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SUMMARY:Screen Acting Workshop with Sara Jordan
DESCRIPTION:Session led by Sara Jordan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBring your stage craft to camera\n\n\n\nThis event has passed. However you can see the write up and footage here Screen Acting Workshop\, One Line at a Time \n\n\n\nBring your stage craft to camera with clarity and confidence. This focused\, two hour workshop is designed for theatre trained performers who want to understand what changes on set\, how the lens reads truth\, and which habits help you deliver clean\, believable takes. \n\n\n\nLed by experienced actress and award winning Director Sara Jordan\, you will feel the difference between stage scale and screen intimacy\, and leave knowing exactly what directors at Sutton FilmMakers are looking for. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat we are aiming to achieve\n\n\n\nBy the end of the night you will \n\n\n\n\nrecognise how the camera magnifies thought and pares back gesture\n\n\n\nknow where to place your eyeline and how to keep it consistent\n\n\n\nuse stillness\, breath\, and listening to carry a moment\n\n\n\nmatch simple actions for continuity so your performance cuts smoothly\n\n\n\ntake a clear redirect and repeat the beat with confidence\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheatre vs. Screen Performances\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow the night runs\n\n\n\n\nA short welcome\, why screen acting is different\, three simple rules\, smaller\, later\, listen\n\n\n\nLive demonstration with immediate playback to show stage size\, medium shot\, and close up\n\n\n\nPaired drill off camera to practise eyeline and stillness with a reader just off lens\n\n\n\nOn camera hot seat rotations\, each actor delivers a short contemporary beat\, receives one precise note from Sara\, and runs a quick pickup\n\n\n\nGroup debrief\, five recurring patterns to watch for in future screen auditions\, and practical next steps\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho this is for\n\n\n\nActors with strong theatre experience who are new to camera or returning after a break\, recent graduates building their first screen credits\, am dram performers ready to translate their skills to film\, performers who want sharper\, simpler on set habits. \n\n\n\n\nTheatre trained actors who want to translate stage craft to camera with confidence\n\n\n\nAmateur dramatic performers ready to shift from projection to on camera truth\n\n\n\nRecent drama school graduates building screen experience and set discipline\n\n\n\nActors returning after a break who want a fast\, practical refresh on screen habits\n\n\n\nPresenters\, creators\, and voice actors moving into filmed performance\n\n\n\nDirectors or writers who act in their own projects and want cleaner takes\n\n\n\nAny performer who’s heard “smaller\, later\, listen” and wants to feel what that means under the lens\n\n\n\n\nIf you can hold a scene\, take a note\, and you are curious about how the camera reads thought\, this night is designed for you. \n\n\n\nWhat to bring\n\n\n\nNeutral top without logos\, minimal jewellery\, comfortable shoes\, a bottle of water\, your curiosity and a willingness to listen on camera \n\n\n\nWhy we are offering this\n\n\n\nOur recent anthology casting brought in brilliant theatre talent\, and we saw how much potential there is when stage craft meets the lens. This workshop bridges the gap\, helping you keep everything you do that works on stage while refining it for the intimacy of screen. \n\n\n\nIf you are a theatre actor and would like to take part do let us know in advance please as it would be nice (but not essential) to know how many actors we can work with. \n\n\n\nGuests welcome. First two sessions free for visitors.
URL:https://suttonfilm.co.uk/event/screen-acting-workshop/
LOCATION:Sutton FilmMakers Club – Parochial Rooms\, 42 The Broadway\, Cheam\, Surrey\, SM3 8BL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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