Workshop: Acting I, Shift Space

Are you looking for new, dynamic approach to expanding your communication skills, connect with people and empower yourself?

ACTING I

Date: March 3rd to April 22nd, 2014
Time: Tuesdays 6:30 to 9:30pm  (8 weeks)

This course is open to all. No previous experience necessary.

This is course is an introduction to basic acting skills. Participants will be guided through different exercises and methodologies to make connections and work with the body as the primary instrument of expression. Working within an ensemble, students will further their skills in improvisation, enlivening the imagination, developing character through making specific choices, embody imagery and text, and recognize strong creative impulses. Students will have a basic foundation of the actor’s training.

Cost: $240.00 + tax or $35.00 per class

Workshop: Writing a Short Film with Caitlin Murphy

Dates: April 4th to April 25th, 2012
Wednesday evenings 7pm to 10pm
Cost: $150 + tax
Location: Shift Space 1190 St Antoine Ouest
For a spot in the workshop, please contact the SHIFT Space at:
514-938-0000
info@shiftspace.ca

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Want to make a movie but don’t have a script to start with? Struggling to finish a script that you’ve started? Have hundreds of snippets of ideas that just won’t come together? This 4-session course, given by an award-winning filmmaker and experienced educator, will introduce participants to the genre of short film and offer practical writing advice to best serve it. Some of the topics we’ll consider:
 picking a good subject and defining its scope
 how to explore and develop your ideas
 giving elegance to exposition
 how to apply ‘less is more’ thinking
 learning to cut what you love
 allowing theme to dawn on audiences (instead of bludgeon them!)
 the important differences between playwrighting and screenwriting
 how to motivate yourself to get started and get it done!

BIOGRAPHY:
Caitlin Murphy has written and directed two short films, Flushing Lacan (2010) and TOAST (2011), both of which won the Jury Prize at the Montreal ACTRA Short Film Festival. She is currently making a short documentary called Good Hands: the story of Copper’s Guitar and working on her first feature screenplay. Last year she started a buddy-system film-review blog, fruitsunheardof.blogspot.com, for which she has penned over 20 full-length critiques. Previously, her work focused on the stage: she has written dramatic plays, sketch comedy, one-woman shows, and stand-up. Caitlin has a Master’s Degree in English Literature and almost a decade of teaching experience.