Audition & Film Performance Tuition

Camera & Audition Weekend Workshop 

Dates: Workshops every second month

Time: 9am-5pm

Cost: $160 (incl. GST)

Venue: The Actors Studio Wellington: Level 1, 39 Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington

Class Size: 8 people over 20 years.

Contact: Barbara Woods at actors.studio.wgtn@gmail.com or (04) 381 0229

In this two day weekend workshop you will learn simple, effective tools to make your film performance and audition technique real, dynamic & unique.

The two main tools we focus on are listening and emotionally understanding your relationship to the other characters in the scene. We’ll touch on other skills to help you own your auditions and performances as a whole.

You’ll also receive support materials on:

• Understanding the film & television industry
• Do’s and don’ts in the audition room
• How to create more audition or job opportunities for yourself
• Getting an agent & then nurturing that relationship
• Preparing for an audition or role

“The foundation of acting is the reality of doing. Your first doing as an actor is to listen” Sanford Meisner

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Film Performance Intensive Classes

The key insights and skills required to deliver dynamic, authentic and engaging film performances learned in just eight classes. 
 
Time: 6pm-9pm, weeknight. 

Cost: $240 (incl. GST)               
Venue: The Actors Studio Wellington, Level 1, 39 Dixon Street, Wellington
Class Size: 8 people over 20 years.
Contact: Barbara Woods at (04) 381 0229
or actors.studio.wgtn@gmail.com

This eight week intensive series is designed for Intermediate and above Meisner-trained actors and focuses on the six pivotal skills and tools that are guaranteed to deliver you to a much more authentic, engaging and dynamic performance that is unique to you. These performances are within you... it's just a matter of releasing it.
 
The Film Performance Intensive will focus on:

• Listening
• Relationship
• Focus & Camera Awareness
• Making bold choices for presentation
• Belief in yourself and your performance

We'll also cover and go over and over preparation: what's required and how to motivate yourself to do it.  We'll do this again and again until it is ingrained in you.  Finally we'll do some dream-scoping and vision boarding for what kinds of film and television projects you want to create for yourself in order to exercise these new skills.  So, you'll get more than just camera or performance skills to take away from this course... it will give you a vision and mission statement for 2010's creative calendar specific to your dreams and goals.
 
In addition you'll receive support materials on:

• Understanding the film & television industry
• Do’s and dont's in the audition room
• How to create more audition or job opportunities for yourself
• Getting an agent & then nurturing that relationship
• Preparing for an audition or role

“The foundation of acting is the reality of doing. Your first doing as an actor is to listen”
Sanford Meisner