Differentiating the approaches towards acting for the stage and acting for the camera ultimately comes down to a modulation of energy, an adjustment to space, and an adjustment to the ‘audience’. This workshop offers an introduction and immersion into on-camera acting. While acting concepts around presence, awareness, physicality, breath, text analysis and character creation are naturally covered this series is not a beginner acting programme, but rather a hands-on practical experience in techniques unique to on-camera acting. Monologues and scenes will be presented in class and filmed for the purposes of providing feedback.

• Understand specific technical demands unique to on-camera acting

• Gain tools for emotional authenticity and motivated character transformation

• Experience opportunities to act on camera and learn through practice

• Be exposed to a variety of acting theorists such as Stanislavsky, Gister, Chekhov and Grotowski

• Develop a practice and sensitivity towards observing and reflecting upon oneself and others

• Recognise and free up habitual patterns in performance

• Practise brave and empathetic space-holding as we navigate peer observation and feedback

Session #1: Acting Concepts & Technical Demands
- Imaginary Bodies, Expansion & Contraction, Emotional Centers, Image Work
- On-Set Terminology, Eyeline, Continuity, Hitting Your Mark, Framing

Session #2: Script Preparation - Character Archetypes, Atmospheres & Genres

Session #3: On-Camera Scene Work and The Demands of A Set

Session #4: The Audition (In-Person Auditions)

Session #5: The Audition (Self-Tape Auditions)