Screen Acting for Film and Television One day-a-week (Cardiff / London)

This course is designed to give you a greater understanding of the following

Auditions

* What directors are looking for during auditions

* What directors are looking for during filming

* Understanding of acting requirements due to the editing process

* The subtleties of acting on camera

* The concentration requirements for working on film

While acting on camera on scenes on all of the following, you will learn the different styles, expectations and time requirements for

* TV soap

* TV drama

* TV comedy

* Film drama

* Film comedy

* Low budget movies

* Blue Screen Blockbusters

But most of all being true, honest, believable and natural while not letting any of the above affect your performance.

This course has been designed for professional actors and students interested in joining the profession.

Camera technique classes are designed to help actors, not only produce the truth of their character and deep inner emotions required for camera, but also, to familiarise actors with the mechanics required for acting on screen, instilling in them the huge differences in learning a script and preparing a character for television or film as opposed to stage.

For example, the need to perform a scene identically physically (movement-wise) in order to allow for editing; and the concentration needed to perform this task, when a two to five minute scene may take ten to sixteen hours to film - requiring, perhaps, nine different camera set-ups and three to five takes for each one.

Also, throughout the course, the actors will have masterclasses with professional working Directors, Writers, Camera Operators, Sound Assistants and Technical Crew in order to understand, not only the role of each member of a film crew, but also what that crew member expects from a professional actor.

Instilling in the actor the understanding of the size of crew required in order to make a programme and, in turn, the cost of producing it, therefore only emphasising the fact that at all times they must be focused, concentrated and able to produce the required performance immediately when called upon to do so.

This is an on-going course based on the American idea that actors must continue to learn, grow and experiment in classes throughout their career thus producing more and more subtle and believable performances each time they work in the profession.

For further information or to book now, please call 08454 724 725.

Peter Ferris' Past Pupil,

Claire Goose who starred in "Casualty"

© Ferris Entertainment 2008