now,

can you feel her anywhere in your body?

In my mouth,

- Yes, good.
- Here, very much.

In your cheeks?

Yes. Almost like I can't open my mouth.

That's good.

Now if you look at the line,

a horizontal line
starting at the windows over there.

Can you feel Vera

strongest gazing to your left?

Or in the middle?

Or can you feel Vera

when you gaze to your right side?

On my left.

On your left?

Do you have an area, or a point?

I have an area.

You have an area.

When we work with EyeActing,
it's helpful to use

something called bilateral music.

It’s a kind of music
that we listen to with earphones.

And it alternates
between the left and right ear,

and it helps the actor concentrate.

When working on a scene,

you always start with the body,
finding a point

on what I call the line —
the horizon in your field of vision.

Then, you find the point
that corresponds to

how you feel in your body,

and this activates the subconscious.

Slowly,

you shift your focus from the conscious
to the subconscious,

and this allows the subconscious
to bring forth both emotions and physical behavior

sometimes you can see that actor
undergo a total physical transformation.