Open Your Mind October-November 2020

Open your mind to all of life’s possibilities

Frank Zappa nails it with his nifty metaphor on the benefits of an open and questioning mind.

An open mind is essential for the actor. The mind must be free of prejudice and preconceived ideas about the character if the actor is to successfully inhabit the role.

The past 10 week term has seen the students of all ages and levels put their individual spin on some challenging and dynamic scenes. The comedy scenes performed by the advanced teen and adult classes this past term taught the students the huge difference and challenges between playing dramatic scenes compared to playing comedy.

Overall a very high standard of performance over a wide variety of scenes and genres was achieved across the board this past term.

Well done and keep up the good work!

Term 4 Dates

Classes commence from Tuesday 6 through to Saturday 10 October.

Studio Christmas Party

The school’s Christmas Party will be held on Saturday 28 November from 7 pm.

Link to Christmas Party Invitation below…

Christmas Party 2020 invite email copy

Kids December Holiday Workshop

The kids holiday film acting workshop will take place over three consecutive days on Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December. Over the course of the three days the participants will be involved in all aspects of the performance and techniques in the making of a short film.

Screen grab from a previous workshop film

Taking bookings now. Link below to course flyer…

Children’s School Holiday Screen Acting Workshop

Teen-Adult film Acting Master Class

The teen-adult film acting techniques master class will be held on Tuesday 12 January (pre-production) and Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January 2021 (production of film.)

Past master class films have won numerous awards along with repeated screenings on TVS and Foxtel’s Dark Carnival short film programs.

Screen grab from a previous film acting master class, Payback.

Taking bookings now. Link below to master class flyer…

Film Acting Techniques Master Class

Class Scene DVDs/USBs

If you would like an edited copy of this past term’s on-camera scenes, or a compilation of your favourite 5 scenes from current or previous term’s work, then see me in class and I’ll organise it for you.

Class scene DVDs/USBs are a great way of improving your performance and technique via further home study.

I’d like to welcome back our established students for another 10 week term of screen acting classes, and to extend a warm welcome to the new students commencing classes with us this term. I look forward to working with you when classes return from 6 October.

Alan Nurthen (Director)

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