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The
Stonestreet Screen Acting Workshop is conducted over two
semesters, consisting of Workshop I and Workshop
II. A student may take either Stonestreet I or II in the
Fall, Spring or Summer Semesters. In addition to the foregoing,
Stonestreet offers Independent Studio for those students
who wish to work on independent film or television projects
or intensively in small groups or individually after completing
Workshop I and II.
Stonestreet One
First
Semester
Offered
in Fall, Spring and Summer
8
Points
Screen
Acting and Character
Instructors: Bennett,
McCabe and Guest Professionals
This course is designed to give theatre-based trained actors a specific and detailed introduction to the technical challenges of acting for film. Using discussion of theory, on-camera exercises and on-camera performance, along with playback, we explore the way an actor must use film technique to bring a character to life on the screen. Students learn the particularities of film acting by working on scripts and monologues in a single camera setting.
This
class addresses the rigorous and specific technical and
esthetic skills essential for truthful and interesting
film acting. It analyzes the differences between stagecraft
and filmcraft, as well as contrasting theater and film
as distinct artforms. Students are confronted with the
magic and the mystery of the camera and the film editor’s
cut, and how film grammar affects an actor’s performance
from the perspective of the audience. This class debunks
the conventional wisdom that film craft requires only
a minor adjustment to stagecraft; film acting is significantly
different than stage acting, and this class will show
you the truth of this proposition.
Multi-Camera:
Live on Tape
Instructor: Linda
and David Launda
This
class addresses the particular demands of working with
m,ultiple cameras live, such as in daytime television.
The First half of the semester is devoted to script analysis
and camera technique. During the second half of the semester,
students tape an actual soap opera episode in an environment
that simulates a typical day’s work on a real soap
opera set using Stonestreet’s professional control
room with multiple cameras, sound and lights.
Sit-Coms
and Comedy on Screen
Instructor:Reed and Marcantel
This
class analyzes comedy in film, sit-com material and working
conditions, and the demands placed on actors who are asked
to be creative and "funny" (however that may
be defined or interpreted). The class attempts to identify
and nurture each student’s individual comic persona.
The class culminates in a production of finalized scenes.
Screen
Audition Techniques
Instructor: Zach Galligan
This class provides a forum for students to learn how they are perceived by the camera and industry professionals. With the guidance of the instructor, students choose and prepare dynamic 1-2 minute monologues that will showcase them in a unique way in film, television and theater auditions. The class also warms-up and preps students for the legit agents and casting directors attend Stonestreet's Monday Night Showcase Class.
Commercial
Technique – The Business and Commercial Production
Instructor: Terri Cole
Juhasz
This
class is a comprehensive and intensive course on the New
York commercial market trends in advertising, commercial
contracts and renegotiations as well as the auditioning
process. Students work on technique for commercials, and
apply it to auditions, interviews, callbacks and screen-tests.
As a result of this class students often have the opportunity
to audition for and shoot actual commercial or public
service announcements that air and are also streamed on Stonestreet Movies.
Voice
Instructors: Karen Braga
How
does an actor “sound REAL”? Using the Alexander
Technique as our ground, this class will focus on voice
for commercials, TV, and film. We will explore vocal freedom,
expressive bodies, and authentic sound. We will begin
with voice and advertising, finding the part of us that
sells in “real life” so we don’t just
sound real, we are real. We will end the semester working
on voice for TV and film by using scenes from your other
classes. What is a “character voice”? How
much is too much? This class is about freedom and expressive
presence so dress to move.
Audition
and Showcase
Instructors: Zach Galligan, Guest Talent Agents, Casting
Directors and Managers
Students
work on audition material that includes all television
formats, theater and film. Each week, students then present
the material, individually or in a scene, to visiting
professional talent agents and casting directors, showcasing
their work and their talent, and receiving professional
feedback. This is a general audition class that maximizes
industry contact between students and professionals. This
class is highly regarded by the industry because of Stonestreet’s
entire training program and the impact it has on its student’s
work and their auditioning skills.
History
of Film Acting
Instructor: Charlie Bass
This class explores some of the most inspiring examples of this
relatively infant art, from as early as 1910 to approximately
the 1950s, thereby creating a base of knowledge that show
not only what has been, but what can be.
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