Acting for the Camera – Intermediate/ Advanced
with Judy Prescott.
In todays film world, you never want to be caught “acting.”
The goal, always, when the camera rolls: you must get an audience to believe “you are who you say you are.”
During our 7 sessions together will take, as its primary goal, the great and perhaps the most useful notion in “on-camera” work: of building a “new version of me” for each and every second that the camera rolls. “Personalization” of any and all role playing on-camera is the technique notion of our time, and we will go after that. It is the demand made by all the best film work today. We work with these quintessential acting questions when performing for camera: Who am I? What do I want-And how much do I want it? How do I get what I want? And finally, from the world of Meisner technique, in our scene work: What I do depends on what they do.
The “personalization” goal will be the backdrop for our exercises over the first four sessions. Additionally, there will be monologue assignments and presentation for camera, scene work for camera, and structured improvisations for camera. We’ll work with technique specific exercises to advance the student’s working knowledge of technical challenges of acting for the camera.
We will exercise as many challenging shot set-ups as possible for the actor to test themselves. Some homework and rehearsals in the off hours. Script material will be assigned before the workshop begins-via email.
This is a fast paced class. Actors are required to be very prepared, fully memorized when stepping to shoot. We will shoot material, each and everyone of you, on camera, 6 out of 7 weeks. There is plenty of opportunity to collect multiple pieces of footage for showreels.
Your teacher:
Judy Prescott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from Connecticut College, where she studied Shakespearean acting and the Stanislavski method with renowned stage and film actor Morris Carnovsky. Mr. Carnovsky co-founded the groundbreaking Group Theatre in New York City, where he pioneered the “American acting technique” based on the work of Konstantin Stanislavski.
Ms. Prescott went on to study Shakespeare with members of the R.S.C. at the University of Warwick in England. She also studied at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Connecticut. She performed for two seasons with the celebrated Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Judy Prescott’s professional acting career spans several decades in New York and Los Angeles. She has appeared in numerous American television shows, films, and stage productions. She has played dramatic roles on highly acclaimed shows like Grey’s Anatomy, True Blood, Bones, Six Feet Under, and Judging Amy. She created comedic characters for popular sitcoms like Roseanne, Working Girl, Murphy Brown, and Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Film credits include Say Anything, Islander, Bug, and Hit and Runway.
Ms. Prescott is a member of the film and television actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA, and the Actor’s Equity Association. Ms. Prescott is a published author and visual artist who works in mixed media.
Pay the Registration Fee to secure a place on the course.
Pay the Final Fee before the Course begins.
N.B. Don’t pay for the Course until you have been accepted!
Acting for the Camera – Intermediate/ Advanced
7 sessions
Times: 10:30am – 2:30pm.
Location: WG Plein/Studio 163
Fee: €650
Your mentor, Alex Murphy, he will reach out to all actors via email before start of class.
