H64.2126.901       2 Credits

Instructor: John Wills Martin

This course is designed to broaden the directing techniques of animators when working with actors. We will study “methods” and work with the exercises created by influential teachers from Stanislavsky to the present. Through scene study and improvisation we will explore the art of acting in a more in-depth way. The workshop prepares the animator to work with actors on their ten-minute narrative film. The goal is to demonstrate the importance of communicating the vision of the script in a vocabulary that has meaning to an actor. We will focus on exploring and refining the narrative script in a workshop format. There will be several casting/audition sessions with outside actors. The ultimate goal is creative collaboration between the actor and the director in order to obtain superior performances for the narrative project.