John D’Aquino Workshop Weekend

ADJUSTING PERFORMANCE FOR THE CAMERA

Camera awareness is a crucial aspect to an actor’s performance! In each camera frame, performance must be adjusted to suit the lens. Students will learn target zones for the master, the two-shot, the over the shoulder and the close-up framing. Is the actor performing too big for the camera? Students will learn by doing – shooting their scenes for camera as well as filming other actor’s scenes.

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RAISE THE STAKES

Many actors think the dialogue is enough. Dialogue is merely the roadmap to story. The audience is tired of words! They only want to hear a story! If the challenges facing the character aren’t important enough, the scene is going in the wrong direction. Actors will learn how to excite the scene from start to finish and escalate the drama within a drama or a comedy. All comedy has drama – that’s often what makes it funny. This course will implement improvisation as well as the scripted word. Open to all levels! (NEW CLASS)

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NAILING THE TRIPLET

Disney + Nickelodeon, the most popular kids networks, are looking for aspirational kids: kids that other kids want to be like. Additionally, they are looking for kids who can “make the turns!” Translation = kids who can misdirect the joke, or turn the 180. Each of those steps are critical. Jokes turn quickly, but most come in threes known as “the triplet”. The triplet includes the set up, the reinforcement and the misdirection. Students will learn how to build triplet jokes, deliver them in a scene, and identify them in their favorite sitcoms!

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MASTERCLASS: CAMERA, ACTION, SHOOT.

John’s returning students will work in teams of four with the goal of learning how to maximize onset abilities. Actors will rehearse scenes that are previously memorized, design a shot list for the scene and operate 2 cameras to capture the performance. The class will review the individual shots in playback and analyze what was learned on both sides of the camera. This class is designed to inspire the actor in front of and behind the lens! John’s perspective from extensive experience on some of the biggest TV sets in the country (Seinfeld, Hannah Montana) is perfect practice ground for actors looking to learn the different components of a TV/Film set”.  

PREREQUISITE: a minimum of two classes taken with John previously required for students to take this course. Saturday sessions of the same weekend will qualify as classes.

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