The Screen Acting Room

4 Levels

Class frequency: Once a week
Duration: 3 hours per class

Semester 1:

Beginners Level 1 (4 classes)

Advanced Level 2 (7 classes)

Semester 2:

Expert Level 3 (4 classes)

Master Level 4 (7 classes)

The Screen Acting Room is the SAA’s formal training course for students who want to begin their training with a lower commitment of 1 day a week, for 3 hours a class. Purchase each level individually, with a total of 11 course commitment per-semester. Students will learn everything they need to know to be a successful actor for film and television.

The SAA uses a practical ‘learn by doing’ approach. We give students the opportunity to perform scenes from professional screenplays in a realistic film production environment. The Screen Acting Academy functions as a practical, fully functioning film set (equipment et al.). Our instructors are accomplished actors that give students real world, pragmatic education that they will benefit from when stepping on-set.

Students will get a clear understanding of on-camera techniques, emotional access, and how to play a scene dramatically while remaining believable and truthful. Additionally, these courses provide all of its students with excellent communication skills and confidence that become second nature. Everything you will learn at the SAA will be useful on-screen, but also in everyday life.  Become fearless and have fun!

All four levels of The Screen Acting Room course will introduce students to practical and easy to do acting techniques by established masters of the craft. Pioneers such as Stanislavski, Adler, Meisner, Hagen, Strasberg, Moss and other key figures.

Included in our enrollment: Audition Demo Reel

The two terms also include the opportunity to provide students with a professionally shot, industry standard film reel for additional costs.

Acting with your Voice

Voice Acting jobs are on the rise! Content creation for animation, video games, and commercials are increasing in numbers every day and voice content producers need you!!!

Total Levels to complete: 2

Level 1 (6 classes)
Level 2 (8 classes)

Acting with Your Voice is a comprehensive acting course targeted at getting actors hired for voice-over work! There are 1000’s of employable jobs for actors in this market, including video games, 3D Animation, Audio Books, Corporate Telecom Systems, and Commercials!

Our curriculum includes:

• Exercises needed to expand your voice’s tone, pitch, range, and rhythm.
• Identify your voice type, cast and how to sell it in the VO Market.
• How to find, nurture and capitalize bookings with your natural voice.
• Mastering the re-direct in voice auditions.
• Mastering the 6 most commonly used accents in Video Games & 3D Animations, including the Standard American Accent.
• Learn to play industry-standard architypes! (i.e. villain versus the hero).
• Commercial Markets: how to perform the soft sell versus the hard sell!
• Industrial & Corporate Markets: how to get in on the action of audio books, educational / instructional VO’s, corporate training and telecom systems!
• Character creation to mic performance.
• Technology required, Business elements & voice over marketing.
• At Home Voice Demo & Audition Production.
• VO Webinars and Expert Guest Speaker included!

STAGE COMBAT FOR THE SCREEN!
Level 1 : The Fundamentals

2 classes (5 Hours, each)
Frequency: Bi-Weekly or Sat and Sunday consecutively

Let’s face it: Action films and scenes are dominating the market.  From ducking a punch, falling to the ground to take cover, or even something as simple as pushing your scene partner against the wall… actors need training for stage combat.

The SAA’s Stage Combat for the Screen Level 1 is a comprehensive 2 day workshop that will empower you to safely execute basic stunts while acting.

Students will learn: safety first (and the appropriate channels to report to should you feel unsafe), grabs, hair pulls, choking, collisions, fainting, slaps, punches and other physical movement seen on the screen!

IN STUDIO

Bi-weekly 2 classes per month

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Level 2 : Intro to Weaponry and Defensive Techniques

You now have a solid foundation to safely fight on the offensive! Now what about safely executing on the defensive? Level 2 Stage Combat for the Screen will take care of that!

Move forward and master the skill to execute defensive movement such as blocking a punch, ducking from a swinging baseball bat, diving for cover and the like.

Once that is complete, students will be ready to jump into a choreo fight with scene partners. In addition, we will introduce weaponry, such as a knife, in our choreo fight scenes!

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