Advanced Actors Workshop

Term Classes 8 weeks

Brave Studios’ Advanced Actors Workshop provides advanced acting classes for professional actors and advanced-level graduates. These Advanced Acting classes run weekly, challenging acting students to keep  skills active and fresh.

Students will be working with many diverse, demanding and challenging scenes. Your Acting coach will direct and challenge you to find your truth in the scene, get rid of any obstacles in the way and make sure you are always fighting for what you want.

This is an advanced acting course for the more experienced actor wanting to meet with his/her blocks and/or limitations, get out of their comfort zone and who are determined to overcome and gain a deeper knowledge into themselves and their craft. By participating in the Advanced Actors Workshop, actors are given the platform and skills to let go and trust themselves to dive even further into their truth.

We are proud to have Damian Walshe-Howling teaching at Brave Studios. Damian brings with him a wealth of knowledge in both directing and acting in major Australian television series such as Underbelly & Janet King.

In the final week, you will have the chance to test your skills in a workshop with one of Australia’s top Casting Directors.

Previous casting directors have been Lou Mitchell from Maura Fay Casting, Rosie Traynor from Chameleon Casting and Jane Norris from Jane Norris Casting. This is an exciting opportunity for you to gain straight feedback on your auditions, and feel more comfortable in the room to nail your next casting!

If you are an actor needing to be challenged further to move forward in your work, this is the perfect acting course for you.
This course is designed as an actors workout that actors can re-visit again and again to keep skills fresh and the actor challenged. 

Course will cover:

  • An introduction into Practical Aesthetics
  • Challenging scene-work
  • Performing your scene every week
  • Small class sizes to ensure the get the attention you deserve- max 14
  • To find your truth and strength as an actor
  • Strengthening your connection with other actors.
  • Work through your personal blocks to get to the truth of a scene
  • Clear bad habits
  • Connect to the truth of the scene, and finding the character within yourself.
  • Find the right beats and actions within a scene to determine what you want the other character to do, think, or feel in that moment and try to affect a change in the other person.
  • Final week screentest with one of Australia’s leading Casting Directors

What you walk away with:

  • All students receive a link to view scenes filmed in class, via Brave Studios’ Vimeo page for self-critiquing in your own time.

Strong Command of the English language

Students will be dealing with difficult concepts that require an advanced level of English language comprehension. Therefore, it is imperative that all students have a strong command of English. Please feel free to discuss this with one of our staff at Brave Studios should you need clarification.

COVID-19 Terms and Conditions during studio classes

Please CLICK HERE for our terms and conditions regarding refunds and transfers during COVID-19 for classes IN STUDIO ONLY

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Applications & Pre-requisites

*Applicants must complete one or more of the following pre-requisites

  • Acting training equivalent to Brave Studios Advanced Actors Course
  • Successful audition at Brave Studios with one of the Acting School Directors.
  • Working professionally within the Film and TV industry

Strong command of the English Language

Students will be dealing with difficult concepts that require an advanced level of English language comprehension. Therefore, it is imperative that all students have a strong command of English as there will be constant reading and learning of text. Please feel free to discuss this with one of our staff at Brave Studios should you need clarification.

 

 

Dates & Times

Term 4 dates 2021
Choose one of the options below:

Monday Evenings
7.00pm-10.30pm
11th October – 29th November

OR/

Wednesday Day – FULL~Waiting List Only
10.30am-2.00pm
13th October – 1st December

OR/

Tuesday Evenings ~ FULL~Waiting List Only
7.00pm-10.30pm
5th October – 30th November
*Please note Tuesday 2nd Nov is MELB CUP Public Holiday. Class will resume the week after.

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

$565.00 inc GST

Please note a deposit of $150 is required to secure your position in this course.

Locations

Brave Studios
Studio #33a
33/91 Moreland St,
Footscray 3011

 

 

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    *We do not take payment through the website. Payment can either be made over the phone via credit card, or via direct deposit. The account details will be sent to you in an invoice once you enrol.
    *If paying a deposit, please note that the balance for the course is due 2 weeks prior to course commencement. Your deposit must be received before your place can be confirmed
    *STUDENT LOYALTY DISCOUNT - If you have completed 3 or more 8 week courses with Brave Studios you may be eligible for an ongoing 10% discount. This only applies to Beginner and Actors Workshop 8 week courses commenced from 2013 onwards.

  • CONDITIONS OF ENROLMENT

    BALANCE: Any outstanding balance must be paid 2 weeks prior to the course start date.  
    REFUND POLICY: Notification of cancellation must be given at least 14 days prior to class commencement for course fees or deposit to be refunded. If you have enrolled but do not notify us of cancellation 14 days prior to the commencement of the course, your deposit and/or any fees paid will be retained by Brave Studios. No refunds will be given for cancellations made after course commencement or during the run of the course. Brave Studios reserves the right to cancel any class in which case fees will be refunded in full.
    12 MONTH PROGRAMS- All payments must be made on the agreed date specified on the Invoice. Should you withdraw from the course after the commencement date, any fees paid will be retained, no refund will be applied and you are obliged to pay the balance of all fees owing. 
    Payments for the 3 hour introductory workshop and 1 day auditioning workshops are non-refundable.  
    TRANSFER POLICY: If a student has paid a deposit and wishes to transfer into another course as opposed to receiving a refund, the transfer should take place within 12 months of the initial course start date, given that at least 14 days notice has been received. It is the students responsibility to inform us of their availability for new course dates. The student will also be subject to any course fee increases made during that time.
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    COVID-19 TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    Please read carefully our terms and conditions regarding refunds and transfers during COVID-19

    PLEASE NOTE: All classes will take place online via Zoom should a lockdown announcement stop Brave Studios providing face to face learning. Classes will continue online until we are able to resume in the studio.
    - Should a lockdown come into place forcing Brave Studios to stop face to face classes and move to online learning before the course commences, you are only eligible for a FULL REFUND or TRANSFER if you give Brave Studios 7 days notice prior to the course commencement date.
    - Should a Lockdown be announcement and enforced within 7 days of your course commencement date, forcing Brave Studios to stop face to face classes and move to online learning, NO REFUNDS OR TRANSFERS will be offered.
    - Should further lockdowns come into place forcing Brave Studios to stop face to face classes and move to online learning during your course, NO REFUNDS OR TRANSFERS will be offered. The course will be continued and completed via ZOOM Online until we are able to resume in the studio.
    - If you are traveling from interstate to study at Brave Studios and border restrictions prohibit you from continuing your course, NO REFUNDS OR TRANSFERS will be offered.