Acting for Screen Classes (Ages 10-13)

A fun class designed to encourage each child’s unique creativity and confidence while they learn what makes a great TV or film performance. Various performance scenarios and characters are explored and scripts are learnt, filmed and watched back for review.

A fun class designed to encourage each child’s unique creativity and confidence while they learn what makes a great TV or film performance.

Students will explore:

Embodying character, story and world
Reading and preparing scripts
Creating imaginative worlds
Awareness of camera and technical requirements of screen craft
On-screen presence
Vocal and physical tools/exploration
Script interpretation and writing
Understanding of genre
Deeper exploration of journey and relationship across scenes
Auditioning and on-set etiquette

Teaching artist Ruby Love began working professionally as an actor in her childhood, featuring in a range of films, TV series, TV commercials and in theatre. She graduated with a BPA in Acting from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, and has trained with both the John Bolton Theatre School and L’Ecole Philippe Gaulier. Ruby is keen on exploring storytelling, creation and play. Her classes are a mix of games, script-work, devising and improvisation. Ruby loves to see students bring their whole selves forward and find joy and free-flowing imagination in their performance.