Sydney
Short Courses, National Actors Intensives, Casting Workshops, Director Workshops and Weekend Intensives
“I learnt countless amounts of skills and traits at TAFTA that I couldn’t have done without and I’ve used them now and in the past for Tomorrow When the War Began and other projects.”
Deniz Akdeniz - (Tomorrow When the War Began, Agents of Shield, Siren, Once Upon a Time)
One Day Advanced Screenwork with Colin Budds
Colin Budds (Home and Away, H2O Just Add Water, The Elephant Princess, The Saddle Club, Lightning Point, Neighbours and Prisoner) is known for drawing out screen presence from actors, helping them strip down their performance to its most truthful bringing out your natural charisma, making the audience want to see you in the next scene
This one day workshop is for committed actors wanting to take their on camera acting to the next level; extend their screen craft and their range as an actor within the frame.
Colin will help you strip down your performance to its most truthful bringing out your natural charisma - what some people call “X Factor” - making the Casting Director want call you back and the audience want to see you in the next scene.
Impulse & Emotions with John Orcsik
LEARN TO ACCESS AUTHENTIC EMOTIONS ON CUE!
Over years of working in Film & TV , John found he was required to reach deep emotional places on a busy set, with little time to prepare, and with few takes.
Emotional recall and sense memory became unsustainable and dangerous.
After studying the nature, purpose and qualities of emotions and where they are in the body's natural energy centres, John created a simple physical technique where you can access and express any emotion.
On cue.
At will.
Casting Workshop with Leigh Pickford (Maura Fay Casting) - SOLD OUT
TAFTA is very excited to be offering this workshop as Leigh does not hold these often due to his busy schedule.
This is your chance actors to be seen by a high profile casting director who casts for some of the most ground-breaking projects such as:
Secret City, Safe Harbour, Bite Club, Pine Gap, Hotel Mumbai, Guardians of the Tomb, The Wrong Girl, Janet King, Wonderland and many more!
In this workshop Leigh will help actors improve their understanding of the industry and the audition process, providing invaluable information and insights into the casting world.
One Day Acting Masterclass with Director Peter Andrikidis
In this workshop you will be required to self tape your scene prior to the workshop and send it through - Peter will then break down your tape in class and give you direction to re do it in class! This way you will leave with a polished scene, and the knowledge of what you need to do to improve your own self taping technique.
This is an awesome opportunity to get in front of a working director and practice the all-important skill of self taping!
Emotions #2 Intensive with John Orcsik
If you have completed Emotions #1 with John and are ready to expand your emotional range even further reserve your spot now!
Learn to:
Make powerful choices in a scene that are connected to your emotions
Exploring different emotions in challenging, complex and demanding scenes
Using emotions as a tool to tell the story, not just to express emotion
Creating a unique, connected and powerful performance that will stand out in the audition room.
Impulse & Emotions Intensive with John Orcsik
This course is about getting out of your head.
The two factors are indistinct yet relative. How does your impulse in a single moment or multiple impulses in an entire scene impact on your emotions and how does an imposed or real emotion impact on your impulses.
In this advanced scene-work course you will be guided by John to give yourself permission to surrender to the moment and trust your instincts and impulses, and let them carry you to your truth in the scene.
No acting allowed.
National Actors Intensive 2022
An exhausting, but incredibly rewarding week! In six days this intensive program will give you what NO other program in Australia can do. Work with 12 of Australia’s top Industry Professionals; a rare opportunity to perform for them all and receive an instant evaluation of your work.
UK Casting Workshop with Johnny Ong
DO YOU WANT TO WORK AS AN ACTOR IN THE UK?
Johnny Ong has been working in the UK casting industry for over 7 years, and has been able to work on some of the highest profile projects filming there over that period, including: The Crown, End of the F***ing World, Casino Royale, Outlander, Ascendant and more.
Now Johnny Works as a Freelance Casting Director, frequently collaborating with Faith Martin at Faith Martin Casting!This Casting Workshop will include an interactive information session on the UK industry and how to get cast in UK projects, then working on the floor on both commercial and theatrical scenes that will be allocated by Johnny!
Emotions #1 Intensive with John Orcsik
LEARN TO HARNESS AUTHENTIC EMOTIONS ON CUE!
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.
Self Tape & Casting Masterclass with US Casting Director Donna Morong (Morong Casting)
Donna Morong is a respected Casting Director with over 25 years in the business. She spent 15 years at The Walt Disney Company ultimately becoming Senior Vice President of Motion Picture Casting in the feature film division, where she cast films such as “PRINCESS DIARIES”, “SHANGHAI KNIGHTS”, “10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU”, “DEUCE BIGOLO”, “ANNAPOLIS”, “CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN”. In 2008, she won an Artios Award for casting Ben Affleck’s “GONE BABY GONE” for Miramax which garnered an Academy Award Nomination for Amy Ryan.
This extended Casting Masterclass includes a submitted self tape prior to the session, feedback on your self tape, re-shooting the tape with direction, and a final call back session. Bring your A game!
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