The Audition Intensive – Series 18 FAST TRACK
U.S. Pilot Season Special
Two Day Intensive Screen Testing Series for Television and Film
Teacher: Les Chantery
With a special focus on the upcoming pilot season, this two day intensive series is jammed packed with useful information about the up coming U.S season and how to perform your best in an American self test. This series is designed for the already trained or professional actor who wants to take their auditioning skills to the next level. Most actors have to audition, yet many dread the process and often feel they walk away not having given the performance they know they were capable of. If you feel that the only obstacle between you and your next job is the “audition” then this series is for you.
Learn the skills that go into creating a powerful and memorable Screen Audition
- Script Breakdown Technique: A step-by-step approach to work quickly and efficiently
- Screen Technique and Points of Focus in the Audition Room: Eye-line, Vocal level, Line issues etc
- Physical Movement in Auditions
- How to Handle yourself with the Casting Director
- What to do if you get a Callback
- Overcoming fear and Gaining Confidence in Auditions: The Psychology of Performance
- What you need to know when Auditioning for U.S. projects: Accents, Page referencing etc
- Trouble-Shooting in Auditions: – Forgetting Lines, Taking Direction, Asking the right questions
Les is a NIDA Acting graduate. Prior to NIDA he starred in the U.S Sci-Fi feature film Pitch Black alongside Vin Diesel. At NIDA he performed in As You Like It, Saved, Accrington Pals and Stags and Hens. His television credits include Heartbreak High, All Saints and East West 101 Series 2. In 2007, Les was awarded the Mike Walsh Fellowship where he studied Film Making in Los Angeles and New York. He appeared in the feature film Righteous Kill with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Les directed Who You Kidden which was selected for Tropfest Best of the Rest in 2006 in addition to writing and directing Stand which was a finalist in Brian Brown’s Reeldeal Festival. Les was the lead in the award winning feature film Cedar Boys as well as the feature film Sleeping Beauty, which opened the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012 he played famed Razor Gang mobster Guido Caletti in 50/50 which is currently screening at film festivals. His other recent credits include the critically acclaimed TV series Redfern Now and the highly anticipated movie Schapelle, released in 2014.
Session Details
What: Saturday & Sunday
Dates: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th December 2014
Cost: $420.00
Time: 10am – 5pm
Venue: 18 City Rd, Chippendale, NSW 2008
Participants: 13
| Session |
Date |
Time |
Place |
| Session 1 |
Saturday 6th December |
10am – 5pm |
18 City Rd Chippendale NSW 2008 |
| Session 2 |
Sunday 7th December |
10am – 5pm |
18 City Rd Chippendale NSW 2008 |
How to Apply
Please send an expression of interest including your C.V. to info@thehubstudio.com.au. Please note the course is by invitation only. If accepted we shall send out an application form with all the course information. Notification for acceptance will be made no later than one week before course commencement.
If offered your place will only be held once payment is received in full. Failure to do so will forfeit your place on the course.
For more information or queries please don’t hesitate to call us on: (02) 9212 0522 or alternatively email us on the above address.
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