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Tues 13-16 and weds 13-16 and 16-19 and Thurs 18+ -
tutor lisa hamilton-james
Are looking at Script Work. How to interpret the script and create believable and realistic characters from the words on a page!
We are covering –
which words do you highlight and push and why? –
Finding out about your character through what they do, what they say and what other characters say about them –
ACTION / REACTION – listening to what the other characters says and letting that affect your reaction to create realism –
PAUSES – How they are used for a character to think, feel and make decisions –
PACE – how quickly or slowly your character speaks can be a great indication of how they are feeling –
BEGINNING AND ENDS OF SCENES – How important things happen before the first character speaks and after the last character speaks in a scene. The action doesn’t just begin when the first character speaks.
Tuesday 18+ Group -
tutor lisa Hamilton-james
Working on Acting to Camera techniques, convincing Subtext in a close up, intensity and covering Death and Love Scenes which are some of the most common scenes in many films and TV programmes. How do you die in a realistic way? How action and reaction are so important in a death scene. How timing is everything. And how do you convince the audience that you are in love with someone when you aren’t?
We are covering –
which words do you highlight and push and why? –
Finding out about your character through what they do, what they say and what other characters say about them –
ACTION / REACTION – listening to what the other characters says and letting that affect your reaction to create realism –
PAUSES – How they are used for a character to think, feel and make decisions –
PACE – how quickly or slowly your character speaks can be a great indication of how they are feeling –
BEGINNING AND ENDS OF SCENES – How important things happen before the first character speaks and after the last character speaks in a scene. The action doesn’t just begin when the first character speaks.
Tuesday 18+ Group -
tutor lisa Hamilton-james
Working on Acting to Camera techniques, convincing Subtext in a close up, intensity and covering Death and Love Scenes which are some of the most common scenes in many films and TV programmes. How do you die in a realistic way? How action and reaction are so important in a death scene. How timing is everything. And how do you convince the audience that you are in love with someone when you aren’t?
Saturday 9-12 10am and 12.30pm -
tutor charlotte hobbs
Charlotte and the 9-12 groups are working on different Theatre Practitioners and Theatre Styles this term. Covering Stanislavski (the man who invented ‘Method Acting and how to do it!), Brecht (who used theatre as a tool to teach) and Artaud (Theatre of the Absurd) to name but a few! So far they have tackled Method Acting and Physical Theatre and are having a lot of fun with their Tutor Charlotte devising pieces each session based on a particular style or practitioner!