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).