Intensive Acting Showreel Course
Includes 2 Original Scenes!
€675 (OR PAY IN INSTALMENTS )
Why do an Intensive Acting showreel course?
So you’ve put the time in, committed to various acting courses and now you’re finally out there looking to get that all important part that will give you the opportunity to show your range. And this is where a showreel comes in. They say that you only have one chance to make a first impression, and it’s at that very moment when you meet a director or casting agent, and you hear them ask “Just send me your reel”, what do you do? And it’s right here in this moment where having a good showreel really counts.
So here you are, the director or casting agent standing in front of you, your moment to shine and you don’t have a showreel, or perhaps the showreel you have just doesn’t demonstrate you at your best. The problem can be that you just haven’t had any parts yet, or the parts you have played just don’t give you the scope to truly demonstrate your ability as an actor, and this is where our ‘Intensive Acting Showreel’ course comes in.
The difference that makes the difference.
A showreel is possible the most important part of any screen-actors tool kit, it’s something that immediately demonstrates to prospective casting agents and/or directors your ability and range as any actor. The problem is that sometimes when you find you have finished various acting courses, you’ve gotten your acting chops up, and now it’s time to get those parts, those decent parts with depths that truly allow you demonstrate your abilities as an actor. But how exactly do you do this?
You know you can do the job, but in order to get the job you need to have done the job, this can be a conundrum, so how do we get around this conundrum? Well, this is where ‘Intensive Acting Showreel’ course comes in, and that’s the difference that makes the difference.
€675 (Or pay in 3 separate Installments)
This course is aimed at people who have some experience and have completed other basic acting courses and are seeking to create content for showreels.
The concept behind this course is to give you the student a real-world experience of shooting a scene in a film with a well developed character. Duration of the course is 8 evenings 6.pm – 9.pm with 2 separate shoot dates.
Deposit and Payments
Unlike many acting courses we pride ourselves on individual attention.
To this end we keep the numbers of the classes very small in the course, usually the class numbers is somewhere between 8 to 10 students. To facility this we would require a non-refundable deposit of €200 to secure your place. Full payment can be made before the course commences, or alternatively you can pay the balance through 6 instalments of €79.16. This will be a direct debit that will occur automatically over the 6 weeks from set-up, see link below.
Location
The Lab Gallery, Foley street 9P2W+JR Dublin
Schedule
Note: The dates are spread out a little due to availability of the Lab Gallery.
Times: 6.pm – 9.pm
Dates: April, 14th, 17th, 24th, 28th & May, 01st, 08th, 12th 15th
Course Outline
Over the duration of the course we will shoot 2 ORIGINAL SCENES that can be used as content for showreels purposes. The course is broken into 2 separate sections. Section 1 is working on Scene 1. Section 2 is working on Scene 2. During the course we also have classes on acting to camera skills, and a class on the industry and how best to use your showreel to gain representation and work.
Section 1
Over the first 4 classes, we will be on working on the first scene. You will be paired off with another class member, and pre-written scenes will be handed out. From here and over the following classes we will explore these scenes and characters culminating in shooting the scene.
The production of the actual scene will take place outside of class time in a different location, and on a different date. Location and date will be determined during class time.
Breakdown of Section 1/ Scene 1
- April 14th
- April 17th
- April 24th
- April 28th
Basic acting to camera skills and original scenes handed out, explored and preliminary exploration of the scene.
Further acting to camera skills and fine-tuning the scene with both performances and timing.
Rehearsals and fine tuning the scene.
Final rehearsals, production dates and times arranged. Scenes shot roughly in class with exploration of shot footage.
Scene 1 production/shoot:
Dates and times of shoots will be announced during class.
Breakdown of Section 2/ Scene 2
In this part of the course we will start working on the second scene, which will also be an original scene. These scenes will be created and written by you and your scene partner (this will be a different scene partner to the previous scene).
The process for writing the scene will be explained in class. These scenes will be shot on location. The location will be determined based on the scene choice and also the availability and feasibility of acquiring said location. In this second half of the course there will be a class on the industry in general and we will also explore how best to use your new showreel in the pursuit of those all
important parts.
Breakdown of scene 2 shoot
May 1st : Industry class and the relevance and importance of your showreel and how to make it work for you.
May 8th: Exploration and development of the scene.
May 12th: Rehearsals and further exploration.
May 15th: Fine tuning the script, final rehearsals and production dates and times
arranged.
Scene 2 production/shoot
Dates and times of shoots will be announced during class.
Note.
The final edit of the scenes will be available two weeks from the last day of the actual shoot