ACTING FOR FILM & TELEVISION - ON VIDEO - AN IMPROVISATIONAL APPROACH

Acting skills for film and television are essential elements in a performer's repertoire. This class teaches an innovative approach to major motion picture and television scripts. Scenes are developed by using a variety of improvisation techniques as well as literal and emotional subtext, obstacles and objectives and Stanislavski method. Actors build audition skills through continued practice on cold readings and split focus techniques. Voice-over techniques, use of the camera and microphones, shot blocking and personal business are focused on to increase the actor's range. Directorial sessions will be included. Every session features extensive on-camera video work.

8 Tuesdays
7-10 PM - $325
Beginning January 9th, 2007
San Francisco

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PROFESSIONAL ACTING FOR FILM & TELEVISION - ON VIDEO
MONOLOGUES & SCENES

Intensive workshop using video. This class focuses on advanced, professional study for the camera. Film and television monologues are developed for auditions and demo tapes. Audition skills are reinforced through cold reading and split focus techniques. Actors will attack film and television scripts through character development and interaction, using subtext, psychodrama, emotional recall and objectives - drawing from Viola Spolin, Uta Hagen, Moreno, Strasberg and Stanislavski methods. Intensive directorial sessions are included. Shot blocking, personal business and use of the camera and microphone are covered in depth. Every session includes extensive on camera video work.

8 Thursdays
7-10 PM - $325
Beginning January 11th, 2007
San Francisco

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COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL VIDEO CLASS

In depth treatment of audition and performance techniques for commercials and industrials. This class teaches actors how to get the job - to analyze the script quickly, to differentiate changes of key for more effective beat changes, to use split focus for the camera. Actors learn to "sell themselves" as a unique product, focusing on being natural and original. Commercial format: upbeat animated, hard sell, soft sell, authoritative and "charactery" sell. Industrial format: corporate spokesperson, stand-up, walk through, dramatics and magazine format. Every session includes video feedback for analysis and critique. Casting agents are invited.

8 Mondays
1-4 PM - $325
Beginning January 8th, 2007
San Francisco

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TO REGISTER
$50 deposit to Joie Landeaux
Balance due first class (No refund on deposit or classes missed)

Joie Landeaux
401 Union Street #201
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-399-1812

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PRIVATE COACHING

Theater and Film Acting are very different. For each, appropriate methodologies and techniques must be used. In Theater Acting, characters must be emotionally honest as they interact in a "bigger than life"arena. In Film, the intensity of feelings must be processed on camera in an intimate and personal milieu. In both Theater and Film the actor must be constantly in touch with the through-line of the piece, the literal and emotional subtext, and the obstacles and objectives of the characters.

Whether the actor is a seasoned professional or a beginner, my style of coaching is a client centered, transformational approach. It is my goal to help the actor learn who he is inside, letting down the barriers between himself and others, in order to honestly portray a character. While I have a strong background in the Stanislavski/Strasberg Method, Viola Spolin's improvisational approach, and Moreno's psychodrama, I believe that an actor must be open to many different methods of script analysis and character building. Whether preparing for an audition, rehearsing, or performing, the actor must feet confident being eclectic, using the skills that work best with a particular script.