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Acting Essentials: Techniques And Tools For The Acting Profession

Instructor: Jeffrey Dreisbach, actor, author, teacher

A career as an actor can be fun, rewarding, and lucrative. In this practical, hands-on program, find out how to embark on a career as a stage, screen, or TV actor. Taught by a professional actor, teacher, and NYC casting director, uncover the myths, pitfalls, and mistakes made by newcomers and seasoned pros. Receive acting instruction, participate in acting exercises, and get critical feedback of live and videotaped performances of actual film, TV, and commercial scripts.

In this 18-hour program, uncover the tools for success by learning a professional approach to scripted material, marketing yourself, and developing a business/employment plan. Learn about auditions, stage acting preparation, commercial and industrial jobs, TV, and film acting, and the business of the business of agents, managers and casting directors. 6 SESSIONS

Dates and Times: Wed, Oct 30-Dec 11, 6-9 pm (No class Nov 27)

Fee and Code: $399, XBUSS 087 W

Course Outline

Class 1 - Auditions

Understanding the role
Types of acting auditions
Connecting with the material

Class 2 - Stage Acting Preparation

Cold reading
Rehearsed audition
Opportunities for actors

Class 3 - Commercial And Industrial

Types of commercials
Character vs. realism
Commercial/industrial auditions

Class 4 - Television Acting

Styles
Blocking for camera
Sit com/drama/episodic

Class 5 - Film Acting

Table read of film script
Master shot/ Pick up shot/ editing
Rehearsal and performance

Class 6 - Business Of The Business; “From Craft To Career"

Agents/managers/casting directors
How to market yourself as an actor
Tools needed for an acting career

Instructor Bio: Jeffrey Dreisbach

Actor, artist, teacher and author Jeffrey Dreisbach began his professional acting career at an early age in Michigan. He received a BFA Degree from Wayne State University after performing at Walt Disney World (Cal Arts) and advance theater training in London, England (Roger Williams College).

For the next 20 years, Jeff found success acting in New York, accumulating theater, film and television credits. On Broadway, he was in the original cast of A Few Good Men and A New York Summer. He played, Norman Van Buren on NBC’s Another World, national tours of Grease, Boys Next Door, Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii and in numerous regional theater productions. Feature film roles include, Splash, Die Hard 3, Thomas Crown Affair, Monday Night Mayhem, among others.

Acting Essentials: Techniques And Tools For The Acting Profession

Course Outline

Brookdale, The County College of Monmouth