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WAAPA Foundation Course.

Fri, 6 Feb 2009, 07:14 pm
RoryGilmore6 posts in thread
Hi Everyone :). This year I am realy interesting in taking part of the WAAPA Foundation Course. It goes for 10 weeks and you go there every Saturday for four hours, they have done it for a few years. I was wondering if it is worth taking, and if anyone out there has taken it? Keep in mind I am 15 years old! I have very serious about acting, so I won't be some stupid immuture kid in the class, But I'm still scared that people will think I'm weird, or not good enough. Thanks! x

No worries 1) The course

Sun, 8 Feb 2009, 04:12 pm
No worries :) 1) The course was split into two parts - 7 weeks of acting for the stage and 3 of acting for camera. The first part covered a lot of topics - how to warm up effectively, monologue preparation, scene work, improvisation, character development etc. We were also put into pairs and given a scene to work on and present at the end of the course. In the second part we were taught on-set protocol, sticking to marks, portraying emotions and thought processes truthfully and so on, culminating with us preparing and performing a monologue for the camera. 2) There were about 15 in our class and we all worked together as a group, except of course when we went off to rehearse partner work or monologues. --- Louisa Fitzhardinge University Dramatic Society http://uds.asn.au

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