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05/23/2011 10:24:45 AM · #1 |
I hope someone on this site knows. I've given it my best shot on google & can't find the answer.
Sometimes, while watching TV, I'll notice one of the actors does not have steady eyes. The eyes twitch rapidly from side to side. At first I thought they might be reading a teleprompter for their lines. But the eye movement is so rapid, nobody reads that fast. I tried moving my eyes like that, & I can't do it.
Has anyone else noticed this or do I just need to take another pill? And what causes it? Inquiring minds want to know! |
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05/23/2011 10:28:31 AM · #2 |
| It is called Nystagmus and can be caused by various physical conditions. |
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05/23/2011 10:34:15 AM · #3 |
Oh. Thanks. A surprising number of actors on TV have this. I changed my search to "involuntary rapid eye movement while awake" and got more useful results. It affects animals, too, it seems. Other animals besides humans, I mean.
Message edited by author 2011-05-23 10:37:29. |
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05/23/2011 11:52:01 AM · #4 |
| Actually, some might be reading the teleprompter with their eyes moving that fast. One probably can't recreate the movement consciously, but involuntarily? Well, I notice the same rapid eye movement of subway passengers looking out the window on a moving train. When the train passes a platform the eyes "twitch" super-fast as the riders scan the view. |
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05/23/2011 12:29:58 PM · #5 |
| Another normal behavior is when you are close to someone's face and looking them in the eye you scan back and forth from one eye to another. You likely do it yourself, but of course don't know about it and your brain meshes the two images together into a single "face". |
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05/23/2011 12:30:50 PM · #6 |
I've noticed it mostly when actors are performing scenes where they are upset and trying to stare in the face of someone who they are upset with or confiding in. I've seen it alot with soap actors. I always thought it was a technique that they somehow had learned because it makes them seem much more affected by the moment. I've never noticed it much during normal dramatic scenes. But maybe also when they are trying to focus on a face only a couple of feet away. Maybe they have a vision issue between both eyes which causes them to dart they eyes as they try to focus on a face that is too close. Good News anchors have a head titling techniques that reduces the appearance that they are ready a promoter.
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05/23/2011 12:58:44 PM · #7 |
my eye was doing that a week or so ago when I was really, really, really, really stressed out. the eye that does it has a bit of "laziness" about it (though it is only perceptible at times of extreme fatigue adn if you know to look for it).
when the stress was alleviated, it stopped.
but, dang oh might talk about annoying. an eye "twitch" is one thing, but i could feel it moving back and forth
was nervewracking
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05/23/2011 01:15:56 PM · #8 |
| when i was in grade school, i had a friend who could jiggle her eyeballs at will |
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05/23/2011 01:23:50 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by skewsme:
when i was in grade school, i had a friend who could jiggle her eyeballs at will |
Probably freaked Will out with that one.
The actors are in pretty hot harsh light, and are under a lot of pressure to "make show", so it makes sense that they would sometimes show it in their eye movements. Coffee and energy drinks may have something to do with it too.
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