Adult Acting Classes
Main objectives:
- Equip the actor with acting technique ready to assist them in the casting room and on set. This is further development of their natural and raw talent.
- To stimulate the actor’s imagination practically and theoretically.
- Scriptwriting and develop and film the created characters.
- To share industry resources
The Course includes:
72 lessons
- 75 % Praxis and 25 % Theory sessions
- Includes slate, commercial, dialogue, monologue, character development training
- 1 video description – explanation of the overview of the 4-month course
- 1 video self-tape example
- Acting material (optional usage)
- +- 100 pages booklet
- Resources
Age Category:
18- 35 years
Sessions:
- Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
- Monday, – Theory
- Tues, Wednesday, Friday – Practical
- Time: (based on company schedule)
- Full 1.5 – 2 hours session
Course Duration:
- 6 months (2-month production training + 4 months acting)
- 3 months (filming, postproduction, screening)
Event Schedule
March
(Course material provided by Wyza Media Academy)
(16 lessons)
4 Weeks
April
(Course material provided by Wyza Media Academy)
(20 lessons)
4 Weeks
May
Theory (5 theory sessions)
Write and workshop your own commercial and monologue material
(Advanced worksheet detailing casting room behaviour, different types of monologues, headshots, z cards)
Praxis (15 practical sessions)
Performance Reel
Filming slate, commercial and monologue)
5 Weeks
June
Theory (5 theory sessions) NFVF, Film Commission, how to approach an agent, The PMA, Guild for Actors, budgeting, getting ready to shoot a film
Praxis (11 practical sessions)
Film Study, Methods of Acting, Meisner, Stanislavski, Method Acting and examples)
4 Weeks
July
Theory (4 theory sessions) – given to praxis
Technical discussion of actor’s props, location, set. Auditions for different film scripts, create a call out.)
Praxis (14 practical sessions)
Physical Character develop and script workshop completion via method acting
4 Weeks
August
Theory (4 theory sessions)
(Consultation with facilitator per script)
Praxis (13 practical sessions)
(Rehearsal, dress run for the production to be filmed)
5 Weeks
September
October
November
Filming their production pieces (short films)
Post- Production
Screening
