Pepperdine - Acting for the Camera
From commercial work to a future on the big screen, this camp offers essential how-to information with hands-on experience in front of the camera.DetailsTailor your craft specifically for the on-camera experience in television and film. Develop new skills in a week long intensive that covers everything from auditions - cold readings and callbacks - to on-screen performance. Learn how to present your best self when you enter a room full of strangers. Learn basic techniques to focus mind and body on the acting task. You'll read and perform scenes from produced scripts with your peers as well as professionals, discover how to make the role your own, explore the differences between situation comedy and drama, and have the opportunity to meet and talk with working actors, directors, casting directors, and cinematographers. In a safe, positive space, we focus on each individual's unique talent and specific needs. Small, personalized sessions will be captured on video and analyzed by faculty and peers. For those interested in commercial work as well as a future on the big screen, this camp offers essential how-to information and experiences. You'll leave feeling charged and confident about your ability to make and execute strong, specific acting choices, to get the job, and to reap the rewards of playing it as only you can.
* Additional InformationStudents check-in between 2 and 4pm on the first day of camp. Flights should arrive into Los Angeles International (LAX) on the first day of camp prior to 1pm. Flights should depart from Los Angeles International (LAX) on the last day of camp after 5pm. Airport transportation is available to and from Los Angeles International for $30 each way.
Information PacketsInformation Packets for students registered for summer 2008 are available for download NOW! Those who requested their packet by standard mail should be receiving them in the next few days. If you are interested in signing up for a program or need more information please click here.
Program DirectorsWeek 1 (June 16-21) Mary Lou Belli, Program Director Week 2 (June 14-19) Dinah Lenney, Program Director FacultyJamison Jones Jamison Jones is a Swordmaster and theatrical combat instructor with over 18 years of experience in the art of theatrical swordplay and hand to hand combat. He's staged fights for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory Theater, the American Conservatory Theater, and the Pasadena Playhouse. Jamison was the resident Fight Coordinator at LACT and choreographed such plays as Romeo and Juliet, MacBeth and I Hate Hamlet; other theater fight direction includes the Napa Valley Shakespeare Festival, the East LA Classic Theater and La Mirada Theater for The Performing Arts. He has worked as an instructor in the art of theatrical combat at The California Shakespeare Festival, ACT, South Coast Rep, San Francisco State, Cal State Fullerton, Orange County High School of the Arts and many other theaters, schools and Universities.
As an actor Jamison's most recent film credits include The Lodger with Alfred Molina and He Was a Quiet Man, opposite William H. Macy and Christian Slater. Other film work includes Two:Thirteen, Destiny with Casper Van Dien and William Fortsythe, Water Under the Bridge, Radioland Murders, Dark Blue with Kurt Russell, Hollywood Homicide with Harrison Ford, and Actor and Producer credits for Gettin' Lucky and West of Brooklyn with Joe Mantegna. He can also be seen in multiple episodes of last seasons hit TV series 24, as well as in CSI: NY, N.C.I.S., Crossing Jordan, ALIAS, That 70's Show, General Hospital, Strong Medicine, The Division, Conan, Will & Grace and JAG.
Most recently, Jamison appeared in critically acclaimed productions of Therese Raquin and BENT. Prior to that he performed the title role in Timon of Athens at CSUF's Little Theater, and in The Foreigner at the La Mirada Theater for the Arts where he also starred in The Lion in Winter, All My Sons, Dancing at Lughnasa and The Rainmaker. Other appearances include How the Other Half Loves at the Pasadena Playhouse, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Joe Pitt in Angels in America at The American Conservatory Theater, as well as Cyrano de Bergerac at A Noise Within.
Jamison holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from The American Conservatory Theater.
Location Information
Resting on a bluff overlooking the famous Malibu Beach Colony and just minutes from Hollywood, Pepperdine University provides a perfect location for digital filmmaking. With its remarkable setting, warm sunshine, mild summer days, and beautiful ocean view, you will experience the lifestyle of college students: from living in dormitories to eating in the dining hall. The residence facility at Pepperdine provides ideal living conditions: an intimate, casual atmosphere with students in small suites of four rooms.
Enjoy sunny Malibu with US Performing Arts Camps at Pepperdine University. Pepperdine offers a safe camp atmosphere removed from the city, with easy access to movie studios and working professionals. Come have fun and learn from some of the world's best professionals in their fields on this beautiful university campus.
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