[Ottawa] Screen Acting Room Program
NEW in 2024: This program now gives students additional online training! Free!! At no extra charge!!
Studio Closed on Easter Long-Weekend*
The Screen Acting Room curriculum, designed as a total of 4 levels (11 week commitment, per semester) students will learn everything they need to know to be a successful actor for film and television. The Screen Acting Room levels/classes offer students a well-rounded and clear understanding of what is required of a successful actor including techniques for excelling on-camera, emotional access, and how to play a scene dramatically - while remaining believable and truthful. Graduates with honorarium achievement awarded by the Artistic Director will be given the opportunity for SAA’s Marketing Management Program which provides actor’s with robust business strategies, signing with reputable talent agents, and more talent portfolio items by which increase the actor’s marketability and visibility in the market. (See GRAD LEVEL: The Professional Actor)
These courses provide students with excellent communication skills, as well as confidence that becomes second nature. Everything you will learn will not only be useful on-screen but also in everyday life. An Audition Demo Reel and certificate is included in our enrolment.
Click here for more information about the 4 levels of Screen Acting Room.
Please note the prerequisites required for admission into each level (i.e. in order to take Level 2, you must first successfully complete Level 1).
Our Waitlist for FALL 2024 - Level 1, is Now Open. Sign up for our waitlist by selecting it from the class options below and enter your email to be added.
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The best way to begin is through the power of your imagination. This entry-level course provides a wonderful opportunity for students to begin to understand the process of becoming a screen actor and safely explore what works individualistically for every single one of our students. Through comprehensive 20 minute lectures and visual presentations, Level 1 will introduce and discuss key acting techniques used in the field and what is required and expected from the working actor. The remaining class time will be dedicated to performing scenes and how to bring them to an industry standard delivery. Focus will be placed on Hagen and Adler based theory and technique.
Session frequency: 1 per week
Number of sessions: 5
Duration per session: 3 hours -
Upon completion of Level 1:
In level 2, students will continue their 20 minute lectures and practical “on your feet” training by working through a series of larger scenes, intermediate acting exercises and improvisations. Students will be introduced to camera awareness techniques in our multi-camera studio. Meisner based theory and exercises will be explored. Students will develop strong communication skills though body and movement, recognize the power and importance of intonation for landing scenic dialogue, and elevate their artistry toward making scene choices that will serve at a competitive level in the market.
Prerequisite: Screen Acting Room Level 1 or previous training
Session frequency: 1 per week
Number of sessions: 6
Duration per session: 3 hours -
Upon completion of Level 2:
At level 3, students will begin working on developing The Character while harmonizing the student’s individualistic creativity. All classes of level 3 are on-camera at our multi-camera studio. Industry related terms used on film sets will be echoed until masterful working habits form. We will introduce key language such as “coverage”, the actor’s “on camera presence”, and others. Students will receive their scene footage via a cloud base software on a weekly basis. This allows class time to be entirely devoted to performing on camera instead of insufficient playbacks . Instead, valuable feedback from our industry professionals is marked on the tape at the precise moment of where an improvement is needed and can be easily reviewed at any time and at the student’s convenience. Finally, students will be introduced to the world and artistry of auditioning.
Prerequisite: Screen Acting Room Level 2 or previous training
Session frequency: 1 per week
Number of sessions: 5
Duration per session: 3 hours -
Upon completion of level 3:
Level 4 students will apply the critical foundations taught in the previous levels, and merge all their skills into the final performance: the audition!
Level 4 students will apply the critical fundamentals taught in the previous levels, and will fuse all their pragmatic skills into audition performances that will be used as a springboard for their introductory demo reels. This is a great approach for our graduate students looking to approach an agent, and score immediate representation.
Level 4 is the final step in perfecting the artistic, technical and commercial facets of dramatic art. It includes the introduction into building your portfolio, marketing for the screen actor, agency knowledge, how to increase your visibility in the market.
Prerequisite: Screen Acting Room Level 3 or previous training
Session frequency: 1 per week
Number of sessions: 6
Duration per session: 3 hours -
Only SAA Honorarium Graduates selected from Level 4, by the artistic director and founder of SAA, Mike Migliara, are eligible for this hybrid career management course. Graduates with honorarium achievement awarded by the Artistic Director will be given the opportunity for SAA’s Marketing Management Program which provides actor’s with robust business strategies, signing with reputable talent agents, and more talent portfolio items by which increases the actor’s marketability and visibility on media platforms, including social media.