Directing Actors for the Screen
Learn to recognize and apply the directorial skills for a successful artistic collaboration with performers. You will select one dramatic and one comic scene then cast, rehearse, and present the scenes in class.
What you can learn.
- Learn how to analyze a script
- Understand the Method approach to acting, defining objectives, creating dramatic conflict, and the elements of characterization
- Gain experience auditioning actors for class scenes
About this course:
If directors are the architects of film, then actors are the artisans of a collaborative team working together to realize a singular vision. Through discussions, exercises, casting sessions, and the presentation of scenes, you analyze and apply the directorial skills required for a successful artistic collaboration with performers. You select one dramatic and one comic scene, then cast, rehearse, and present the scenes in class. Topics include analyzing the script, the Method approach to acting, defining objectives, creating dramatic conflict, and the elements of characterization. Actors for class scenes are selected during in-class auditions, and final scenes are performed on camera.Winter 2021 Schedule
Available Format(s):
These courses have regular meeting times and are fully online, via remote instruction. Click “See Details” below for more information.
No meetings January 18; February 15, 2021.
Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. Materials required.
Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. Materials required. A webcam is required for this course.
Available Format(s):
These courses have regular meeting times and are fully online, via remote instruction. Click “See Details” below for more information.
Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. Materials required.
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