Acting Drama Summer Camp for the Stage and Camera TV/Film (Ages 12-18)
Through the instruction of a professional theater artist, students will learn the sought after on-camera acting techniques through fun, engaging, and classical activities! #creative
Ferrell Studios
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What's included
5 live meetings
5 in-class hoursHomework
1 hour per week. Students are expected to prepare short monologues or scenes to perform on Friday.Assessment
Helpful and constructive verbal feedback will be given after each exercise.Class Experience
Summer Camp Acting FUN Experience for Stage & Film/TV through the instruction of experienced teaching artist, students will learn the sought after on-camera acting techniques through fun, engaging, and classical activities and exercises in a fun, nurturing, and safe environment! Summer classes will focus on acting techniques which cover the instrument, voice, monologues and so much more! Acting is truth and learners will learn how to authentically express themselves calibrated in the medium of film as well as onstage. Each activity will target a different acting skill while also developing other life skills such as reading comprehension, being comfortable being yourself, strengthening focus, listening, verbal, social, creative, emotional skills, and develop a stronger sense of empathy & comradery. In this Summer Camp, learners will delve into being themselves, developing comfort on-camera and onstage, scaling a performance for the camera, telling stories authentically, expanding the imagination and depth of the actor, relaxing on-camera & onstage, using the body, the voice, and classical techniques to effectively act in a professional scene with a partner for the camera and stage, and portray a nuanced human-being. Through these activities, learners will come out with a greater understanding of themselves, the world of acting, creativity, and if they choose to, can apply these skills on professional film sets or in theatre! Each class will address a different "Topic" of acting. The week will follow this schedule: Monday: Introduction to Acting Tuesday: Voice and Movement Wednesday: Script Analysis Thursday: Rehearsal & The Camera Friday: Performance and Giving & Receiving Feedback #creative SUBSITUTE POLICY: Ferrell Studios is an organization on Outschool with about 15 teachers with professional training and experience in the arts. Occasionally, the teacher for this class may not be able to teach and a substitute teacher from the organization will take her place. Only teachers trained to teach this class will serve as a possible substitute for the class. A message will be posted in the Outschool classroom before the class takes place in the event a substitute will be teaching. Thank you for your understanding!
Learning Goals
Students will be able to use the actor’s instrument to portray a character and story, analyze and craft characters, describe the world of a character and traits that make them who they are, engage with the body and voice to play a character, use actions to complete an objective, break down a script, identify objectives and tactics, use props to tell a story, understand how to perform and break down a monologue, switch between the three circles of presence, relax and feel comfortable on-camera
and in life, and calibrate a performance for the camera
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External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined March, 2022
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Teacher expertise and credentials
4 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Arts from Rutgers University
Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Arts from Hunter College
Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Arts from Temple University
Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from Temple University
Luke is a New Jersey-based theater practitioner, specializing in stage direction.
His work has been focused in stage direction, teaching artistry, and technical direction. Luke has extensive experience directing for the stage from community to collegiate theatre, and everything in between. Some directorial credits include: Sweet Charity (The Livingston Theatre Company), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Porch Light Productions), Ideation (Cabaret Theatre), The Last Five Years (Ferrell Studios), Alice in Wonderland (Highland Park High School), just to name a few. His unique approach to stage direction includes a collaborative process of crafting in which the actor engages in a variety of exercises to gain a comprehensive understanding of the world of the character in the context of the actor's own experience and truth. Luke primarily aligns his instruction and coaching with the methodologies of Konstantin Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, and Sanford Meisner but sees the value in drawing on a variety of acting methodologies to best cater to the most effective and truthful portrayal of the work.
In his work as teaching artist, Luke has taught students ages 6-18 in the areas of acting, musical theater, public speaking, and technical theatre, having coached the students of the Middletown Arts Center (Middletown, NJ), Porch Light Studios (Glen Rock, NJ), and Fresh Theatre Arts (Highland Park, NJ), just to name a few. He also works with students privately offering lessons in acting and audition preparation. Reviews
Live Group Class
$90
for 5 classes5x per week, 1 week
60 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
3-5 learners per class
