directing the actor 

A FOUR WEEK CLASS FOR DIRECTORS AND ACTORS

STUDYING THE ACTOR/DIRECTOR RELATIONSHIP ON SET

DATES & TIMES
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INSTRUCTORTBA
Matthew Harrison | IMDB Profile
Michael Nankin l IMDB Profile 

THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL AND CLOSED TO ACTORS AND DIRECTORS

class description

Director/Exec Producer MICHAEL NANKIN and Acting Teacher MATTHEW HARRISON work with a class of DIRECTORS AND ACTORS…teaching how to direct actors and how to take direction form directors…

A specialized class working from both the professional actor and director perspective.

• actors work “on set” with emerging directors
• directors work with emerging professional actors
• guided and taught by an acclaimed director and master acting teacher

In this class we will be breaking down the wall between director and actor, Michael and Matthew will work with both DIRECTOR and ACTORS on preparation, blocking, camera positions and performance…and most of all: communication and collaboration.

Actors and directors will be teamed into groups and work on scenes to be shot in class by an “on set” crew. Scenes will be filmed and reviewed.

Week 1: "Group Direct” of a scene. Two invited professional actors will prepare a scene in advance. Michael will work with them in front of class and analyze, rehearse, block, choose camera positions, and finally perform the scene. The class will participate in a team effort to bring the scene from page to performance…and class discussion will clarify the general theory of working together on set.

Week 2: “First Team Rehearsal”. Actors and Directors will be teamed together and assigned scenes in advance. One at a time, each team will participate in an analysis, rehearsal, and directing approach and choices. Guided and coached by Michael and Matthew.

Week 3:  “The Shoot”. One at a time, Actor/Director teams shoot their scenes with the provided on-set crew…with other teams perfuming crew functions as well. Guided and coached by Michael and Matthew.

Week 4: “The Dailies”. A review of the raw footage, and a critical discussion with Michael on the  what succeeded and what did not…alternate approaches, and a review on the director-actor collaboration.

Actors and directors are required to work together intimately, often without having even met before they show up on set. Often each group is wary or even afraid of the other. Directors need to be able to talk to actors in a shared language, and actors need to be able to decipher any kind of direction. This class is designed to demystify each group to the other, to forge bonds, learn the needs of each other and find a common vernacular so that work on the set can flow quickly and professionally. We'll explore tools that will create shortcuts to excellence and fearless joy on the set. 

PREREQUISITES

None - Just a professional work ethic and the desire to learn from the best

COST
$395 for 4-week class (includes Tax)

AUDIT­ING POL­ICY
Audi­ting is not available for this class 

PAYMENT TYPES
Visa, MasterCard, Discover, PayPal

REGISTER YOUR SPOT
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Also note that reg­is­tra­tion in the class is final and pay­ments non refund­able as of 96 hours prior to the start date of the class, so make sure you let us know in writ­ing if you need to cancel!  There is a $50 processing fee for each cancellation.

THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL AND CLOSED TO ACTORS AND DIRECTORS