DAY
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday
DATE
Jan 2024 TBC Dates
TIME
Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm, Monday & Tuesday 6:30pm-9:30pm
LEARN TO HARNESS AUTHENTIC EMOTIONS ON CUE!
COURSE OVERVIEW
If you are looking for a technique that can help you become emotional on cue, take after take that doesn't require you to use real events from your past - to take all the pressure off the “Key acting moments”? Then this short course is what you’re looking for.
This technique will empower you with confidence to face with emotional beats in a scene.
Using John Orcsik’s unique method, you will learn a physiological process to express your emotions on screen, without the need to use emotional recall, sense memory, or any other potentially damaging techniques. There is no need to learn line, prepare a scene or imagine a traumatic event to prepare yourself for this class, it is just you and the technique.
Using a technique rather than emotional recall allows you to practice it, over and over again and become better and faster at accessing the required emotion every time.
In the fast paced world of Film & TV, this is a reliable tool that, once learnt, you can call on at any time.
These are tools that an actor can use throughout their career, no matter what mood you are in, you can create the right emotion on screen for your character with these physiological processes.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Ability to express the Four Basic Emotions at will: Anger, Fear, Joy, Grief.
Practice working on each of these emotions with texts ranging from easy to difficult.
Ability to cry on cue (without accessing any past traumas)
Comprehensive emotional training
Deep understanding of how emotions physiologically present themselves in your body, your different energy centres, and how they can be accessed in performance
Training in presence and being in the moment
Breathwork
Immediacy in performance
Monologue Work
Practice makes perfect! On completing this intensive you will have learnt John’s emotions technique to the point where you can practice it on your own, so you are ready to hit that emotion when you’re under pressure on set or in an audition.
TRIGGER WARNING:
Some of the scripts used for this session contain content that may be distressing for you.
Please note that the scripts contain direct reference and use of the following words and notions:
R*pe, Assault, trauma, grief, and extreme emotions (anger, yelling etc)
Whilst we always encourage you to push your boundaries and treat all sessions as if you were cast in a project, this is a learning environment and we want to ensure you are as comfortable as possible!
Please let us know if you have any questions, and if you believe you'll find this content too difficult to work with.
Payment Plans are available - email enquiries@tafta.com.au for more information!AGE: 18+*
*If you are under 18 years old and would like to sign up to this course please contact enquiries@tafta.com.au for details
About John Orcsik:
John Orcsik, started TAFTA on the Gold Coast in 1994. He has written, directed and performed for stage, the small screen and the silver screen and has been sharing his insights into the film and television industry with students across Australia for over twenty years.
He has performed in countless Australian film and television productions with major sustaining roles in numerous TV series and continues to work as an actor alongside his desire for mentoring new generations of performers.
