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Acting for Camera

Acting for Camera

NEW – “ZOOM PERFORMANCE CREATION” COURSE FOR EXPERIENCED STUDENTS IS RESERVING NOW!

Beginner students please have a look at our Drama Sampler course which includes an evening of Acting for ZOOM Camera.

Our next option for the Acting for Camera live classes should be finalized soon for Autumn 2021 COVID-19 restrictions allowing.

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DUE TO COVID-19 OUR CURRENT ON-CAMERA COURSES ARE BEING REWORKED TO CREATE THE MOST BENEFICIAL AND SAFE VERSION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. WE HOPE TO RETURN TO LIVE GROUP CLASSES  IN THE AUTUMN.

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ABOUT ZOOM…
This past year I have spent a LOT of time creating projects on ZOOM  working collaboratively with actors, directors and writers in locations all over the world to create new characters, plays for ZOOM and original stories.(TransAtlantic Tales with AboutFACE Theatre / Origin Theatre Festival, a feature film called Blufish with Stacey Keech and about 30 other actors, original monologues and stories with LipZinc theatre, and more!) There is even a TV series called Staged (Judy Dench, David Tenant, Michael Sheen, etc.) which was created for online production. 
Auditions and callbacks are now happeing on ZOOM, with directors and producers in other countries. ZOOM is here to stay in the industry, so this is a great opportunity to hone your skills!

The NEW ZOOM CREATION course will culminate in a sharing of work in an online platform.
Normally, our regular On-Camera classes are focused on the acting process and will involve some video playback. Because that is a process-oriented course, we do not keep or publish the work that is done in the  normal Acting for Camera class. This allows more time for the acting work, and less time is spent on the technical elements.

In order to provide the highest level of tuition, Adult Acting for Camera courses are limited to only 10 student maximum.

Instructor Kathleen Warner Yeates is a working film actor and director, and works as a professional Directing Actors for Film Specialist. Professional actor Steve Gunn also facilitates..

Current & Upcoming Options

Course #20: ZOOM Performance Creation (6-classes) - Reserving Now! Previous Experience is Needed

COURSE CONTENT:
This is a brand new class for those of you with previous acting experience who have taken a course with me, or admission by application. We will be creating quickly and working deeply, using your skills to devise original characters to make a cohesive original production, and share the performance publicly online.

THIS PROJECT WILL END IN A SHARING OF WORK ONLINE. All participants must be available for ALL CLASSES and must have excellent ZOOM connection as per below.

Tutor, Kathleen Warner Yeates, as devised over 40 performances for stage as well as being a writer for film and a consultant for directing actors for film. Combining her skills as a director/writer/actor and acting coach, she will work collaboratively with the course participants to create an original devisesd performance on ZOOM. This will be very challenging creatively, as well as technically. All participants will have a copy of the finished standard ZOOM quality production. (This performance will be created and set on ZOOM)

Participants will become familiar with the filmmaking process, but emphasis will be on the acting process as tailored for the camera. We will practice techniques to develop the inner life of the character, create and devise work, clarify the dramatic action, and increase moment to moment awareness.

Students MUST be responsible to attend ALL evenings of the course, to prepare outside of class time, and to have technical capacity as noted below.
These classes will be completely interactive and you will have to prepare and perform every class.
This class has a smaller class size and is limited to 8 students maximum in order to provide the highest quality of instruction.

ABOUT ZOOM...
This past year I have spent a LOT of time creating projects on ZOOM  working collaboratively with actors, directors and writers in locations all over the world to create new characters for films and plays for ZOOM. (TransAtlantic Tales with AboutFACE Theatre / Origin Theatre Festival, a feature film called Bluefish with Stacey Keech and about 30 other actors, original monologues and stories with LipZinc theatre, callbacks for international ads, and many more!) There is even a TV series called Staged (Judy Dench, David Tenant, Michael Sheen, etc.) which was created for online production. . 
Auditions and callbacks are now happening on ZOOM, with directors and producers in other countries. ZOOM is here to stay in the industry, so this is a great opportunity to hone your skills!

You must have a good steady connection to the internet, and a laptop or tablet device with a camera and microphone (smart phone alone will not suffice for this course) in order to participate in this class on ZOOM. It will be important that you are in a quiet location where you can create, stand, move around and make noise!

  • When: Tuesday evenings 7:00-9:30pm, June 22nd - July 27th, 2021.
  • Where: Online ZOOM interactive with tutor.
  • Instructor: Kathleen Warner Yeates
  • Fees: €250 for 6-class course (Non-refundable deposit of €100 due within 3 days of reservation, balance of €150 due June 8th, two weeks prior to start of class) No refund/credit if a student misses class.
RESERVE NOW

Acting for Camera - 7 evenings - Next Option to be finalized for Autumn 2021

COURSE CONTENT:
This is a 7 class course on acting for the camera for those of you with some previous acting experience either in an acting class, on stage, or on sets. We will be learning acting techniques for on-camera auditions, commercial copy, improvisation, devising, comedy and serious scripted scene work.

Participants will become familiar with the filmmaking process, but emphasis will be on the acting process as tailored for the camera. We will practice techniques to develop the inner life of the character, clarify the dramatic action, and increase moment to moment awareness.

Students will be required to memorise scripts and MUST be responsible to scene partners in the later part of the course. Prior acting experience is strongly recommended.

This class has a smaller class size and is limited to 10 students maximum in order to provide the highest quality of instruction. These On-Camera classes are focused on the acting process and will involve some video playback. Because it is a process-oriented course, we do not keep or publish the work that is done in the class. This allows more time for the acting work, and less time is spent on the technical elements.

  • When: Next option to be finalized for Autumn 2021
  • Where: TBD
  • Instructor: Kathleen Warner Yeates
  • Fees: €270

Testimonials

“I took the 7 week Acting for Camera course to work on my confidence on camera. I had previous camera training and experience in film and commercials but had come back to auditioning after a hiatus and felt rigid and nervous on camera. The class was capped at 10 students which was perfect, and everyone received some on-camera time each week, followed by viewing and constructive comments. In just 7 short weeks we all improved as actors and got a better idea of what works and doesn’t work for us. We even learned a couple of monologues to boot.

Georgia Snow, Actor, Dublin

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To be informed of the upcoming schedule, contact us.

A “preview” of an On-Camera class offered for beginners is offered as part of the 3-day Drama Sampler course.