ACTING FOR CAMERA - SUMMER INTENSIVE
Led by award-winning industry experts, this practical course focuses on skills for screen acting making your self-tapes stand out and your screen work exceptional.
THURSDAYS 6.30 - 9.30pm at The Actors’ Workshop Studio on Chatterton Street, BS1 6PR
Ten Sessions: 18, 25, April; 2, 9, 16, 23, May; 6, 13, 20, 27 June 2024.
This in-depth, practical course led by outstanding, award winning industry experts in Film and Television will give you the skill set you need to excel at self-tapes and get booked for the jobs you deserve. It will also give you the tools to deal with the challenges screen acting can present and allow you to excel in your field.
Every week the course will focus on camera technique giving you plenty of practical time in front of the camera to play and experiment, observing playback of your work using a variety of scripts and shooting set-ups.
In addition to time in front of the camera the course will give you access to three acting masterclasses taught by working actors that will focus on breathe, voice, movement and scene study to really elevate your work creating a well-rounded, excellent tool kit for screen.
The course will also touch upon how to present yourself at screen tests and castings, hair/make-up & wardrobe fittings, sound and general microphone technique and continuity.
This is a summer intensive to give you confidence in your screen acting work and to lift your game so the self-tapes you send are the best they can possible be and when you get booked, your work is exceptional.
LEAD TUTOR - Paul Dudbridge
Paul Dudbridge is a director and producer, making feature films, television, and commercials.
With over 20 years experience in the business, Paul has numerous film and television credits to his name. His first broadcast credits include producing and directing ITV's 'The Christmas Storybook', featuring legendary actor Joss Ackland, as well as directing music promos for MTV.
As a producer and director, he helmed the science-fiction series, “Horizon”, which went on to win a number of awards at international film festivals, as well as earning him a Best Drama Director nomination at the Royal Television Society awards in 2016.
In 2022 he co-produced and directed a feature film based on H.G. Wells’s classic novel, The Invisible Man, titled “Fear the Invisible Man”. The following year Paul co-produced and directed the gothic feature film, “Frankenstein: Legacy” which was also released worldwide. His next film is a supernatural-western titled “The Legend of Dead Men's Gold”.
Paul has been teaching for over 20 years and when not filming, he guest lectures at various universities and colleges around the country. Most recently, he ran the 'Writing and Directing' module for the Masters course at the University of Bristol, supervised final year projects for students at the University of West London, taught Cinematography at Falmouth Film School, and Advanced Cinematography workshops for BECTU, the UK's media and entertainment trade union. Paul also taught Acting for Camera at the ITV West Television Workshop for 10 years.
His first book, Shooting Better Movies: The Student Filmmakers' Guide, was released in 2017. His second book, Making Your First Blockbuster is aimed at the more intermediate/professional film-maker and was released in 2019.