Okay, so you’ve booked the job . . . now what? The set can be an extraordinarily challenging place, with technical challenges that most actors are virtually unprepared for. With all that time and money riding on your performance, scores of people watching, on-set adjustments and more, how do you maintain your focus, deliver technically, and still give your best performance?
That is the topic of L.A. On-Camera Training Center’s new advanced class — “How to Be Captivating on Camera: Delivering on the Set.”
Each week, students will be working on the myriad of emotional and technical challenges that face actors while on set; from multiple close-up marks to physical continuity to connecting powerfully with a scene partner who isn’t actually there - all while delivering the still, emotionally available performances mastered in How to Be Captivating on Camera: Principles in Practice.
These are the challenges that actors find themselves facing every day on set. These are the challenges that make or break an actor’s professional reputation. This is the training that we as actors need to master before arriving on set. Whether you’re a seasoned actor or yet to book your first on-camera job, these technical aspects must be second nature in order to compete in this business. No other class will offer you this kind of practical training.
We will begin where ‘Principles in Practice’ left off - with marks. Students will work much more extensively in this regard, and with increasing difficulty we move through the curriculum (stepping into a close-up, for example, with no room for error, because every centimeter counts). Continuity issues will be the next challenge we cover; mastering the adjustments inherent in moving from a wide to close-up shot in scenes with extensive physical movement and/or ones where eating, drinking, or smoking are required. Finally, we will touch on the mental challenges of delivering a still, focused, emotionally available performance while being thrown curveballs such as: having to deliver your material to a piece of gaffer’s tape stuck to the side of the lens in lieu of your fellow actor, having to walk over cumbersome track while staying in your close up with ease, walking non-existent fellow actors back and forth around the room with only your eyes, in short, the myriad of bizarre requests you are expected to pull off without a hitch for the sake of getting ‘the shot.’
Class size is limited to only 10 students.
There are TWO sessions of this class:
Tuesday August 26th 11am -2pm
or
Tuesday August 26th 7pm -10pm
All classes will be held at Actors Key
2019 West Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, Ca 91506
Tuition: $175 deposit to register, $75 due on the first class date,
and $250 to be collected the fifth and ninth class, respectively.