THE ACTORS SERIES: PART TIME
THE IVANA CHUBBUCK SERIES
JANUARY MASTERCLASS WITH IVANA CHUBBUCKCHUBBUCK TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS WITH KIM KREJUS
THE PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP SERIES
NAVIGATING AN ACTING CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD__________________________________________________________________
THE ACTORS SERIES: PART TIME
The Actors Series: Part Time is one of the most comprehensive and intensive screen acting programs in Australia crafted for actors on a part-time basis under the tutelage of ACCLAIMED ACTORS, DIRECTORS and MASTER TEACHERS.OVERVIEW
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OVERVIEW
The course is a 2-year rigorous training program in the craft of screen acting. Those admitted to the program will also work collaboratively with film directors and writers developing original film projects.
The course aims to empower actors and lead the way in a new type of actor training in Australia, whereby actors graduate as auteurs and orchestrators of their craft and career, thoroughly prepared to grow the Australian Screen Industry as independent artists and entrepreneurs.
FIRST YEAR: Film Craft
The first year focuses on training actors specifically in the work of Uta Hagen, Ivana Chubbuck, Lee Strasberg and Yat Malmgren lead exclusively by acclaimed teachers who have studied under these masters. In addition to the intensive development of acting craft, the first year incorporates voice, accent and movement (Neutral Mask and Alexander) to grow the actor’s instrument as a whole.
Woven through the year is an emphasis on integrating performance with the technical demands of film acting and the ‘business of acting’.
SECOND YEAR: Advanced Craft & Project DevelopmentActors continue to work on the principal elements of performance from first year as well as more detailed film craft, text study and project development where they will work collaboratively with acclaimed writers and directors in the development and creation of original projects.
This course provides the actor with formidable industry experience, relationships with existing industry professionals and the possibility of individual project development by 16th Street Films and potential funding.
Actors on the program will:- train in all aspects of the craft of acting.
- bring a strong sense of commitment, dedication and self-direction.
- develop an individual method of work.
- have ownership of the characters they play.
- integrate screen performance with the technical demands of filmmaking.
- be prepared for the 'business of acting'.
COURSE CONTENT
Overview of the core study areas.
1. VOICE
Based on the work of Kristen Linklater, Cicely Berry, Patsy Rodenburg and David Carey (Head of Voice at RADA).
- Integrating breath, body, text and audience.
- Realising vocal potential.
- Connecting thought with intention and expressing emotion.
- Discovering the voice of a character.
- Adapting the voice for the demands of film and television.
- Engaging the imagination, intellect and vocal skills for complex and 'heightened' text.
- Bringing great texts to life.
- Performing Shakespeare for film.
- Understanding the connection between classic and modern texts.
- Learning a phonetic approach to dialect.
- Studying and articulating a General American dialect accurately.
- Connecting accent and characterisation.
The Alexander Technique
The Alexander technique is fundamental to the training of actors in major drama schools around the world.
"Stanislavski understood that excessive and unnecessary tension interfered with creating the spiritual life of a character in performance. The Alexander technique deals with this directly. It facilitates the creation of the physical life of characters with ease allowing fuller emotional expression" (Soul of the American by actor Tom Valiliades)
- Connecting body and voice whilst recognising un-useful physical habits.
- Finding ease in performance and movement, whilst letting go of tension.
- Working with strength and endurance to create powerful characterisations without
strain.
- Avoiding personal movement habits that do not belong to a character.
Viewpoints
As taught and developed by Anne Bogart at the SITI Company, New York.
"A philosophy translated into a technique that explores the natural principles of movement, time and space. Viewpoints training allows untamed feeling to arise from the actual physical, verbal and imaginative situation in which actors find themselves together." (Anne Bogart)
- Expressing and articulating with your body.
- Trusting to allow something to occur rather than making it occur.
- Developing complex characterisations (beyond your habitual limitations).
- Understanding that action and intention come to us from others.
- Making meaningful gestures and connecting with other actors.
Neutral Mask
As taught at the Ecole International de Theatre Jacques Lecoq, Paris.
"Wearing the neutral mask encourages students to find a pure economy of movement which is uncluttered by extraneous social patterns or habits" (Jacques LeCoq)
- Existing in the present with full awareness of your space.
- Developing a heightened sense of discovery.
- Developing a profound awareness of self and revealing it.
"The Mask conceals, and by concealing, reveals." (Bari Rolfe)
5. ACTING CRAFTStudents will study various acting methodologies and techniques:
The Method - Lee Strasberg
"Acting...is the ability to react to imaginary stimuli...it requires unusual sensitivity and extraordinary intelligence in the ability to comprehend the workings of the human soul. The real problem and mystery in acting is that the actor must be able 'but in a fiction, in a dream of passion, force his soul so to his own conceit'." (Lee Strasberg)
- Working from a state of relaxation, quelling the analytical mind.
- Discovering performance through the physical senses.
- Discovering emotional memory as the key to the actor's creative process.
- Allowing the body and emotions to lead performance.
Uta Hagen Technique
Students work on a series of exercises devised by Uta Hagen as taught at the HB Studio in New York. This work enables an actor to find a "true technique of acting and a way of making a character flow through you."
- Exploring the screenplay and the role (identifying and playing circumstances,
relationships, the objective, the obstacle and action).
Ivana Chubbuck Technique
As devised by Ivana, one of America's most respected and sought after acting teachers. "The 12-step acting technique that will take you from script to a living, breathing, dynamic character."
- Using emotions to empower the character's goal.
- Utilising obstacles to achieve a character's goal.
- Stimulating one's own interesting and dynamic behaviour.
- Developing the will to 'win' what your character wants.
'Character Creation' is a remarkable approach to understanding and creating characters, developed and taught by Yat Malmgren for over 30 years at the Drama Centre in London. Students of this method include director Peter Brook, and actors Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Paul Bettany and Colin Firth.
- Gaining an understanding and experience of different character 'types'.
- Moving through personal resistance to access your vulnerability.
- Developing flexibility to inhabit a range of characters and transform into them.
When actors understand the process of filmmaking, they ensure their performance is delivered with integrity. Too many actors are handicapped by their lack of knowledge on a film set.
Screen Performance will give students thorough and comprehensive film craft to ensure the technical demands of filmmaking never compromise performance.
Preparation for a Screen Role
- Understanding a screenplay (the super objective and elements inherent in the story).
- Understanding and revealing meaning in text, character arc and journey.
- Developing an imaginative connection to text.
- Bringing oneself to every role.
Rehearsal
- How to rehearse for film and television.
- The importance of bringing choices and ideas to the rehearsal room or set.
- How to block scenes.
- Learning how to work up to a performance in rehearsal.
Performance
- What to do before "Action".
- Sustaining repetition of performance - keeping performance real.
- Being emotionally prepared when shooting out of order.
- Being fearless and achieving great performances.
"Film acting is a process of discovery - showing the story through performance. Television acting is re-discovery - telling the story with dialogue." (Alkinos Tsilimidos)
Screen Presence
- Developing a relaxed and creative relationship with the camera.
- Understanding the camera as another character.
- Understanding what aspects of the actor's personality translates powerfully to screen.
- Having screen presence 'without words'.
Technical Craft
- The director's process - the impact upon performance and how to use direction.
- Working with poorly communicated direction.
- The relationship between the art of acting and technical expertise.
- The relationship between camera and performance (such as the effect of lens size)
- The rules and roles on a film set. Where does an actor fit in?
- Approaching auditions for film and television.
- Preparing for a sceentest for film or television.
- Preparing and testing for commercials.
- Preparing for a call back.
Actors who work don't sit around and wait for the phone to ring.
- Collaborating with new and established writers and directors on film projects.
- Encouraging actors' innate sense of character and dialogue in the creation of their own film projects.
- Developing TV or film concepts using director Mike Leigh-s model of filmmaking (character based improvisation process).
- The actor as part of the dramaturgical team - to enrich a screenplay.
- Producing work to be screened, posted online and circulated to industry for further development.
- Working alongside a director and acting coach on set.
- Gaining exposure, introductions, career guidance and industry advice as 16th Street nurtures its close ties with agents, casting consultants, producers and directors.
- Workshops with casting consultants (and detailed feedback).
- Guiding you in establishing and maintaining a self-directed career.
- Advice and information on working in the U.S.
CLASS TIMES
TIMES
- The course runs for 4 terms (1 year).
- Students are to attend class 10 hours each week.
- Saturday 9am – 5pm & Wednesday 6.30pm-9.30pm.
- Students must allow for extensive time outside these hours for reflection, reading, study, rehearsals, consultations, and to attend screenings and industry events.
ADMISSIONS, DATES & FEES
Applicant requirements:
- Over 18 years of age.
- Aptitude, maturity and commitment.
- Entry by audition and interview.
Click HERE for the latest information on Dates, Fees and Admissions.
Note: 16th Street Acting Studio does not have CRICOS status at present and as such cannot assist International students in gaining a visa.
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THE IVANA CHUBBUCK SERIES
JANUARY MASTERCLASS WITH IVANA CHUBBUCKOVERVIEW
COURSE CONTENT
CLASS TIMES
ADMISSIONS, DATES & FEES
OVERVIEW
Ivana Chubbuck - widely profiled in the media as one of the foremost authorities on acting - is coming to Australia for one week only, exclusive to 16th Street Acting Studio.
Ivana will teach a one-week masterclass in the cutting-edge Chubbuck Technique for highly experienced Australian actors.
Ivana is well known for working with the biggest A-list actors in Hollywood including Academy Award winners and nominees Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Terence Howard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, Kate Hudson, Jon Voight and Djimon Honsouas well as Jim Carreyand Jessica Alba.
She is the founder and director of the Ivana Chubbuck Studio in Hollywood and has been featured in such publications as The New York Times, Vanity Fair, People, USA Today and The London Times.
She has been profiled on "Entertainment Tonight", "Today Show Australia", CBC, E! and the BBC and published the hugely popular The Power of the Actor: The Chubbuck Technique.
Ivana's work is hailed by some of the biggest names in show biz.
"Ivana Chubbuck is the premiere acting coach of the twenty-first century. Her astute knowledge of the human condition, coupled with her ability to translate that insight to her students, is remarkable."
Ivana's innovative methods of teaching both complement and rival those methods of the great teachers of the past. Her philosophy transcends what we once knew about the art and forces actors through their own catharsis to discover authentic ways of bringing the complexity of life to the screen and stage.
"Under Ivana's tutelage, the course of my career and depth of my work have changed dramatically." Halle Berry (Academy Award Winning Actress)
This is a rare opportunity to work with a true master teacher.
COURSE CONTENTThe Chubbuck Technique builds on teaching traditions that stretch back to Stanislavski and infuses them with current advances in behavioral science and psychology.
In order to recreate real human behavior and truly be in the scene, Ivana's work goes to the source of what motivates human behavior.She looks at the psyche of the character in the script to see how that particular character negotiates life. Then, using the Chubbuck Technique, she will teach you to replicate the character from your own personal needs and life experiences to create a character that is vivid, authentic and living and breathing in the moment.
"We go to the movies, watch TV and go to the theater to see, not the ordinary or dull, but extraordinary people - how a person dealing with pain and trauma overcomes and wins, by using that pain as a fuel. This is what I teach." Ivana Chubbuck.The course is a rigorous introduction to the Chubbuck Technique over 6 days (2 days are spent preparing with Kim Krejus followed by 4 days with Ivana Chubbuck.)
You may opt to apply for the master class audit the course:Masterclass (6 Days)
Participation on the program is by selection (32 places).Actors on the program:
- must read The Power of the Actor.
- will be allocated a scene partner and scene.
- are able to spend 2 days preparing and rehearsing with Kim Krejus .
- will spend 4 days working scenes with Ivana.
- need to allow numerous hours each night for rehearsals (the rehearsal process is an important part of the work).
Many actors in Los Angeles audit acting classes as an opportunity to improve acting craft and gain a thorough insight into acting technique.
16th Street is offering an opportunity to watch Ivana's masterclass in Australia.While you will not be a participant (actor), you will gain immense knowledge of the Chubbuck Technique and learn from a world-class master teacher working with highly experienced actors.
This is a true masterclass in itself.There are no pre-requisites to audit except a commitment to being respectful of the actors who are working.
Kim Krejus - trained and endorsed by Ivana to teach her technique in Australia - will continue on from Ivana, teaching national workshops in the Chubbuck Technique in 2010.
Actors
January 3 (Sunday) - Preparation with Kim Krejus #
January 4 (Monday) - Preparation with Kim Krejus #
January 5 (Tuesday) - Private rehearsal and preparation
January 6 (Wednesday) - The Chubbuck Technique with Ivana (scene work)
January 7 (Thursday) - The Chubbuck Technique with Ivana (scene work)
January 8 (Friday) - The Chubbuck Technique with Ivana (scene work)
January 9 (Saturday) - The Chubbuck Technique with Ivana (scene work)
Auditors
January 6 (Wednesday) - The Chubbuck Technique with Ivana
January 7 (Thursday) - The Chubbuck Technique with Ivana
January 8 (Friday) - The Chubbuck Technique with Ivana
January 9 (Saturday) - The Chubbuck Technique with Ivana
CHUBBUCK TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS WITH KIM KREJUS
OVERVIEW
COURSE CONTENT
CLASS TIMES
ADMISSIONS, DATES & FEES
Register your interest HERE.
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THE PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP SERIES:
NAVIGATING AN ACTING CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD
An exclusive seminar for Australian actors presented by Global P.R.E.P and 16th Street Acting Studio.
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