Pepperdine University
Acting for the Camera

Dates	June 18 - June 23, 2012
	July 9 - July 14, 2012
Ages	12 - 18
Tuition	$1200
Audition	No Audition Required

	Tuition includes room and meals Grade entering in Fall 2012

Program Directors: Charlie Dougherty, Mary Lou Belli
Faculty: Kitty Swink

Acting for the Camera Camp Details

Learn how to act in front of the camera by acting in front of the camera. This summer acting camp, taught by Emmy award winning director Mary Lou Belli and 30 year acting veteran Charles Dougherty will show you the ins and outs of acting in front of the camera. Students will learn the similarities and differences between stage and film acting. Using scenes from current film and television scripts, students will work "on camera" every day. Students will explore and work on monologues, scenes from soap operas, sitcoms, and television commercial work. They will also alternate roles assisting in production of group scenes - lighting, slating, and standing in as extras. Students will utilize the university campus for outdoor film scenes. At the end of the program, students will receive a DVD with a compilation of the scenes they worked on during the week. This is a must for all actors.

** Check-In and Travel Information

Students 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 Angeles International(LAX) on the First Day of camp before 1pm.
Flights should depart from Los Angeles International(LAX) on the last day of camp after 6pm.
Transportation is available to and from Los Angeles International(LAX) for $30 EACH WAY.
Pepperdine University Travel Forms

Directors and Faculty

Mary Lou Belli

Workshop Director

Mary Lou Belli is an Emmy Award winning producer, writer, and director as well as the author of two books. Most recently she directed Monk starring Emmy award winner Tony Shalhoub and The Wizards of Waverly Place on the Disney Channel. Last season on the CW she directed The Game, the spinoff to Girlfriends, a series Mary Lou directed for 7 consecutive seasons. She directed the pilot of the Web series 3Way, winner of 2 Logo awards and the AfterEllen.com 2008 Visibility Award. With over 100 episodes to her credit, Mary Lou directed Living with Fran starring Fran Drescher, Misconceptions starring Jane Leeves, and Eve starring hip hop artist Eve, as well as The Hughleys, 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 with over 75 play productions to her credit. She lectures frequently throughout the United States including many universities such as AFI, NYU, Northwestern, and UConn.

She is the co-author of two books: The Sitcom Career Book and Acting for Young Actors. She has been a judge for the Miss America Outstanding Teen Pageant, a lecturer at the Chautauqua Institute, and a panelist for Women In Film, the DGA, SAG, and AFTRA. She's judged the California Independent Film Festival, the Sapporo Short Film Festival in Japan, and CSU Media Arts Fest.

She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two teenage children...all actors!

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.

Kitty Swink

Faculty

Kitty Swink, one of the most esteemed acting coaches in Southern California is who she is because she has been there and done that and her on going professional career tells it all. She has been seen in countless movie of the weeks and feature films and has guest starred on such shows as WITHOUT A TRACE, MONK, CROSSING JORDAN, JOAN OF ARCADIA, JUDGING AMY, ALIAS, NYPD BLUE, and many others. Audiences remember her as she was a recurring character on the Lifetime series, FOR THE PEOPLE. Her feature films credits include Paul Schrader's PATTY HEARST, Phil Alden Robinson's IN THE MOOD, and the diverse independent films of LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON, WAVE BABES and the festival hit BREATHING HARD. She will be seen on the screen this coming year in the the soon to be released teen comedy BOXBOARDERS and the movie THE WORKS. Trained in the theater her diversity as an actress goes beyond the screen as she is a member of the Los Angeles award winning Matrix Theater Company where she has appeared on stage in the West Coast Premiere of BOLD GIRLS and in the highly successful DANGEROUS CORNER which received LA Drama Critics and Garland Awards and was nominated for the coveted Los Angeles Ovation Award. She is a member of the Classical ANTEAUS THEATRE COMPANY, where she participated in CLASSICSFEST 2006. A popular theater actress in Los Angeles she also has appeared in countless plays including LAST SUMMER IN BLUEFISH COVE at the Tiffany Theatre and HAMLET with the Uprising Theater Company. She appeared Off Broadway in New York in THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION, AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT and THE LUGOSI TRILOGY and has played in regional theatres around the country, notably in the American Premiere of Billy Roche's THE CAVALCADERS at The Florida Stage Company. Her teaching abilities are amazing and she has coached on such television series as DANGEROUS MINDS, Stephen Bochco's TOTAL SECURITYand she coached the actors on the teen drama SOUTH OF NOWHERE and played the character of Rhonda for the first two seasons. In her off hours she works as a private acting coach for many of the industry's youngest talent today. She is a former vice president of the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD.

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.

_{*Tuition does not include one-time registration fee($150), weekend stays, or airport transportation.}

If you have questions or need help registering, please call 888-497-3553

Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice. The faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists. Images are of USPA programs, but may not represent actual program or location. Photos by Tito Deverya (UCLA TFT), Lauren di Matteo, and Chris Vanderhorst.

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