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Students will have already completed Acting for Camera 1 and will be introduced to the technical requirements of film as well as the basic analytical skills used to explore script. By working intensely on a film scene, and monologue students will develop an understanding for the following-

Participants of Acting for Camera 2 can expect to learn:

  • Assessing your work productively.
  • Breaking a scenes down into beats based on character want and need.
  • Subtext: what it is and how to it’s communicated through behaviour.
  • Scene shaping through rehearsals.
  • Shots: what they are, the different sizes, and how to adjust the performance according to the size of the shot.
  • The crucial importance of the reaction shot.
  • Framing: what it is and how it relates to performance.
  • Private preparation: what to do and what to avoid.
  • Adjusting the performance for camera.
  • Vocal requirements for film.
  • Basic audition techniques.
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Gaiety School of Acting

The Gaiety School of Acting – The National Theatre School of Ireland is a Not for Profit organisation founded in 1986 by the internationally renowned theatre director Joe Dowling, in response to the lack of full time actor training programmes in Ireland at that time. The school is now widely regarded as the country’s premier training facility for actors.

Their policy is to train actors for theatre, film and television. The school offers a two-year intensive acting programme and an extensive selection of part-time and tailored cTheirses for adults, teenagers, children and overseas students.The school has been providing professional actor training for almost 30 years and include Colin Farrell, Olivia Wilde, Colin O’Donoghue, Aidan Turner (Best Male Newcomer, Jameson Empire Awards 2014), Eva Birthistle (Best Actress Lead Television Award, IFTA 2014) Charlie Murphy (Best Actress, The Irish Times Awards 2013) and Sarah Greene (Tony Award Nominee 2014) as alumni of distinction.  

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