So if the actor is super sweet and happy and they're playing someone somber and stoic, I can't help sensing that the sadness is faked? I know it's ALL acting, but I can't pretend I don't know, in that case.
Heh, I totally get this! It's not how it works for me, exactly -- when it comes to characters, I am mostly impressed/amused by actors who are very different from their characters. I just love finding out that the evil hated villain was the most popular guy on set and everyone enjoyed working with him! And likewise brooding characters played by cheerful bright actors just make me happy. (I love watching blooper reels of my favorite shows, seeing the actors break in and out of character is just so much fun for me!)
But when it comes to character relationships -- I really do not want to know that two actors playing my favorite friendships or OTPs don't really like each other. Even if they're good at showing their acting skills by acting chemistry...that doesn't completely ruin something for me, but it makes me less comfortable. Which I think is true for a lot of fans, even RPF fans, considering how many RPF fans ship the actors who play their fictional OTPs (for me the romance or lack thereof doesn't bother me, like, I'm very happy if my fictional romantic OTPs are played by people who are totally platonically friends -- but I want them to be friends. In Guardian knowing the two leads became genuine RL friends (they still play video games together, two years after filming ended!) is so good for me!)
And yes, I can analyze the craft of writing in fic and novels too, and slide back and forth between analysis and fanning! Even with my own writing -- I'm actually very capable of squeeing over my own fic, even when I am fully aware of the technical process that went into writing it. And I have beta'd fic that I also just adore on the fannish level. So yeah, that's how I watch TV shows too (actually I really love being able to do it with TV shows, because when I'm fanning on a show I watch it way more often and more closely than I do anything else, and that allows me to notice and appreciate things like direction and editing and subtle acting choices that I would miss if I weren't so engaged...)
ETA: I do wonder if the visual memory is part of it -- I have practically no visual memory, my mind works almost entirely in words? So my mental pictures aren't strong, it's the story that is. (and dialogue, I am really sensitive to voices and voice acting...)
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Date: 2019-12-03 01:22 pm (UTC)Heh, I totally get this! It's not how it works for me, exactly -- when it comes to characters, I am mostly impressed/amused by actors who are very different from their characters. I just love finding out that the evil hated villain was the most popular guy on set and everyone enjoyed working with him! And likewise brooding characters played by cheerful bright actors just make me happy. (I love watching blooper reels of my favorite shows, seeing the actors break in and out of character is just so much fun for me!)
But when it comes to character relationships -- I really do not want to know that two actors playing my favorite friendships or OTPs don't really like each other. Even if they're good at showing their acting skills by acting chemistry...that doesn't completely ruin something for me, but it makes me less comfortable. Which I think is true for a lot of fans, even RPF fans, considering how many RPF fans ship the actors who play their fictional OTPs (for me the romance or lack thereof doesn't bother me, like, I'm very happy if my fictional romantic OTPs are played by people who are totally platonically friends -- but I want them to be friends. In Guardian knowing the two leads became genuine RL friends (they still play video games together, two years after filming ended!) is so good for me!)
And yes, I can analyze the craft of writing in fic and novels too, and slide back and forth between analysis and fanning! Even with my own writing -- I'm actually very capable of squeeing over my own fic, even when I am fully aware of the technical process that went into writing it. And I have beta'd fic that I also just adore on the fannish level. So yeah, that's how I watch TV shows too (actually I really love being able to do it with TV shows, because when I'm fanning on a show I watch it way more often and more closely than I do anything else, and that allows me to notice and appreciate things like direction and editing and subtle acting choices that I would miss if I weren't so engaged...)
ETA: I do wonder if the visual memory is part of it -- I have practically no visual memory, my mind works almost entirely in words? So my mental pictures aren't strong, it's the story that is. (and dialogue, I am really sensitive to voices and voice acting...)