ABSTRACT
The eye-to-eye contact can be very effective for brief moments, but if it is held for too long the audience will be unable to see changes and inner thoughts and so will start to feel uninvolved. The audience might well temporarily switch off. On-screen, the tyranny of eye-to-eye contact defeats even the most determined director, as some actors cling to the mistaken belief that if only they can look into their fellow actor's eyes, they will be seen to be truthful and real. The rush of a shoot can be so pressured that these unfortunate actors take refuge in a device that not only makes them less effective but also dubs them uncooperative and difficult. A lot of actors, if in trouble and drowning in the sea of confusions, stick to being sincere. A lot of actors are wrong. Eye-to-eye contact can be the enemy of realism in acting.
