Saturday Afternoon Class: 
Instructor/s – D.I. Co-Founders Catherine Dyer & Jason MacDonald
Duration – 6 weeks
Dates – Saturdays, March 2 – April 4
Times – 2–5pm
Maximum – 12 students per class
Price – $325
To Book – Select from menu below
Location – Drama Inc. 650 Hamilton Ave.

Upcoming Classes – 
TBA

Don’t think there’s a difference between acting on stage and in TV/film? Do you watch a movie or TV show & say, “I can do that and better”? Then this class is for you. Drama Inc.’s On-Camera 1 teaches the beginning actor, as well as the seasoned stage actor, the basics of acting on camera for television and film. We’ll teach you how NOT to act. What? You’ll learn about eyeline, camera blocking, master shots, mics…

Students will be taped on camera every week using actual TV and film scripts. They will receive notes and tips and will have the opportunity to re-tape using director’s notes. And they will learn from watching fellow students.

In this class you will learn…

• • The difference between stage acting and on-camera acting
  • The subtlety required for on-camera work
  • Choices – what do you know about your character – what choices do you need to make
  • Eyelines – where to look when speaking

• Marks – where to walk and “land”
• Cues – when to walk, when to talk
• Auditions – when to memorize, how to memorize. how to audition with script in hand
• Ad-libbing – if and when it is acceptable
• Slating – how to slate

***All Adult classes 18 and over unless otherwise specified.

NOTE – Auditing prior to the start of the first class is highly recommended for this class.
Also, all students are expected to acquire and read Ivana Chubbuck’s, The Power of the Actor, prior to attending the 1st class.

With Ivana Chubbuck Studio-accredited teacher, Jerri Tubbs. Jerri has been a member of Ivana’s studio since 2007 in Los Angeles and we’re proud to have her at Drama Inc!

This class is open to students who are new to this technique and it’s vocabulary.

In October of 2004 Penguin Books published Ivana’s book, The Power of the Actor. The book became an instant success, spending weeks on the Los Angeles Times top ten Bestsellers List. For more than a year it was the number one selling book about acting at Barnes and Noble. Currently her book is being adopted for use as a textbook in many colleges and universities across the country, as well as having been translated into a number of languages around the world, including Spanish, Hebrew, Romanian, Italian, Danish, Russian and soon to be Chinese.

This technique maintains a focus on producing and nurturing working actors in a rigorous professional environment. It is our mission to empower our students with the tools to become successful and to make dynamic, empowered choices in their work.

In this class students will break down the text according to “The Power of the Actor” – 12 steps, and all of the emotional exercises in the book and then apply it to scene work. The goal is to get every student to learn how to be proactive and win an objective in the scene while creating a dynamic performance. While there is no filming element to this class, the technique is designed especially through the use of inner monologue and inner objects to be captured, truthfully for the camera.

*Read more about The Chubbuck Technique here: http://www.ivanachubbuck.com

***All Adult classes 18 and over unless otherwise specified.

How many times have you said, “I knew the lines perfectly in the car/shower”? How many times have you said, “I get so nervous in the waiting/audition room”? How many times have you just sort of said your lines with meaning & not made informed, confident & detailed choices?
All that will change in our new class, THE BREAKDOWN. Cat & Dustin will help you build a working foundation that you will use for the rest of your career!

In THE BREAKDOWN you will learn:
a clear concise, process to quickly break down your text/scene/script
a variety of memorization techniques to help develop your own process
physical & mental relaxation techniques & confidence builders to change that nervous energy into excitement

THE BREAKDOWN is the perfect next step after OC1.

***All Adult classes 18 and over unless otherwise specified.