Great reaction shot of Sam Neill in Hunt For The Wilderpeople. Lots of nice eye darts & expression changes. This was one of my favorite ...

Jake Gyllenhaal gave an outstanding performance in Nightcrawler, if you haven't seen it check it out! I love how in this particular scen...

If you haven't done it already, check out Stranger Things on Netflix. It has some of the best kid performances I've seen in years. I...

Great performance and emotion from Ruby Dee in American Gangster. I especially love the intensity in her last line of dialogue "I will ...

Some great exaggerated facial expressions from Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny. Acting Reference #94 from Kyle Kenworthy on Vimeo . ...

Here's a great example of using composition and character positioning to further tell a story. From Back To the Future. NO COPYRIGH...

Another great example of working within a pose from Fargo. When the guy talking mentions "Mrs Mora" he gestures behind him with hi...

I'm posting this clip from The Piano because it shows off some really nice body mechanics. Most my clips involve acting, but I want to g...

Short little clip from Ex Machina (great acting in this, check it out!) I really like the small facial expression Oscar Isaac makes when he...

Time to start getting excited for Star Wars! Love the hesitation Alec Guinness has before answering Luke. This is a very tough question to a...

Classic shot of Robert De Niro in Goodfellas. In this shot - SPOILERS - De Niro is coming to the conclusion that he's going to have to k...

Nice clip from Hanna. I really like the swallow the guy does before he delivers his last line. Breathing and swallowing are details that are...

Absolutely amazing clip of Joaquin Phoenix in The Master. I love the slow build of tension in his face - starting extremely calm, with very ...

I love this clip of Ellen Burnstyn in Requiem For A Dream. She's obviously upset/emotion during this scene, but she's smiling during...

Here's a nice clip from Rudy. A lot of great eye reference from Charles S Dutton (another great underrated actor). Very interesting doub...

I attended a great talk on villains by Ted Ty at CTN and it made me think of this clip from Braveheart. I love how Longshanks is very precis...

I wanted to show this clip from The Rover and talk a little bit about free rigs. There's a lot of free animation rigs out there and we s...

Great little clip from Jaws. I love Richard Dreyfuss' reaction to Quint singing. He's obviously annoyed with him, but he's not p...

Here's a classic piece of reference from The Godfather. Great example of thought process & eye movement. Acting Reference #80 fro...

Here's a clip from Killing Them Softly. I love the reaction Scoot McNairy has when the name "Dylan" is mentioned. It starts su...