When you move to Los Angeles, you are inundated with training options. There are so many acting studios and so many great teachers. Within just a few square miles, you can learn anything from Meisner to improv to modern dance to stage combat. And as an actor, you should be diverse and well-rounded! But, as a working actor in Los Angeles, there is one class that you must take: an on-camera acting class.
This may sound obvious, but many acting studios offer fantastic training and do not focus on camera work. Be sure to find a place that does! Here are three benefits of an on-camera acting class.
1. On-camera classes prepare you for the audition room. Knowing how to interact with the camera is knowing how to interact with the audition room. By taking an on-camera acting class, and watching your playback tapes very carefully, you can figure out what works for you and what does not. At my studio 3-2-1- Acting School in Los Angeles, every class ends with a playback. This way my students see what is and isn’t coming across on camera.
Are you walking into the room with confidence and then freezing up on camera, or perhaps the opposite? Maybe you are rocking your on-camera acting work but could use
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