Stage to Screen Acting

FILM VENTURE LONDON
Presents

STAGE TO SCREEN ACTING
with Graham Cantwell
20th June 2009
10:00am - 6:00pm

This is a course designed for actors who have more experience working on stage than in front of a camera. Its purpose is to give you a structured approach to preparation for working on film or television that will build on the teachings and principles you put into practice when working on stage, and cater the process to the unique nature of the film and television environment.

The course will run for 8 hours with a half hour break and will cost £100 for the day. Places are limited to 6 so everyone gets individual attention.

With practical steps the process outlined will give the actor everything they need to get to the rehearsal room or set prepared to begin the work of exploring the drama with the director and their fellow actors. It will also provide the terminology and vocabulary necessary to communicate with a director on set in a manner that will lead to more playable direction.

The different roles of crew and the terminology and technology that they use in various departments will also be covered.

Here's the breakdown:

Morning session

- Script analysis, discussion of 3 act structure, scene architecture and how an actor can use this information to orient themselves in a performance
- Character arc, the progression of character through action, identifying key turning points
- Preparing to shoot out of sequence, placing your character in the scene
- Character types and archetypes, discussion of different functions of characters and how to identify your character's role in the story
- Breaking a script into sequences, sequences into scenes and scenes into beats
- Text, Context and Subtext, identifying the different layers in a scene
- Handout of scenes and pairing up of actors

break

- Discussion of Objective and Approach method
- Action verbs, using them and identifying options
- Identifying the central event of the scene, and how your character serves it
- Discussion of character background and how to tie your character's history to the choices they make in the scene
- Personalising the material, what aspects of the scene can be influenced in this manner

lunch

Afternoon session

- Discussion of individual scenes and performances
- Reworking a scene, how to alter the dynamic
- What works for the overall script

break

- Other options to consider when approaching rehearsals and performance
- Applying the teachings of different schools of acting in the film world
- Meisner, repetition of intent, objective, beliefs
- Strasberg, sense memory
- Adler, imagination
- Laban, using the external to influence the internal
- Quick fixes
- verbs, facts, images, events, tasks, improv
- Communicating with the director
- On set terminology and etiquette

end


When
Saturday 20th June
10:00am - 6:00pm

Cost
£100

By Cheque
Cheques made payable to FILM VENTURE LONDON.
Post to: 6 Wilkinson House, 100 Second Cross Road, Twickenham, TW2 5RB.

By Card -
We accept Paypal payments.

Where -
FILM VENTURE LONDON
6 Wilkinson House,
100 Second Cross Road,
Twickenham,
TW2 5RB

Light refreshments will be provided during the breaks.