Pearl Studios - 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.
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July 5 - July 10, 2009 |
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| Ages: |
14 - 18 yrs
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| Tuition: |
$1100 |
| Room & Meals: |
$800 |
Limited housing available, please call 1.888.497.3553 for details.
Details
Tailor your craft specifically for the on-camera experience. This week-long intensive covers everything from auditions - cold readings and callbacks - to onscreen performance for television and film. You'll learn how to present your best self when you enter a room full of strangers. You'll become familiar with basic techniques developed to focus mind and body on the acting task. You'll read and perform scenes from produced scripts with your peers and with professionals, discover how to make the role your own, 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. You'll leave feeling charged and confident about your ability to make and execute strong acting choices, to get the job, and to reap the rewards of playing it as only you can.
This terrific program is five full days of intensive study, bringing together students from all over the world to enjoy NYC and the "Big Apple" with their families. Limited housing is available, please call 1.888.497.3553 for details.
A letter of recommendation from a teacher is required prior to the beginning of camp. Enrollment for this program is limited.
* Additional Information
Students check-in 9am on the first day of camp,or 2pm the day befoe camp begins.
Flights should arrive into LaGuardia or JFK on the day before camp begins before 2pm.
Flights should depart from LaGuardia or JFK on the last day of camp after 630pm.
Airport transportation is available to and from LaGuardia for $30 each way,
or JFK for $50 each way,
or Port Authority bus station for $25 each way,
or Penn Station for $25 each way.
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Program Directors
Mary Lou Belli, Program Director
 Mary Lou Belli is an Emmy Award winner producer, writer, and director. She has just finished directing her 7th consecutive season of Girlfriends on the CW network as well as the new Web series 3Way. 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 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. 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 UConn. She is the co-author of two books: The Sitcom Career Book, and Acting for Young Actors, and is the head of the Education Advisory Committee for 3 Minute Highschool.com. She has been served as judge and guest speaker for three consecutive years for the CSU Media Arts Fest, a judge for the Miss America Outstanding Teen Pageant, and a panelist for Women In Film, the DGA, SAG, and AFTRA. This spring she is a judge for the California Independent Film Festival as well as guest artist at the International Thespian Festival for secondary school theatre where she will give workshops to thousands of teens and high school theatre teachers.
Location Information
Pearl Studios with its beautiful floor to ceiling mirrors and sprung floors teems with Broadway rehearsal activity day and night. Students can expect to see current and pre-opening rehearsals in progress as they come and go from their classes. Located in a secure building at 500 8th Avenue between 35th and 36th Pearl Studios is an ideal location to house the training sessions for our students. Not only will you feel inspired by your faculty and classmates, but you will "rub elbows" with current Broadway stars as you all come and go in the elevators, lounges, and studios.
Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice.
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