Alumni

Some of our past and present alumni…

Robert Carlton

Amber Sherlock

Agoes Soedjarwo

Justin Rosniak

Sabeena Manalis

Frank Stead

Matt Doran

Jodie Lea Campbell

Lance Alaalatoa

Grant J Garland

Pangrum Tiangbangloung

Sam Smith
(actor/producer)

Derin Seale
(Director)

Jemma Eggins

Commitment

It’s one thing to apply for a full-time acting course after completing high school when you have plenty of free time and access to resources such as Hex, Austudy or Abstudy. But what if you’re a mature age student? How can you learn how to act while juggling a full-time job and family commitments? If […]

Learning Lines

Whether for stage or screen you must learn your lines. There is no excuse. As veteran British actor Bill Nighy says: “You must know your lines inside out and back to front.” If you don’t know your lines then you are not connected to either the moment or to the other actor(s). There are numerous techniques […]

Hitting Marks

What are marks and why are they important? Marks are used so that the actors are standing in the correct positions for the lights and camera. They can either be toe marks – strips of gaffa tape stuck to the floor to guide you to the correct position for both feet; if the floor is […]

Screen Presence

Charisma. Presence. How do you define it? Some people are photogenic: The camera makes them look even better than in real life. Other people look better in the flesh and don’t photograph well. Cameras see things differently than the human eye. Cameras have a different perspective. All well and good but are some people born […]

Opportunities Online

Many actors and acting students are taking a proactive approach to their careers and producing their own online programs. Online programming is the programming of the future as more and more people turn away from the reality show drivel on television networks and spend their viewing time watching YouTube and streaming services like Stan and […]