Screen Acting Intensive - 4 Weeks

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Whether you are an aspiring actor wishing to launch a career in film/TV or you wish to motivate your creativity, our Screen Acting Intensive Course is a stimulating and enriching experience of four weeks, Monday – Friday (10 – 5 pm) of film school life, culminating in the filming of a scene that can be taken away for future use.

We concentrate on core techniques to give students a foundation in screen acting and valuable transferable skills into the industry and other areas of life.

Our course aims to provide a student with the competence, artistic ability and self-belief to take their acting to the next level.

Key Facts

Four Week Full Time Screen Acting Course
10.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday – Friday
Comprehensive full time acting course based in prominent venues in central
Appropriate with those with a little acting experience or complete beginners
100% practical course taught by industry professionals
Opportunity to film and take away a showreel ready scene with an experienced Director and DOP.

Type Screen Acting
Training Acting Techniques, Camera Techniques, Improv, Showreels. Auditioning, Agents, Industry Insight
Level Beginners or those with some experience
Style Method, Meisner, Stanislavski

Who is this course for?

Complete beginners, or those with some experience of acting classes.
A person wishing to take the first steps into an acting career.
Those who are looking to get an insight into the world of screen acting in a professional, supportive atmosphere.
Anyone who would like build confidence, and develop personal skills.

At City Academy we are proud of our wide age range of participants. Please see our Frequently Asked Questions, or email the Course Director with any questions: acting@city-academy.com.

What will the course cover?

This Four Week Full Time Screen Acting class is designed to prepare the student for professional practice in the fundamental acting techniques for Camera. Participate in a planned progression of timetabled classes, master classes and industry workshops carefully formulated to encourage development in a variety of practical and creative skills for screen acting.

The course content includes:

Participate in a variety of filmed exercises for Acting for Camera Technique
Creativity and Improvisation
Character development
Text analysis
Subtext in acting
Vocal technique (for native and non-native English speakers)
Movement for Camera

Industry workshops in:

Commercial Casting
Casting Agent professional advice
Agent Q and A
A Working Actor’s perspective

Weekly projects:

Week 1: Solo self tape

Week 2: Duo Sequence Scene

Week 3: Short film project

Week 4: Professionally directed scene for TV/FIlm

What will you learn?

Training will happen across an engaging curriculum, taught by leading industry professionals. You will learn the following:

Required technical language
Key acting techniques used in screen acting
Fundamental differences between acting for stage and screen
How to rehearse and develop a character
The importance of correct text analysis
How to strengthen and personalise your voice
Exploration of movement for screen
How to work collaboratively with others in film
To work with your strengths on screen to create a truthful performance

Throughout these screen acting lessons, you will benefit from workshops in:

Practical Camera technique
Auditioning for commercials - tips and tricks
Casting a role with feedback from an industry Casting Director
Improvisation
Storytelling
Q and A with industry Agent
Meisner - Technique
Stanislavski - System
Uta Hagen - Objectives
Lee Strasberg - Method

A specialist in each discipline will guide and support you as you learn the tools used in the profession. Our screen acting coaches are all working, professionals who bring to bear their own expertise.

Skills developed on the course

Students will develop in the following areas:

Understanding the difference between stage and screen
Improve overall confidence in research, rehearsal and performance
Respond more truthfully in a variety of screen contexts
Embed believability into character
Begin to listen and respond to others more impulsively
Nurture physical, vocal and imaginative skills specifically for screen
Collaborative and creative work with others
Gain an individual toolkit of strategies on how to approach acting for screen.

How will the course be taught?

As with all of our screen acting courses, you will be taught in a supportive group environment. Every student will be fully engaged and given attention and feedback at suitable moments throughout the class and time will be allocated for tutor demonstration and explanations.

Outside of class time. practising exercises, researching topics, developing character, learning lines and recording what you have been taught each day in your personal learning diary will be required. Stretching or strengthening exercises in your own time will always support your work in class.

You will be asked to conduct the following:

Research tasks
Text analysis
Learning lines
Practise exercises
Weekly Project creation
Daily entry into the personal learning journal

We highly recommend you wear appropriate clothing and comfortable footwear - suitable to move in. Some of the tasks will require full movement and stretching so please bare this in mind when thinking about what you should wear. You may be required to work in bare feet, so please be prepared to do so. Please bring a notepad, pen and some water with you.

Classes starting soon

Date	06 May - 31 May
Day	Mon
Time	10:00-17:00
Duration	4 weeks (Monday - Friday)
Tutor	Tom Colley
Venue	Farringdon Studios, EC1
Price	£2,094.00

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Day

Time

Duration

Tutor

Venue

Price

Booking

06 May - 31 May

Mon

10:00-17:00

4 weeks (Monday - Friday)

Tom Colley

Farringdon Studios, EC1

£2,094.00

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Class	Screen Acting Intensive - 4 Weeks
Date	6 May - 31 May
Day	Mon
Time	10:00 - 17:00
Duration	4 weeks (Monday - Friday)
Tutor	Tom Colley
Venue	Farringdon Studios, EC1
Price	£2,094.00
Book Now

Date

Day

Time

Duration

Tutor

Venue

Price

Booking

6 May - 31 May

Mon

10:00 - 17:00

4 weeks (Monday - Friday)

Tom Colley

Farringdon Studios, EC1

£2,094.00

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PAYMENT OPTIONS

Membership Subscription Details

Membership to the Jazz Company will cover you for all classes, rehearsals and all shows from your joining date. The Company rehearses throughout the year, with the following breaks: Easter (one week break), Summer (3 week break) and Christmas (no classes between 16th Dec - 30th Dec 2014).

To make membership fees more manageable, these breaks are accounted for within your monthly instalments across the year. This means there are no breaks in your monthly payments.

We offer two payment options for the Jazz Dance Company:

Monthly payments - £55 per month: After your first payment we will debit from your card on the first working day of each month (if you joined part way through a month we will make the necessary adjustment). There is a minimum membership of three months. If you wish to cancel your membership after this period, you will need to send written confirmation of your cancellation to info@city-academy.com, leaving at least 2 weeks’ notice before your next payment.

Annual membership: This option saves you 20% and is non refundable.

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Cancellations Policy

We offer a full refund or full credit if you cancel at least 72 hours before your first Company rehearsal.
We cannot offer any refund if you cancel less than 72 hours before the your first Company rehearsal.

Please see Membership Subscription Details (above) for information on when and how you can cancel your ongoing subscription, once you have already started the Jazz Dance Company.

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