Acting for Cinema | Method Acting

Acting for Cinema, an in-depth training course, creates immersive learning experiences for artists to strengthen rigor and innovation in practice. Continued professional education creates space for dialogue, critical examination of one’s practice, and refinement of one’s craft. The course also encourages coming together of like-minded individuals creating a network that offers support, guidance, and expertise.

A 2 week intensive and experiential course on Acting for Cinema pushes actors to redefine how they interpret performance, and portray stories and characters on/through film. Guided by faculty from The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, the course will deliver a holistic, multidisciplinary foundation and practical training – producing adept, disciplined, and confident actors for contemporary films/cinema.

About The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
Created by Lee Strasberg, The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute offers the professional and artistic tools for every actor to reach their maximum potential. The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute is the home for all actors seeking to delve into Method Acting and its tradition of training some of the world’s most brilliant and truthful actors.

The goal of all the programs offered by the Institute is to provide students with a craft that will help them create a reality and respond truthfully in imaginary circumstances, regardless of the style or form of material being used. Actors learn to express powerful emotions and are encouraged to leave behind conventional, superficial, and clichéd expressions in search of their own unique artistic voices. The Method trains actors to use their physical, mental, and emotional humanity in the creation of the script’s characters and stresses the way in which personal experience can fire the actor’s imagination.

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Method Acting with The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute

The Method™ trains actors to use their physical, mental, and emotional selves in the creation of the story’s characters, and stresses the way in which personal experience can fire the actor’s imagination. This is the spark that turns an accomplished technician into an inspired artist and what makes Lee Strasberg’s Method™ a vital technique for actor training.

The course will include Method Acting classes, Character Development classes, Method on Camera and a virtual Masterclass with David Strasberg.

Course dates: Sept 04 – 16, 2023

Schedule
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3. What are the course dates?
September 04 to 16, 2023.

4. When is the submission deadline?
The submission deadline is on July 30th, 2023.

5. What is the application process for the course?
Applicants are required to fill in the application form. 

Mandatory requirements:

1. Recent headshots
2. An audition reel (Your monologue can be from any play, movie, or tv show. Maximum duration of the monologue to be 3 minutes)

5. What is the cohort size?
We will be admitting a total of 20 students for the Method Acting course.

6. What is the course fee?
The course fee is INR 35000.

7. Can I pay the fee in installments? 
The fees can be paid in two installments: 

a. First installment of INR 17500 on or before Aug 14, 2023

b. Second installment of INR 17500 on or before Aug 21, 2023

8. What is the medium of instruction?
The course will be conducted in English and participants will be expected to be fluent.

9. Does The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute have any well-known alumni?
Actors such as Al Pacino, Sally Field, Angelina Jolie, Claire Danes, Chris Evans, Rachel Brosnahan, Miles Teller, and Ranbir Kapoor have trained at the Institute or with Lee Strasberg. For more info, please visit the Alumni Page.

10. Will you help me find work as an actor?

Our mission is to provide artistic training, including how to navigate the business of acting. We do not provide employment. 

11. What will I receive when I complete the program?

• The two-week intensive course offers a certificate of completion to all students
• Participants will get a professional scene recorded on tape 
• The course will provide one student with a full-time scholarship to train with the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in Los Angeles

12. If I wish to withdraw from the course, will I be refunded?
Once an application has been accepted and the seat is confirmed, no refunds will be permitted

13. What are observers?
For this edition, we are allowing a small number of observers to attend the post-session discussion and Q&A with the faculty and course participants, for a nominal fee of INR 250.

14. How does one apply to become an observer?
Applicants are required to fill the application form by August 25, 2023.

15. How do I get in touch with the team?
For any further queries, please write to academy@g5afoundation.org