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CLASS 110: Beginning
Acting
Now
registering for Spring Quarter 2012
CLASS 110:
Beginning
Acting
When: Mondays 7-9:30 p.m.,
April 23-May 21
Where: University of Washington campus in Seattle
Course fee (tuition): General Public: $150
UW Students with current ID: $145
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: Acting is fun! In this enjoyable introductory class you'll learn how to create characters, memorize dialogue, and use your voice, body and emotions as acting tools. Plus: warmups & theater games, improv & scenework, and information about Seattle's film & theater scenes. Whether you're looking for a class just for fun, or have professional aspirations to act on stage or in movies, everyone is welcome. Instructor has directed stageplays & feature films, and taught acting for over fifteen years. His movies have played at international film festivals.
To visit the instructor's IMDB (professional film credits) page, click here
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Nils
Osmar has made
his living in the arts since the 1980s, and has taught both accredited
and non-accredited classes in Seattle for over twenty years, through
the University of Washington's ASUW
Experimental College,
Antioch University Heritage Institute, the Wonder School, and Classesandworkshops.com.
His stageplays have been produced in the Seattle Fringe Festival, New City Theater Directors' Fests and other venues. His movies have played at major international film festivals. He also teaches filmmaking, screenwriting, and other courses related to theater and film. His background includes over twenty years as an actor. playwright, producer and director. Nils Osmar home page
ABOUT THE SCHOOL:
This class is
sponsored by the ASUW
Experimental College
and Classesandworkshops.com. It's open to everyone; you don't
have to be a U.W. student to sign up. (If an enrollee is under
18, please contact us first to make sure the class is a good "fit"
for the student)
STUDENT COMMENTS:
I'd actually like
to thank you. After taking your (Beginning Acting and Let's
make a movie) classes last year, I now
have had two acting gigs. One in a movie called Sideways Japan...
it was a Fox production... and I was in a commercial in Hollywood,
that was a Time Warner production. The reel we made was very useful
helping me perform in front of camera and the fact
(that I was) comfortable in front of camera got me the gigs. Tell
everyone to not give up and give it your all if you want to make
it. It was a slow start, but now im living in la and loving it.
Thanks again, your classes are good. - K. S., Hollywood
Hey Nils, thanks for the class - had a really good time this quarter. I really came at the class from the direction of directing. I had successfully directed two plays back in Britain, but I always felt that I was on shaky ground when I tried to give advice to actors that went beyond "okay, say it louder this time". There's nothing that makes you feel a fraud quicker than standing up in front of lots of people who look to you for advice and not having any to give. The class definitely helped... I really enjoyed the improv element of the class. It always felt like just one step away from playing a childish game, which I always enjoy. It was also great to have a chance to work on a monologue with you, especially in front of a small, friendly audience. Your advice on the 'business' side of acting was also very useful.- Cheers, Mark (Seattle/London)
Hi Nils, I just wanted to thank you for a great class last night! Clearly, people were a little nervous about getting up to perform their monologues, but you have fostered a very supportive environment which makes it much easier to get up there. I think you did an excellent job at figuring out how to help each individual to take the next step with their piece, despite a wide range of skill levels. I'm looking forward to next week!- Marnie M. (Kirkland)
I really think you are a great instructor, and you seem to have a genuine interest in and enjoy helping people develop their skills. And it was fun! - Pritam (Seattle)
A week after your class (I) went to my very first audition! Talk about absolute terror. I did the same monologue I did in class, and guess what? I got offered not only one role, but two roles from two different directors, from that one petrified , shaking monologue. on my very first audition! I was shocked...I couldn't have done it without your great class. Thanks! -Randy T. (Seattle)
Classes starting soon:
ACTING CLASSES
CLASS 110: Beginning
Acting
CLASS 300: Let's
Make a Movie
CLASS 120: Actors
workshop: Auditioning
ART CLASSES
CLASS 210: Drawing for
Absolute Beginners
CLASS 220: Figure
Drawing
CLASS 225: Drawing
clothing and drapery
CLASS 230: Drawing
Faces and Portraits
CLASS 240: Perspective
drawing for artists
CLASS 250: Acrylic
Painting for Beginners
CLASS 270: Cartooning
for fun and profit
CLASS 290: Drawing
in pen, brush & ink
CLASS 295: Exploring
charcoal
FILM AND VIDEO CLASSES
CLASS 300: Let's
Make a Movie
CLASS 310: Filmmaking
101
CLASS 320: Documentary
Filmmaking
CLASS 550: Start
writing your screenplay
SOFTWARE CLASSES: PHOTOSHOP
CLASS 400: Photoshop
for Beginners
WRITING CLASSES
CLASS 510: Writing
fiction & short stories
CLASS 550: Start
writing your screenplay