Classes

Information on Cathryn Sullivan's Film Classes

(Acting experience required.)

ACTING FOR THE CAMERA
Ages: Kindergarten – 3rd grade
(This class series may not be offered at all times.)

Acting for the Camera 1 – enhancing believability and taking direction for on-camera skills, and helping the student feel more comfortable in front of the camera.

Acting for the Camera 2 – strengthening marks and props usage, and building character development.

Acting for the Camera 3 – heightening the approach to understanding action and character development; feeling more comfortable with putting one’s personality into their scenes.

Acting for Camera (Mixed Levels) – mixing the concepts of Acting for Camera 1, 2, and 3 to provide students the opportunity to integrate those concepts to continue to enhance their abilities.

CLASSES OFFERED IN SIX-WEEK SEMESTERS:
Film Classes
Ages: 4th grade – 12th grade

Film 1 – where budding actors have the opportunity to enhance their skills. We reinforce being natural and believable on camera. Being directable is a must and is a skill all actors need to further develop. Actors will build on character development skills, work with props, and hit marks while responding to set directions. We simulate real on-set location shootings using the students as leads, principals, and extras. The students will boost their on-camera skills while using different types of shots.

Film 2 – where the actor elevates his/her own usage of emotions while delving into emotional scenes. We study child and teen actors who are accomplished in the field at showing extreme emotion in their scenes, and then we try it ourselves. We use various scenes taken from real feature films like Stepmom, Stand By Me, My Dog Skip, and others.

Film 3 – is all about the actor expanding their cold-reading skills. Solid cold-reading skills are a necessity in all aspects of this business...Film, TV, Commercial, and Stage. We cold read every week and do fun distraction exercises that help the actor deal with distractions on the set and on stage.

Film 4 – this is a class series totally concentrating on enhancing listening and reacting skills. We will also be doing distraction exercises – sharpening the actors’ ability to concentrate when distracted.

Film 5 – is comedy, comedy, comedy! We will work on comedic scenes from network TV, Disney, and feature films. Comedic timing and flow will be at the forefront of our concentration. We will focus on our visual vs. vocal subtext skills (the difference between what the actor’s face and eyes say vs. what his/her voice says.)

Film 6 – is all about working on characters that are opposite the students’ personalities. It is one of the most fun series where they portray characters that are nerds, bullies, insanely jealous girls or “mean girl” types, and sociopaths – challenging, but so much fun!

Master Class – students with real-world experience interact with one another in this fun class, learning from their mutual accomplishments. They will be integrating their growth from the Film series into their work every week and concentrating on their weaknesses in order to strengthen their skills. These classes range from two to three hours a week (12 - 18 hours for six-week series). The Master Classes are divided by age ranges. There is a Little Kid Pro Master Class (for students who are 6 to 11 years old), a Middle School Master Class (for Middle School Students), and a High School Master Class (for High School students).

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