Acting for Film and Television + Video Reel! - Alexandria, VA 2025

---Instructor: Mike Baker, Jr.--- This class is an introduction to film and television acting. Each week you will learn one or more aspects/techniques of acting for film and television. The eight-week class will encompass a whole range of techniques to include crossing camera, letting scenes breathe, pre-beat, specificity, spontaneity, listening, behavior, containment, and intuitive response. Mike will also employ Harold Guskin’s technique of “Taking it Off the Page” to ground you in the realism needed for film and television – your real self. Each student will perfect at least three movie scenes and three movie monologues. The instructor will provide you with dozens to choose from and will send you the work you tape each week in Drop Box so you can track your progress. At the end of the eight weeks, your selected scene and monologue will be professionally lit and taped at LTA, using green screens to simulate on location backgrounds. You will be provided a flash drive with high resolution files for use on your website or You Tube. The flash drive will contain up to 6 pieces of work shot in class in addition to the Green Screen monologue and scene. With the increasing demand for video reels, you will be in the forefront. Record date for scenes and monologues is Tuesday June 24 from 7:00- 10:00 p.m. You only have to be available for one-hour during the record time period.