Acting on Impulse

WORKSHOPS All workshops below will be at: CHELSEA STUDIOS 151 w 26th St, NY, NY (except when noted) IMPROVMANIA I, July 13th 5 - 9 The goal will be on focusing, listening, impulses, character and playing the scene. We will start with a sensory warm-up that will awaken your impulses. Acknowledging these impulses can enhance your work; then we will lead the group through exercises and scene work so that you can apply these impulses in your work. Find confidence and freedom to explore. CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART IMPROVMANIA II, July 27th 5 - 9 Building on impulses you discovered in IMPROVMANIA, the focus here is Scene Work and Character Work. We will explore knowing how to serve the scene you are in, listening, playing with your partner and point of view. Learn to honor the surprising and creative characters that live within you. Our goal is that you will leave more confident, knowing you can serve yourself in any scene with any partner. You will leave a stronger, sharper actor and improviser. CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART Improvisation Challenge: From Improv to Text August 17th 5 - 9 This workshop was created for actors wishing to work in film and television. In these mediums, quick processes, limited rehearsal time and other demands require a balance between improvisational technique and script analysis. We will lead the group through sensory and improvisation exercises in the first half of the workshop; then, with your impulses alive and ready, we will guide you so you can apply these instincts to text. This has also proved beneficial to directors and writers who are looking for a common language between themselves and actors. CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART
From Script to Screen Two-Day Workshop When: June 21st 9:00am – 6:00pm & June 22nd: 9:00am – 8:00pm Where: Film Faction Acting Studio, 55 Vandam St. Suite 904, New York, NY 10013 Seth Michael May, Bryan Radtke and Rich Devaney www.FilmFaction.com, three of New York's best young acting coach's, have combined their talents to create 'From Script to Screen'. This exceptional two-day workshop gives an actor the improvisational, script analysis and on-set training skills required to handle the quick processes and limited rehearsal time found in film and television. On day one Seth Michael and Bryan will give you a scene and lead you through a series of sensory and improvisation exercises that will awaken your senses and connect your instincts to your scene. On day two you will perform your scene on camera while Rich teaches you how to work with a director and function on set. You will leave the course knowing how to apply impulse to the meticulous work of film acting as well as a professionally shot and edited copy of your scene on DVD. This workshop is not only excellent for actors interested in working in film and television but also for directors and writers who are looking for a common language between themselves and actors. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Contact us to reserve your space. Fee: $295.00 - for payment information contact: info@filmfaction.com please put From Script to Screen Two-Day Workshop in subject line!
IMPROVMANIA TWO-DAY WORKSHOP NEW DATES FORTHCOMING: DAY ONE Part I - Focus, Listening, Impulses We will start with a sensory warm up that will awaken your impulses. Part II - Scene and Character Work We explore knowing how to serve yourself in the scene, listening, playing with your partner and point of view. Learn to honor the surprising, creative impulses and characters that live in you. DAY TWO Part III – Commitment to your Point of View You will learn to filter all information in the scene through your point of view. Without this, scenes often fall apart. CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART
"Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much more about themselves in a very straightforward way." --Kurosawa
MONOLOGUE WORKOUT NEW DATES FORTHCOMING: We can help you take a monologue and make it YOUR monologue. Using the monologue as your text, we guide you through sensory work, listening skills, movement exercises, point of view, and ensemble work. We tackle common problems actors encounter both in working on monologues and auditioning with them. At the end of the workshop you will be doing your monologue in a way that only you can. CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART FIVE SENSES WORKOUT SENSORY WORK FOR THE CREATIVE ACTOR JUNE 1st 3 - 9 In this workshop we will guide you through exercises to open up the 5 senses. The 5 senses are a powerful vehicle for the actor to access imagination, memory and impulses. In childhood we had deeper levels of touch, taste, smell, sight and sound. They can be yours again. This workshop allows the actor to hone a more receptive instrument to create characters that continue to evolve and surprise. Combining aspects of Stanislavski, Strasberg, Neuro Linguistic studies, Dianne Ackerman's History of the 5 senses along with "Awareness through Movement" Work, and Intense Feeling Therapy work, this workshop takes you through each sense and what it can bring out depending on how it's stimulated. 45 minutes are spent on each sense along with additional time for journaling. One can only leave a more powerful artist. It's not about creating an "imaginary coffee cup" it's about opening up to a bigger and bolder, more creative you. If you've ever felt that you are holding yourself back creatively this is the one for you. This workshop is open to anyone, actors and non-actors alike. CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART
"I wouldn't use the word 'Improvisation'. I'd use another term. I'd say what matters is being available, making oneself available, to the thing that is being born and that is still shapeless, like molten rock, undefined." --Fredrico Fellini
	IMPROVMANIA: CHARACTER INFLUENCES ! May 18, 2008 5pm - 9pm Where do characters come from? How can we access them? This workshop will focus on where characters can develop for you. We will explore Animal Exercises, Body Centers of Gravity, Sensory Work and Spatial Relationships. Avail yourself to all of the character possibilities. CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART
"Memory is a mysterious element, almost indefinable, that links us to things we don't even remember having lived. But it constantly incites us to stay in contact with dimensions, with events, sensations, we can't define, but that we know actually happened." --Fredrico Fellini
IMPROV MANIA III, ADVANCED IMPROVISATION NEW DATES FORTHCOMING: (This Workshop is only open to those who have completed improvmania 1 or 2, members of the ongoing class, or private clients of Bryan and Seth Michael) Listening, commitment to your point of view, and use of the information given in the scenes are all major tools to be explored. Without them, scenes often fall apart. This workshop will look at these tools while encouraging you to explore bold spontaneous choices, to push through what you see as your current limitations, and to ground your performances in a strong point of view. Our goal will be to help you live more dangerously in your improvisation so you can be more comfortable dealing with your individual sticking points which may come up in your work as an actor. Exercises will be tailored to helping each individual break through blocks and get over creative hurdles in their work. Also included will be advanced improv tools such as the 3/3/3, The active and passive listener, and the progressive animal behavior exercise. CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART THE SHOOT: INSTANT SCENE STUDY: AN ACTOR'S WORKSHOP NEW DATES FORTHCOMING: You got the job. You got the script and learned your lines, but you haven’t met your scene partner, the director, cast or crew…ok, now be brilliant. Can you? YOU WILL BE GIVEN A SCENE PRIOR TO THE WORKSHOP. YOU WILL COME WITH IT MEMORIZED, BUT WITHOUT REHEARSAL WITH YOUR SCENE PARTNER. YOU WILL THEN WORK THROUGH THE SCENE AS IF IT WAS A REAL FILM OR TV SHOOT. YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO IMPROVISE WITH THE TEXT, BE IN THE MOMENT AND CONNECT INSTANTLY WITH YOUR FEELINGS AND YOUR PARTNER. YOU WILL ALSO WORK ON BREAKING DOWN A COLD SCRIPT. *Due to the specific nature of this workshop their are no credits given for cancellation CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART
Feel sharper, confident, instinctive! AUDITION WORKSHOP NEW DATES FORTHCOMING: Are you having problems with auditions? Are you getting the callback but not the job? Does your work feel stale? Can you never figure out what "they" want? The goal is to help you to audition at your best through a number of exercises, which will find, honor and encourage your instincts. *Actors choose to work on either cold sides or a prepared monologue on an individual basis. CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS CLASS TO YOUR SHOPPING CART
"We feel if you want to be a better improviser you should study acting. If you want to be a better actor, you should study improvisation." --Seth Michael & Bryan Radtke
CANCELLATION POLICY: In order to ensure your commitment, payments for our workshops are non-refundable. We accept cancellations with 12 or more hours notice. If you need to cancel and you give under 12 hours notice then you have the option of sending 30 dollars to hold your credit toward another workshop. If this fee is not paid, you lose credit for the workshop.