September 3rd, 4th, 5th (3 day course) 11:00-18:30 GMT
RUN AT IT SHOUTING, Block D, D107, 415 Wick Lane, E3 2JG
£400.00 Members £360.00
*Please note as with all our events, our prices are inclusive of VAT*
Contact: info@runatitshouting.co.uk
+ COURSE FORMAT
This course will help you find freedom in screen work and when preparing self-tapes.
These days, actors are expected to be very self-reliant. Auditions often start as self-tapes. And working on a TV series often means engaging with multiple directors, as well as dealing with little or no rehearsal. Film work is long, tiring, and many directors offer little guidance.
This course will offer some new thoughts, ways and preparation exercises that enable your unique charisma to shine through in any role you play. How to fuse your individual essence with your role’s; how to put in new muscle memory for your role that allows you freedom and confidence; how to tap into, and release, your powers.
This course takes an individual approach that is suitable both for actors coming to screen actors and old hands.
**+ SCHEDULE **
Pre-course: Participants to send Mel a really short intro video (fine on phone selfie camera) – say your name (clearly), a few things about you, and anything you hope to take home from the course. These must arrive to Mel by the Wednesday of the week prior to the course. A scene (to look at and learn) will be sent before the course. All scene work is recorded, and sent at the end of the course.
Tuesday: Being a Text Detective: 11am—6pm (1 hour lunch): warm up, Tuesday: Keeping the Life: 11.30 am—6.30 pm (1 hour lunch): intro; differences between stage and screen; the trap of learned lines; Is screen work small? What is a ‘character’?
Work on screen.
Wednesday: Being a Text Detective: 11am—6pm (1 hour lunch): warm up, toolbox and screen work. Each actor will get time to work within the group. The group sees work live on screen, and it’s recorded for participant to watch later.)
Thursday: The Big Picture: 11am—6.30 pm (1 hour lunch): further scene work. Any remaining work and questions.
**+ BIO **
Mel Churcher was an actor and broadcaster for many years. Her work included leading roles with the Royal National Theatre, the New Shakespeare Company and extensive film, radio and television work.
She is now best known as an international acting, dialogue, voice andMpresentation coach and runs workshops and gives lectures all over the world. She has worked in the voice department of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (where she was Head of Voice and Text for twelve years), Shakespeare’s Globe, the Young Vic, Manchester Royal Exchange, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre in London. She served on the Council of the British Voice Association.
Mel is also one of the top acting and dialogue coaches in TV and movies. Her work includes P-Valley, War of the Worlds, Victoria, Outlander, Marco Polo, Control, Danny the Dog/Unleashed, The Fifth Element, King Arthur, The Count of Monte Cristo and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, coaching actors such as Thora Birch, Gerard Butler, Henry Cavill, Daniel Craig, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Giamatti, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Angelina Jolie, Milla Jovovich, Felicity Jones, Keira Knightley, Jet Li, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelson, Sam Riley, Stellan Skarsgåard, Ray Winstone, Benedict Wong, and Michelle Yeoh.
Mel is also a theatre director with her own company, Trojan’s Trumpet.
Mel has an MA in Performing Arts (Mddx), an MA in Voice Studies (CSSD) and an Institute of Phonetics Association Diploma. She is a life-member of BAFTA and a voting member of the EFA. She has written numerous articles on voice and acting, and her books Acting for Film: Truth 24 Times a Second (Virgin Books) and A Screen Acting Workshop (Nick Hern Books) are now recommended reading for major drama schools.
Or see Mel’s IMdb entries on imdb.me/melchurcher.