Advanced Teens

WITH JASON CHRISTOU

12 - 17 YEARS OLD | INVITATION ONLY | 8 WEEK TERMS | 32 CONTACT HOURS | $745 PER TERM*

Prerequisite: Two Terms of Screen Acting for Teens.

*Payment Plans Available

Advanced Screen Acting Course for the accomplished teen actor

TAFTA’s Advanced Teen Program is an invite-only accelerated screen acting program for Teens.

The Advanced Teen class is for students who have been recognised by their teachers as hard working, committed and eager to learn. This program will develop advanced skills that actors will need to work professionally in the industry.

You will learn skills that will be directly applicable in auditions and call-backs, on professional sets, and when working with directors.

Students may be invited personally by TAFTA at the end of a term of studies based on teacher recommendations, class attendance and merit.

EACH CLASS WILL COMBINE SCENE ANALYSIS AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES TO

- INSPIRE IMAGINATION

- LEARN HOW TO GIVE AND RECEIVE PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK

- CULTIVATE A HEALTHY ACTOR/DIRECTOR RELATIONSHIP

- CREATE A COMPLEX SCREEN CHARACTER

- LEARN HOW TO TELL A SCREEN STORY

Over the course of 8 weeks students will build an actor/director toolkit to aid in creating and capturing characters for the screen.

Students will examine and learn how actors and directors collaborate to tell a screen story.
Students will be aided to better understand their process in order to get the most out of their performances and work with any director.
Students will test their processes, including directing each other to realise a screen story.
Students will experience the on-set process, learning scene coverage, and how to adjust their performance from a wide shot to close.
Students will explore the choices and techniques actors and directors make for the camera.
Students will explore how to use movement of themselves and the camera to build a character.
Students will be put through their paces in real actor/director situations and learn how to receive feedback and adjust their performance.
Teens will work directly with a Casting Director on Audition Technique, working in the industry and how to self tape successfully and book the job!

Your Teacher

JASON CHRISTOU

WRITER | DIRECTOR

Jason Christou is a Melbourne-based creator/writer/director working across film, television documentary, interactive and games.

Jason was writer and script editor on Emmy-winning ABC/Netflix’s NOWHERE BOYS, and a director’s apprentice on Sony/AMC’s PREACHER. He is currently working on his feature directorial debut FEUD, and as creator/writer/director of the comedy series ARGUMENTS WITH MY MUM.

In 2022 he was selected for the AFTRS National Documentary Talent Camp for feature documentary SKINNY which is being developed in collaboration with Walking Fish Productions (CLEAN), and is a current Creative Victoria Creators Fund recipient for Interactive Series/Game WE THE JURY.

At TAFTA Jason brings a collaborative, playful, practical and process focused energy to his teaching, inspiring imagination in his students with directing and screenwriting experience to support students to better understand their own process, strengthen their actor/director relationships and to create strong characters whether you’re writing from scratch or interpreting from the page.