Full course description
Acting and Directing for the Camera
Class Dates & Times:
July 7, 2025 to July 18, 2025
1:00pm to 4:00pm ET
Course Details:
Understand the skills actors need to work in television and film. Learn how to interpret a script, build a character, and hit your mark for a scene blocked for the camera shots. Explore physical and vocal aspects of character development. After learning the skills actors need, how do you get the best from an actor on camera? When do you use the close-up? How should you block the scene for the most significant impact? Refine your basic visual vocabulary, learn how to break down a script, and communicate your ideas to those in front and behind the camera in this active directing course. You will have actors to work with. Working side-by-side with another director on the same scene, you will learn from their different decision-making processes in filming the scene and directing actors.
REGISTRATION:
Once a course is selected, the system will guide you to create an account. This account is for the participant and the participant’s information should be provided in the first fields. Lower in the form, there will be a place for parents/guardians to give their information.
The registration confirmation message will be sent to the participant’s email. The participant will also receive an email to set their Canvas Learning System password.
BUNDLE AND SAVE:
Save $100 USD when you register for a morning course and an afternoon course. Use the links below to select the available bundles for this course.
Bundle: Documentary Filmmaking and Storytelling | Acting and Directing for the Camera [Click Here]
Bundle: Documentary Filmmaking and Storytelling | Investigative Reporting and Professional Newswriting [Click Here]
Bundle: Documentary Filmmaking and Storytelling | Photography: Dark Room and Digital [Click Here]
Bundle: Documentary Filmmaking and Storytelling | Public Speaking and Leadership [Click Here]
AU Faculty and Staff:
Active AU Faculty and Staff can claim a 25% discount for the program by filling out this form. [Click here]
REFUNDS AND CANCELLATION FEES
All deposits are non-refundable.
If you’ve paid in full and cancel your registration before April 20th, 2025, you will receive a refund of $664 per course. This is the balance after the non-refundable registration deposit plus an administrative fee of $36.00.
Cancellations made between April 20th, 2025, and May 31st, 2025 will receive a $300 refund per course.
There will be no refunds after June 1st, 2025
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