Acting

Your first lessons allow you to build your confidence as you study the core techniques of good performance.

Acting

Acting for the camera requires great physical and mental self-awareness. Your first acting lessons will teach you how to recognize the impact of concentration and focus on the actor's process, being in the moment. As you rehearse monologues and scenes, your instructors will help you identify the critical difference between obstacles, objectives, and stakes. They will guide you to greater powers of observation and heightened listening skills. In addition, students will learn the professional expectations that an actor must demonstrate during rehearsals, on stage, and on set. Close attention will be paid to research and text analysis in preparation for your final assignment, a short scene to be presented at the end of the course.

Improvisation

You can arrive on set fully prepared and still be taken off guard if you're not ready to respond to the choices the other actors make in a scene. Improvisation classes help you react in character to the unexpected. Without a script to work from, it's like you're walking the tightrope without a net below. And that's the point. Improvisation skills get you focused on being your character, living spontaneously in the moment, and contributing meaningfully to the scene.

Text Analysis

Analyzing film, television, and theatre scripts from an actor's point-of-view will help you develop a process for creating a character. Based on your reading, you'll choose the appropriate objectives for character in individual scenes and over an entire story. The more informed and intelligent your reading of a script the more truthfully and in character you'll be able to respond while performing in front of the camera.