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Acting Class - How to achieve Internal Motivation
Wed, Mar 06, 2019 -
Internal Motivation
Wed, Aug 22, 2018 -
More 'Outside-In'
Wed, Aug 22, 2018
Through an objective process, students discover three or four character types derived from their "look" and personal qualities. Then working on targeted material, actors learn to fulfill each character in order to present themselves as a complete, castable, acting package.
Emphasis is on the actor rather than performer improvisation. Organic behavior and emotional truth are valued over cleverness. Teaches physical and vocal risk-taking, impulse work and a personal sense of truth. Numerous improv formats are motivated by both internal and external circumstances.
Learning what do just before an entrance – how to make strong choices and internalize them right before a character enters. Based on the actor’s choices of intention and obstacle, the right emotional preparation carries the actor through the scene without any need for pushing or falsification.
Intermediate/Pro - Online
7+7 Thursdays 10 am-12:30 pm (Pacific)
Begins January 22nd
Directors, Casting Directors, EPs and
Showrunners are not waiting for the
well-rehearsed, slick, appropriate
person to walk through the door.
Rather, they seek out the dynamic,
Animated, moment-to-moment actor
Who is always surprising and in the “now.”
“The class is amazing. I love and dread the challenges, which make it all very exciting and fun. I’m learning some very, very valuable lessons.”Jonathan Smith, Actor