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The Carolyne Barry Workshops can come to
your city and your actors can benefit from
the professional and comprehensive training
that could help to make the difference in
their careers. Ms. Barry has been invited
to do her one night and week-end workshops
in Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Detroit,
Little Rock, New Orleans, and New York City.
Here are three generic formats which could
easily be adapted to any curriculum:
STRUCTURE I
GOAL:
To give as many actors as possible the vital
and pertinent training necessary to do well
at commercial auditions and how to map out
a viable career being an actor in commercials.
INTRO TO COMMERCIAL ACTING AND THE
BUSINESS - One Day Master Class
- An unlimited number of people can attend.
- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Master Workshop (one
hour break for lunch)
- There will be a comprehensive lecture
with pictures and handouts
- At random, people are selected and are
worked with on camera as examples
- A step by step technique on "how
to" prepare for Commercial Auditions
will be presented
- There will be demonstrations, utilizing
the actors attending, on how to audition
for commercials that require one actor talking
to the camera and commercials scenes that
require two or three actors.
- Tapes from actual casting sessions will
be shown
- The session will conclude with a Question
and Answer session on commercial auditioning
STRUCTURE II
GOAL:
To give actors the specifics and in as much
detail, as time permits, techniques necessary
to do well at commercial auditions. Plus,
help them to map out a viable acting career
doing commercials.
COMMERCIAL ACTING
AND THE BUSINESS-
Weekend Workshop:
FRIDAY
NIGHT
7:00 - 9:00 - Seminar
- An unlimited number of people can attend
- Questions and Answers on a career in the
Television Commercial business , possibly
with a top on-camera Agent (who can be included
in the package or one from your area can
be invited)
- This session features a casting session
- The students will get a good idea of what
goes on and how, who and why actors are
selected
SATURDAY
10:00 - 1:30
- A step by step technique on "how
to" prepare for Commercial Auditions
will be layed out
- This workshop can take an unlimited amount
of people
- About ten to fifteen people, at random*,
per 3 hour segment are used as examples
and are worked with on camera
2:30 -5:30
- Selected Students*
work one-on-one, on-camera with Carolyne
- This session will deal with commercial
auditions where the actor auditions alone
and talks to the camera
SUNDAY
10:00 -2:00
- Selected Students*
work one-on-one, on-camera. This session
will deal with commercial auditions where
actors work in two person scenes.
3:00
- 4:30
- Question and Answer session on commercial
auditioning. Tapes from actual casting sessions
will be shown.
* These ten to fifteen selected students
can be specifically enrolled at a higher fee
and the rest of the students can be auditiors
at a lesser fee.
STRUCTURE III
GOAL:
To work with each participant at their level
and give them a basis by which to further
their acting training. Plus, provide each
participant insights and information needed
to develop as an actor.
STRUCTURE:
There will be four groups
of 15 adults or kids. The make-up of each
group will be determined by either age or
ability. i.e. kids will be with kids, adult
new actors will be with adult new actors,
actors with experience and/or training will
be with the same, etc.
There will be four
teachers from Los Angeles:
- IMPROV TEACHER ( who also works w/one
of the top L.A.Casting Directors)
- TWO COMMERCIAL TECHNIQUE TEACHERS (Top
L.A. Teacher and working actresses)
- ACTING / COLDREADING TEACHER (Working
Actress and top L.A. Teacher)
FRIDAY
6:00 - 7:15
Each student will be assigned a group and
sent to a room where one of the four teachers
will videotape them doing a commercial single
and duo auditions.
7:30 - 9:45
All the students will assemble and there
will be a Seminar and a questions and answers
session with the four teachers covering:
- Basic principles of acting and commercial
auditioning
- Rules and tricks for auditioning
- Realistic expectations and expenses
- The value of training
- The kinds of training available
- How to learn and the process of learning
- What is talent?
- The value of talent
- Do you have talent and/or what it takes
to work and be successful?
SATURDAY
9:00-11:00
11:15-1:15
LUNCH
2:30-4:30
4:45-6:45
- The groups (which
started in on Friday night) will spend
two hours with each of the four instructors
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Each of the instructors, working on video,
will teach their specialty but specifically
for the age and/or level of each group
SUNDAY
10:00 -12:00
- Each group will be assigned to one of the
instructors for a last workshop that will
cover a higher level of training which will
be determined by the instructors the night
before
LUNCH
1:15 - 3:30
- Final Session with original the (Friday
night) instructor in their original
groups
- The actors will be directed in the
first monologue and scenes they did in their
first session
- Then the first tapes will be
compared with the final tapes
- The students
progress will be evaluated and recommendations
will be made
4:00 - 5:00
- Last Seminar
- Reviewing week-end
- Discussing Results
- Questions and Answers
5:00
Variations of these
programs can easily be suited to individual
needs. If you would like more information
and/or would like to know the costs contact
Carolyne Barry at Carolyne Barry Creative
Ent. by phone (323)654-2212 or
E-mail to carolyne@carolynebarry.com
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