An actor from La La Land chose a hand pose for a scene that accidentally became the movie's iconic poster, but he later realized it killed the scene's energy. Hand gestures matter: keep them visible and purposeful to strengthen any photo, video, or speech.
What's the one role you'd like to do over?
Maybe La La Land. There's a moment that haunts me where we're dancing, Emma and I, and we— I didn't know this would become the poster for the movie. We were supposed to have our hands up, and I thought it'd be cool to put my hand like that. Even though everyone told me it wasn't cool, I was sure that that was cooler than that. And now when I look at it, and I have to see it all the time, You know what would have been cooler than this? That. It just killed the energy that way. It was sort of like, all leading to what?
Hand gestures are really important. Visually, they're really important. We like clear, streamlined hands. Don't forget the power of your hand gestures. Make sure that you're purposeful with them in your pictures, in your videos, and when you're talking. The best thing is to have visible hands. The second next best thing is to have explanatory hands. So when you're explaining something, are you talking about 2 things? Something really small, something really important and weighty, use your gestures to explain your ideas.
