The Actor – Advanced
Delivery: 8 week Workshop
Course Title: Acting to Camera – Advanced
Intended Audience: Advanced Actors 16+
Pre-Requisites: There is preparation for this workshop.
Fee: $595 (GST incl.) – Strictly limited places available
Dates: from Tuesday 1st May 2012 for 8 weeks
6 30 pm 9 30 pm
Venue: Byron Bay Film & Television School
Address: 18 Brigantine Street Arts & Industrial Estate Byron Bay, NSW, 2481
Phone: 0414 888 884
Email: markpiper@ozemail.com.au
Mark Piper Exclusive 8 Week Workshop
Outline:
Advanced Actor Follow character arc from a film of your choice, also individual scenes from films and television drama series
Previous films studied
“American Beauty” - “Juno” – “Pulp Fiction” – “The Last Song”
Discover you unique screen presence. Develop acting skills and gain techniques for acting to camera. Prepare, rehearse and perform scenes from film and television, covering both comedy and drama.
Guest Tutors:
There will be guest Tutors during this course
Seasoned industry professionals will present on aspects of casting, acting, voice, auditioning, camera, screenwriting and editing. Previous guest presenters have included Louise Lee Mei, Meisner Technique; Adrian Willams – Brett, Voice & Theatre studies; Charlie de Salis, Writer / Director; Mandy Nolan Comedy; Anthony Young Ivana Chubbuck method of Acting; Karel Segers Writer; Dean Frances Actor / Filmmaker; Martin Sacks Director / Actor; Andrea Moor Practical Aesthetics; Michael Futcher; Actor/Director
Complimentary footage: All students will have access to their scenes and can copy to hard drive or memory stick through out the course. Scenes are filmed using Canon 7D state of the art camera.
You can pay direct debit to
Account Name: Byron Bay Film & Television School BSB 032573 Account No 252578
Tutor: Mark Piper and guest Tutors
About Mark Piper:
About Mark Piper
Spanning over three decades in the international Theatre, Film and Television industries, Mark Piper’s award-winning career has seen him on the initial teams Producing and Directing many international drama programs. Water Rats – Director Pilot Episodes (Australia), Mercy Peak (NZ), Beastmaster (USA), Ponderosa (USA), Neighbours, Home and Away, All Saints – Co Director Pilot, Blue Heelers, Always Greener, Halifax F.P (Australia), and Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten – Adviser and Pilot Director (Germany), are just some of the popular series that Mark has worked on.
Beginning his career as an Actor in New Zealand, Mark went on to running Director Roger Donaldson’s ( “The World’s Fastest Indian” ) company Aardvark films, and then worked on such films such as “The Blue Lagoon” with Brooke Shields, “Tim” and “Attack Force Z” with Mel Gibson, and “My Brilliant Career” with Sam Neil and Judy Davis.
Mark, in 1995, led a unique project with Care Vietnam, in conjunction with the Vietnamese Government entitled ‘Qio Qua Mien Toi’; a 32-part Drama series, of which Mark Piper was the Executive Producer. This was a TV series utilised on behalf of the Government to highlight the HIV & AIDS problem emerging in Vietnam; Mark was involved from the outset to set-up the concept and assisted in sourcing finance through French private investors as well as sourcing key personnel from Australia to mentor the Vietnamese crew. This has inspired Mark with his current project in development “Buscar – oneworldonwlove.”
More recently he has been working with internationally acclaimed actors Eric Bana, Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, Kylie Minogue, Julian McMahon, Simon Baker, Sharni Vinson and Nick Bishop.
Mark has just completed judging the 2011 International Emmy Awards – (Best performance by an Actress category)
Mark is currently a Board member for Screenworks and on the Selection Committee for Flickerfest International Film Festival
| Orientation / Safety | |
| Intro to Term 2 | |
Optional – “BUSKER’ Create one characters journey in this musical drama |
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| Script analysis and discussion – The Art of Story creation, Redefining Protagonist and Main Character | |
| Every week class will open and close with a performance of your choice. |
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| Set up Video Diaries – each participant will either create a character of their own or from “BUSKER”, and each week follow that characters journey by way of video diary | |
| Resumes Begin preparing |
| Video Diaries | |
| The Hero’s journey | |
| Scene work | |
| Substitutions, Inner Objects |
| Video Diaries | |
| scene work-shoot and revision | |
| Advanced Rehearsal techniques | |
| Beats and Actions, Moment before |
| Video Diaries | |
| Scene work | |
| Place and 4th Wall, Doings |
| Video Diaries | |
| Scene work | |
| Inner Monologue, Previous Circumstances |
| Video Diaries | |
| Film scenes | |
| Let It Go – Mark |
| Video Diaries | |
| Film scenes – |
| Video Diaries | |
| Film scenes – Comedy – working with comedy |
| Video Diaries | |
| Scene work; final review and debrief |
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