Acting for Camera 2: Practical Skills

Students will have already completed Acting for Camera 1 and will be introduced to the technical requirements of film as well as the basic analytical skills used to explore script. By working intensely on a film scene, and monologue students will develop an understanding for the following-

Participants of Acting for Camera 2 can expect to learn:

• Assessing your work productively.
• Breaking a scenes down into beats based on character want and need.
• Subtext: what it is and how to it's communicated through behaviour.
• Scene shaping through rehearsals.
•  Shots: what they are, the different sizes, and how to adjust the performance according to the size of the shot.
•  The crucial importance of the reaction shot.
•  Framing: what it is and how it relates to performance.
•  Private preparation: what to do and what to avoid.
• Adjusting the performance for camera.
• Vocal requirements for film.
•  Basic audition techniques.

Days: Fri, Sat (Dublin) / Mon, Weds (Cork)
Cost: €310 (Dublin) / €200 (Cork)
Age: 18+
Location: GSA, Temple Bar & Bridge Street, Cork

Times

7-10pm

Term 1

Dublin

Term 2

Dublin

Cork

Term 3

Dublin
 

Cork