University degrees: Summer University, Workshops
Course length: 2 months
Course city: Prague
Learn to calibrate your acting for the big screen!
This intensive four-week screen acting course is designed to immerse students fully into the film acting process from beginning to end. Students work the first 2 weeks on camera in the classroom, exploring scenes, auditions, introductions, interviews and improvisation. Each day includes a movement class (dance or stage combat), group exercises and acting theory, as well as several hours of individual on-camera work. Students learn to craft performances for various frame sizes, as well as to develop skills to create characters and respond to other actors.
Each participant shoots his or her own film.
Covering screenwriting, directing, camera, editing and sound, the four-week summer workshops at Prague Film School are designed to lead the student from story idea to finished short film.
The first two weeks of the program are classroom-based – introducing the fundamentals of directing, screenwriting, editing, cinematography and sound while also prepping students for their end-of- workshop short film. Each student writes and directs his or her own short while also working on other student productions in various crew capacities.
The third week, students shoot their films. The final week of the program, students edit their films, all of which are screened at a public cinema and reviewed by the faculty.
Dates:
June Filmmaking Workshop:May 31 – June 27
July Filmmaking Workshop: June 28 – July 25
August Filmmaking Workshop: July 26 – August 22
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:
Week 1
9:00-10:00 – (Monday-Friday) – Dance / Combat
10:15 – 13:00 – (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) – Improvisation
10:15 – 13:00 – (Tuesday and Thursday) – Voice and Body
14:00 – 18:00 – (Monday – Friday) – Film Acting: scene work in front of camera
Week 2
9:00-10:00 – (Monday-Thursday) – Dance / Combat
10:15 – 13:00 – (Monday and Wednesday) – Improvisation
10:15 – 13:00 – (Tuesday and Thursday) – Voice and Body
14:00 – 18:00 – (Monday – Thursday) – Film Acting: scene work in front of camera
Friday June 14 – June 22 – Production Period: students act in student films
Week 3
Production
Week 4
9:00-10:00 – (Monday-Thursday) – Dance / Combat
10:15 – 13:00 – (Monday – Thursday) – Improvisation /Character Creation
14:15 – 18:00 – Audition Techniques / Marketing Seminar / How to generate work for yourself / Visit local casting directors
