In this course, students will learn how to uncover the meaning behind the written word, focusing on how to be specific with the character’s intentions, and how to bring reality into the fictitious worlds that artists create.

This course is designed to develop in students an appreciation, understanding and practical approach to movement, voice, and speech as key tools necessary to the actor’s work. Students will learn how to embody the physical and vocal demands of the character.

Designed as a foundation course for an actor’s core craft training, this course aims to further explore and expand on students’ basic acting skills. Areas covered include voice/body awareness and development, script analysis, interpreting vs. creating, preparation and development of a role, improvisation, historical perspectives of the actor’s craft and art and comprehensive exploration of the popular techniques and theories created by the renowned Russian actor/director Constantin Stanislavski and others.

This course will cover the beginning elements of film acting. It will address set terminology, film acting technique, and the physical demands of film acting. This module is designed to build on the previous module of scene study, encompassing script analysis, and relaxation techniques. By taking part in the filmmaking aspect of the class, students will gain a better understanding of how a story gets told through a camera. They will develop a sensitivity to the other collaborators involved in the process and they will gain valuable technical experience with the various tasks involved in a film or TV shoot.

This physically demanding course is designed to prepare the actor to perform stage fights, participate in creating fight sequences, perform in actor action in films and TV, and provide an orientation into the world of stunts. Fitness, conditioning, physical preparation, injury prevention, flexibility, choreography, and movement technique are an integral part of staged action and a central component of this course.

The Camera Project course consists of an intensive group project involving choosing a script or scripts, assigning roles and crew positions, and filming the various scenes with a Digital Camera. Students will perform all the functions of the filmmaking process to prepare students for their upcoming Graduation Project.

Welcome to the On-Camera Graduation Project! This capstone module is your ultimate challenge, pushing the boundaries of your film acting prowess and showcasing your journey from beginner to having confidence and executing what it is to be an actor. Guided by a seasoned film instructor/director, you’ll dive headfirst into the thrilling pressures and demands of a professionally guided film shoot.

In this immersive, hands-on experience, you’ll elevate your screen presence, honing your ability to captivate and enthrall. With access to top-tier film equipment, you’ll gain priceless experience, preparing you to shine not just on camera, but on the silver screen.

Get ready to deliver a performance that’s not just memorable but unforgettable. Embrace the opportunity to elevate your craft with unwavering control and confidence, transforming your film acting skills from great to legendary. The spotlight is yours—make it count!

This course continues to prepare the acting student for the professional world of acting. It is one of three full-live theatre productions. Students will learn to memorize lines, perform intricate stage blocking, pull off lightning-fast costume changes, and conquer the challenge of live performance!

This course continues to prepare the acting student for the professional world of acting. It is the second and third of three full live theatre productions. The student will continue their studies in structure and dramaturgy. Theatre 2 is comprised of two separate plays, taking place at both the beginning and end of the last term. Students will take on more complex roles in longer theatrical productions, capitalizing on the unique gifts and abilities they have refined. Students will further expand and improve upon acting training mastering the dramatic structure, stage directions, and deliver riveting performances in parts large and small. Students will present role(s) to a live audience in a full-length play from a top playwright.

To win the part, students first must audition effectively. In this course, students will master audition and cold read techniques. The focus will be on various forms of TV and movies, and how to effectively prepare and audition for these roles, given the parameters students will have to face.

In this film acting class, students will be creating filmed scenes designed to demonstrate their range and abilities. The student will gain a greater understanding of the many elements involved in film production. The scenes will then be uploaded onto Vimeo for the students to download.

AFP Improv
Actors gain experiential understanding of improvisational acting and develop a strong improvisational perspective essential to scripted work. Through theater games and improvising scenes, actors develop tools to make them more trusting of their own impulses and more generous with their fellow actors. They learn to always go for active choices to play at the top of their intelligence and at the service of the scene. Actors also experience that the best comedy comes out of listening and responding honestly, not “going for jokes”.

AFP Voice Over/ Dialect 
How to speak with standard American. How to perform radio and television voice over spots. A practical hands on course where you are trained on the MIC in a professional sound booth. At the end, you will have recorded examples of voice-over work you have done.

AFP Audition Tech and Business
Designed as a counterpart to an actor’s craft training this course addresses the practical business concerns of an actor pursuing a career in film and television. By focusing specifically on the business of show business, students will develop a wider knowledge of the common realities, terminology and requirements of the acting profession. Students will develop a personalized business plan, gain effective tools for goal-setting, marketing, and professional relationship building and gain a wider understanding of their unique casting “types”. The course places a special focus on the audition process and includes a mock- audition session in which students will exercise new skills and tactics for making a strong impression. Areas covered include: agents, managers, casting directors, promotion and marketing, follow-up, auditioning, cold reading, maintaining and improving acting skills, tools of the trade, on-set etiquette and expectations, headshots, resumes, career management and many others.

AFP Film Project
The actors will gain real on-set experience. This will test the actors with a tight and demanding film schedule. To have the actors understand how pace themselves for long film days. To impart a sense of what it is to be a professional film actor. On a set with a director, sound person, props, set, wardrobe, continuity script supervisor and film crew. The actors will work on various locations. THE DEMANDS will require them to use the skills and techniques cultivated and developed during their acting training. The true test.