Presented by: Corey Parker

This workshop is a specialized approach to on camera work. Each individual actor will receive authentic audition material–culled from guest instructor Corey Parker’s work with top casting directors–and then prepare them as if for an audition. Each actor will begin by doing an audition and then engage in process-oriented work to be clear on their choice making and how to adjust it on camera to work to their creative potential. Specific techniques will be offered to understand what the camera can do and how to work with it effectively. This will be a positive approach to audition and on set camera work, designed to support the actor and utilize the training each actor has developed in order to create the authentic actor.

The second step will utilize prepared monologues to bring to light the actual difference between stage and camera work, as well as how this difference can be utilized to show the actor off at their best in every audition. The work will involve the actor’s instrument, the actor’s sense of truth, and the actor’s choice making and putting those choices into their work.

Session three will build upon steps one and two in watching the footage and discussing where each actor’s strengths and weaknesses will both be beneficial to the work if used properly. In the on camera process, an actor’s inner feeling toward the camera and toward themselves is important, and Corey’s supportive work will allow the actor to grow and find themselves in the equation of their work and their future on camera.