ON SET with the director

A FOUR WEEK ON CAMERA experience with Hollywood director Michael Nankin and acting teacher Matthew Harrison...designed for the actor who wants ON SET EXPEREINCE,  to learn HOW TO WORK WITH A DIRECTOR...AND...to learn HOW TO DIRECT AND SELF-DIRECT.

- work on set

- practice on set acting, rehearsal, and note taking and giving

- guided and taught by an acclaimed director and master acting teacher
 

Date & Time: 
TUESDAYS May 2, 9, 16, 23 2023 - 5pm to 9pm - at STUDIO 3 in Vancouver 

INSTRUCTORS
Director / Executive producer MICHAEL NANKIN

Acting Teacher MATTHEW HARRISON

 

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

Week 1: "Group Direct” of a scene. Class will work on a simple acting scene and participate in a team effort to bring the scene from page to performance…working on classic coverage, walk-and-talks, physical blocking, and oners...class discussion will clarify camera terms, playing the lens, adjusting for shots, continuity, rehearsals, hitting marks, tempo, dynamics, off camera acting, steady cam versus dolly versus sticks, dialogue changes, lead versus supporting approach, the edit, maintaining arc in out-of-sequence shooting, multiple takes…

Week 2: “First Team Rehearsal”. Actors will be assigned scenes in advance. One at a time, scenes will participate in an analysis, rehearsal, and directing approach and choices. Guided and coached by Michael and Matthew.

Week 3:  “The Shoot Day 1”. Scenes performed with the provided on-set crew…with other actors performing crew functions as well. Directed by Michael and coached by Matthew.  Michael  and Matthew will facilitate a critical discussion on what succeeded and what did not…alternate approaches, and a review on the director-actor collaboration.

Week 4: “The Shoot Day 2”.  Remaining scenes performed with the provided on-set crew…with other actors performing crew functions as well. Directed by Michael and coached by Matthew. Michael  and Matthew will facilitate a critical discussion on what succeeded and what did not…alternate approaches, and a review on the director-actor collaboration.

Actors will study:

Set essentials: camera terms, playing the lens, adjusting for shots, continuity, rehearsals, hitting marks, tempo, dynamics, off camera acting, steady cam versus dolly versus sticks, dialogue changes, lead versus supporting approach, the edit, maintaining arc in out-of-sequence shooting, multiple takes…and more.

Set etiquette: call times, working with crew, set language, set relationships (director, producer, director of photography, camera op, ADs, wardrobe, hair and make up) emotional prepping on set, taking notes, serving the story...and more.

Set collaboration: actors act as different types of crew, exploring the team-effort and collaboration of the on-set experience.

Story preparation: actors will be assigned scenes from film/TV that best suits their casting…actors will read entire scene and discuss story, theme, conflict, character, arc, and approach to the individual scenes. Actors will prepare individual scene analysis.

Story rehearsal: actors finalize their preliminary approach to blocking and “what they will bring to the set”.

Filming: Actors take turns acting each prepared scene, from first team rehearsal to cut. Actors not acting in scene act as crew. The full on set experience with camera, lights, sound, marks, props, and all the on camera business...exploring different camera scenarios and set surprises.

In this way, actors learn the ins and outs of set and act as a team to work together to make the best possible product for their peers. This is a fantastic hands on learning experience, partaking in the film making process, as well as learning the insights to the world of film and television.

Actors come away with set experience…and potentially raw material for a demo scene.

Auditing Policy: 
Auditing not available for this workshop

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Also note that cancellations will be accepted up to 96 hours prior to the start of the class.  If you let us know in writing within this time frame, we'll refund your payment less a $50 processing fee.  After this time, your payment is non refundable.

Cost
$695 for four weeks

* On Set Workshop ($695.00)
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