PRICE
FREE
DAY
Friday
DATE
October 1
TIME
12pm-3pm Egypt Time
(8pm-11pm AEST)
The camera offers the actor a fantastic gift. It is your teacher, your critic, your best friend, your greatest collaborator and your greatest enemy.
The camera has changed not only what we see but, how we see it.
This intensive, FREE workshop examines aspects of on-camera performance WITHOUT resorting to antiquated techniques, designed essentially for the theatre. This is not a standard so-called “camera class” – whatever that is, but a modern approach to acting where the visual dominates the verbal and dispels the myth of minimilization and the absurd “less is more” concept and that of playing the subtext.
The modern actors’ needs and the expectations from that actor, by Producers and Directors alike, vary greatly from those of a hundred years ago, so WHY do most major and minor training institutions cling to ancient methodologies? In this modern world we no longer have the luxury of extended rehearsal times and traditional character exploration and development has disappeared.
Time is money.
In fact the very concept of character as belonging to the 20th century no longer exists. The modern actor is expected to deliver without notice. Old fashioned approaches and training methods don’t cut it any longer. Like athletes the modern actor has to be lean and mean carrying no baggage and be able to perform at maximum intensity, delivering with immediacy, the demands of the narrative. This requires a different approach and a different kind of actor for whom Stanislavsky and his derivitives are now merely an historical curiosity.
This will be a 3 hr session and will include 10 ACTIVE participants. They will be chosen on a first “book in” basis.
THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL BUT WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING AUDITORS. CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW TO REGISTER!
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
AGE: 18+* - If you are under 18 years old and would like to sign up to this course please contact mhashem@aucegypt.edu for details.
A GOOD COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SOME ACTING EXPERIENCE OR TRAINING
ABOUT
JOHN ORCSIK
John Orcsik, started TAFTA on the Gold Coast in 1994. He has written, directed and performed for stage, the small screen and the silver screen and has been sharing his insights into the film and television industry with students across Australia for over twenty years.
He has performed in countless Australian film and television productions with major sustaining roles in numerous TV series and continues to work as an actor alongside his desire for mentoring new generations of performers.