Pepperdine University
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Tuition includes room and meals From commercial work to a future on the big screen, this Acting for the Camera camp offers essential how-to information with hands-on experience in front of the camera.Acting for the Camera Camp/Workshop DetailsProgram Directors: Mary Lou Belli, Charlie DoughertyFaculty: Jamison Jones Tailor 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 Camp/Workshop InformationStudents will be housed in dormatories on the Pepperdine University campus. Students check-in between 2 - 4pm on the first day of camp. Flights should arrive into Los Angels International(LAX) on the First Day of camp before 1pm. Flights should depart from Los Angels International(LAX) on the last day of camp after 6pm. Transportation is available to and from Los Angels International(LAX) for $30 each way.
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Directors and Faculty
Jamison Jones
Faculty
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.Mary Lou Belli
Workshop Director
MARY LOU BELLI is the co-author of "The Sitcom Career Book" and "Acting for Young Actors". An Emmy Award winner producer, writer, and director, she is currently directing her 6th consecutive season of Girlfriends on the new CW network. Last season she directed Living With Fran starring Fran Drescher, Misconceptions starring Jane Leeves, and Eve starring hip-hop artist Eve.
She began her career directing Charles In Charge, Major Dad, and Sister, Sister. Mary Lou received BET nominations for directing Girlfriends and One On One as well as a Prism Award for Girlfriends.
After receiving a BA in theatre from Penn State, Mary Lou acted in musical theatre and soaps in New York, followed by a Los Angeles career producing and directing theatre. She has over 75 play productions to her credit, mostly world or west coast premieres, including Cecile Callan's controversial Angels Twice Descending optioned as a television movie by Fox, Wil Calhoun's The Balcony Scene co-produced Off Broadway with her partner Ian Praiser at NY's Circle Rep starring Cynthia Nixon, and then placed in development as a feature at TRISTAR.
Known for her work in children's programming, Mary Lou coached on NBC's Saturday morning hit Saved By The Bell: The New Class and went on to direct USA High, One World, Amber, Amber and Fox's teenage soap Tribes.
Among the awards she holds the dearest is her citation from the late Mayor Tom Bradley for her work with abused children. She lectures frequently throughout the United States including many universities such as AFI, NYU, Northwestern, and University of Connecticut.
Mary Lou is currently developing No Daughter Of Mine for Lifetime Television.
Charles Dougherty
Workshop Director
Charles Dougherty has been a working actor for over 30 years. He appeared with Minnie Driver in the film BEAUTIFUL, directed by Sally Field. He appeared with Martin Landau in the film AN EXISTENTIAL AFFAIR. He had a starring role in the Roger Corman film, WELCOME TO OBLIVION. Mr. Dougherty has guest starred on numerous television shows from HAPPY DAYS to MONK. This past season he appeared on television in DOLLHOUSE, BONES and THE MIDDLE as well as "The Late Night Wars" on THE JIMMY KIMMEL SHOW. He has appeared in over 300 television commercials, many of them memorable classics. Trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and the Drama Studio, London, Mr. Dougherty's theatre work includes THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY, directed by Fionnula Flanagan at Theatre West in Los Angeles as well as the Off-Broadway production of KID CHAMPION written and directed by the late Thomas Babe. Mr. Dougherty has taught long form Improvisational Theatre for US Performing Arts as well as Acting For The Camera.
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.
Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice. The faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists.
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