Directors Working with Actors

Brief Summary

This course is all about connecting with actors, honing your directing skills, and creating a collaborative environment on set. Super fun and hands-on!

About This Course

Learn how to expertly work with actors from casting sessions to blocking the scene and giving feedback.

Forget the fancy equipment and special FX, the most important resource of any film are the actors involved with the film. This masterclass takes a look at working with actors and building your relationship with them. With this course we explore and interview two working actors with an in depth knowledge of the role and throughout the course we look in depth at how to work with actors from a director’s point of view.

We explore many aspects from getting the right actors to work with you to what you can do to get the most out of your actors from casting to working on set.

Discover the tools and resources actors need to work at their best during your film project, you’ll be surprised how the little things can make a big difference to the quality of your final product.

We cover a lot in this course, here's a quick glimpse:

• What Attracts Actors to a Script

• Preparing for an Audition

• What Practicalities Make a Good Casting

• What Can a Director do to Prepare for the Set

• What Actors need from a director before a scene

• What are the secrets to a good filming experience

• Read through of a prepared scene

• An explanation of blocking

• An overview of the module

• How do you as a director work out the shots?

• Scene Rehearsals

• Figuring out which character is in control

• Giving Feedback

• Working out the camera angles

• Using the camera to demonstrate the directors POV

• Giving feedback – ‘Directing VS Telling’

You don’t need any prior knowledge of directing or working with Actors to take this course. This course is taught by Adrian Mead, an accomplished writer and director who has worked with major networks in both the UK and US.

Adrian has been a working in the industry since 1999, when he began to develop his career as a writer and director of film and television drama. Since then, Adrian has built up numerous credits for BBC, ITV, Sky, Channel 4 and CBBC.

Adrian is the winner of BAFTA Scotland and Cineworld Audience Award for his film “Night People”. He has worked in TV, Film, Radio and Animation both as a writer and Director.

• Learn how to direct actors to get the best out of them.

• You’ll learn about the directors role and you’ll see Adrian putting this into practice.

• You’ll learn how to analyse a script.