ONE-YEAR ADVANCED EVENING
ACTING FOR FILM PROGRAM

14 COLLEGE CREDITS

One-Year Advanced Evening Acting Program

NEW YORK CITY • UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES

TUITION:
$12,500 (USD)
€8,742 (EURO)

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• Sep 14, 09

• Jan 6, 10

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OVERVIEW • CURRICULUM • CLASSES

Overview

One year advanced evening acting for film students’ focus intensifies on applying the techniques they have learned to more elaborate scene work, on-camera exercises, and film shoots — all designed to develop and hone their screen-acting ability. All students perform in a short film production, oftentimes original work that was created and developed by the students in collaboration with their instructors. In addition, a variety of classes are given in order to broaden students’ knowledge of acting techniques, the film business, and many different film crafts.

The course meets three evenings a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) from 6:30 - 9:00pm in New York City and from 7:15 - 9:45pm in Los Angeles.

CURRICULUM

CLASSES	Acting for Film II Acting for Film Production Workshop Meisner II Audition Technique Improvisation Scene Study II Acting for Television Combat for Film Voice & Movement
PERFORMANCE	Improvisation Demonstration Final Screening Showcase Scene Presentation Meisner Presentation

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Acting for Film II

Students will assimilate a range of highly demanding physical, vocal, and psychological acting techniques for the analysis, rehearsal, and blocking of scenes to be filmed in the studio or on location. These scenes will be digitally shot and edited. They will be screened for an invited audience of classmates, crew, family and friends. All acting students will also be required to serve in other crew capacities. Critiques will focus on the techniques of calibrating energy for various shot sizes as well as on the strength and imagination of acting choices.

Acting for Film Production Workshop

Students have the opportunity to be cast in short scenes that are produced by the One-Year Filmmaking students with the supervision of the faculty and staff. These are full day productions shot on either film or HD that allow acting students to get more experience acting on a film set. The completed scenes may also provide material for the acting student’s reel.

Meisner II

A continuation of Meisner I, students learn how to apply the “moment to moment” work to characters outside of their own experience. This culminates in a Meisner scene presentation in front of a live audience.

Audition Technique

Auditioning is a special skill requiring specific techniques. Actors will again learn and practice the essentials of a good audition and focus on the set of skills required to handle “sides” for film and television. The goal is to help actors make quick, specific, action-oriented choices and to develop strong listening skills and flexibility in taking direction. This class will also cover the business considerations of approaching the film industry as an actor, defining the roles of casting directors, agents, managers, producers, and the unions, plus reintroduce the marketing tools necessary for survival in the film acting industry.

Improvisation II

Building on the skills of Improvisation 1, students now move onto more advanced exercises and long-form improvisation styles. Students learn to connect scenes together to build a complete story arc, as well as to develop more complex characters and relationships within the improvisational structure. At mid-term, students perform a live improvisation show for family and friends. Lastly, students begin to explore the transition of live format improvisation to that on the screen.

Scene Study II

Students will use the techniques they learned in the Acting Technique class, to break down scenes into “beats” (i.e. moments of emotional transition) and then assign specific psychological actions, physical actions, and obstacles to each beat. They will incorporate various acting techniques including Stanislavsky’s System and Strasberg’s Method, as well as the skills learned in the Meisner Technique class. Additionally, students will learn how to build a comprehensive scored script that includes: a character biography, description of the dramatic arc, as well as how environment impacts the character’s overall objective. Scene Study class will culminate with a showcase presentation for classmates, faculty, and an invited audience at the end of the program.

Acting for Television

There are many ways to record a performance. The object of this course will be to explore the differences between shooting “film style” (one camera) and the world of a multi-camera set. Students will be assigned scenes from either sitcoms or soap operas, which will be rehearsed and staged over the course of several weeks culminating in a multi-camera taping that will be analyzed by the instructor and class.

Combat for Film

More and more films today require physical action. In this course, actors will learn the invaluable skills and fundamentals of stunt work and fight choreography for the camera. Students will learn to safely use prop weapons such as guns, knives, rapier-daggers, broadswords, and quarterstaffs. This class will culminate in the production of an elaborate fight sequence-based short film developed specifically for the students.

Voice & Movement

Actors continue with more demanding physical work designed to heighten performances. Elements of movement are addressed for specific works that require specific character and/or historical accuracy.

SCHOOL OF FILM & ACTING

ONE-YEAR ADVANCED EVENINGACTING FOR FILM PROGRAM

CURRICULUM

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

ONE-YEAR ADVANCED EVENING
ACTING FOR FILM PROGRAM