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Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
AUDIOTS: Auditions with re-directs
Actors will receive scripts the day before, and they will choose one and record an audition, just as they would an actual gig. In session, each audition will be analyzed and re-directed by a Director, with the actor reading live in front of the group.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Combat Clinic
Combat is so much more than attacks, hits, and deaths - it involves terror, stress and boredom; heroism and confusion; survival and moral choices. Most of us will never be in combat situations, yet it’s commonplace in video games. This clinic puts a granular focus on these aspects so that actors will not only be better prepared for actual combat games, but for any conflict resolution and realism, even when the only weapons are words.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
AUDIOTS: Auditions with re-directs
Actors will receive scripts the day before, and they will choose one and record an audition, just as they would an actual gig. In session, each audition will be analyzed and re-directed by a Director, with the actor reading live in front of the group.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Demo Clinic
This clinic is designed to help you wherever you are in the demo process, from ‘I don’t know what I’m doing’ to ‘I think I have what I need, but I want to be sure.’ Ideally participants bring scripts they wish to work on with the express intent of whether or not these should be on their demos: does this character play well? Does it suit the actor? Does it need tweaking, or even to be taken out of consideration? How do others react to it? A real-world audience for feedback, PLUS a director to help you through the thought process and improvements.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
VIDEO GAME GAUNTLET!
AAA video game Performance and Casting Directors Gillian Brashear and Randall Ryan from HamsterBall Studios will impart their innovative techniques to create characters that are believed and cared about, and more importantly, that book. Plus, we’ll put your character through the Gauntlet of a simulated video game recording session.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Narration Clinic
This clinic focuses on the principles what it takes to give compelling performances in the “marathon, not a sprint” that is much of narration (documentaries, audiobooks, eLearning). Like Workout Groups, each instance of the Clinic is a bit different from the last: digging into manuscripts for acting clues, sustaining the listener's interest, vocal stamina, and minimizing mistakes in order to maintain performance. And never forgetting that, even when it’s a solo performance, it’s still character-based.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Video Game Mastery
This is a full-on intensive where you will work your acting craft in unimaginable ways. Be prepared to sweat, cry, and laugh, and have your game changed for good.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
AUDIOTS: Auditions with re-directs
Actors will receive scripts the day before, and they will choose one and record an audition, just as they would an actual gig. In session, each audition will be analyzed and re-directed by a Director, with the actor reading live in front of the group.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Grimoire Clinic
One of the best practices an actor can do is to develop characters that they can pull out as needed and kept in a Grimoire, or a character bible. (A Rolodex, if you prefer old-school terminology!) These should not be stereotypes or even archetypes, but deep, unique and interesting people that give depth to roles, and have the versatility to be put into multiple situations.
The Grimoire Clinic is the place to train, try out, and evolve everything related to creating or enhancing characters in your toolbox: something new, or deepening a role, possibly inventing an offshoot of an existing character, and so on. You can bring scripts, or scripts can be assigned in-session based on what you’re wanting to work on.
Monday, December 16, 2024
10:00AM - 12:00PM Pacific Time
Via Zoom
Members: $125
Non-Members: $175
Limited to 5 attendees
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
AUDIOTS: Auditions with re-directs
Actors will receive scripts the day before, and they will choose one and record an audition, just as they would an actual gig. In session, each audition will be analyzed and re-directed by a Director, with the actor reading live in front of the group.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Combat Clinic
Combat is so much more than attacks, hits, and deaths - it involves terror, stress and boredom; heroism and confusion; survival and moral choices. Most of us will never be in combat situations, yet it’s commonplace in video games. This clinic puts a granular focus on these aspects so that actors will not only be better prepared for actual combat games, but for any conflict resolution and realism, even when the only weapons are words.
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Pro Series - The Edge of Spec: Booking More Auditions
The audition comes to your inbox. It seems so obvious what they're looking for. How do you differentiate yourself? What's too safe and what's too far?
We're going to take you to boundary edges and explore the nuances that are the difference between a perfectly nice audition and something that makes casting directors sit up and say “that's our actor.” You must come prepared to work and to be pushed, as well as to offer thoughtful, constructive feedback as well as take it. Because the work you put in here when you have an audience will serve you well when you're alone in your booth.
This will be limited to 12 actors and will be two intensive, full days. If you're ready to go for the bigger projects, the more visible roles, and the memorable characters, come join me.
AUDIOTS: Auditions with re-directs
Actors will receive scripts the day before, and they will choose one and record an audition, just as they would an actual gig. In session, each audition will be analyzed and re-directed by a Director, with the actor reading live in front of the group.
License to Create: Character Innovation Beyond the Script
You have license to be imaginative and create, with a bit of adherence to the guideposts along the way. Create characters you can believe in with risks and stakes YOU feel are worth fighting for. By emotionally committing, you will deliver something compelling and ultimately original. More often than not, originality gets the gig!
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
Online Workout Group
Attend this online workout group, where you'll be given a "mystery script" and an opportunity to develop characters and perform them in front of your peers--all in 60 minutes! (Los Angeles time zone)
One-On-One Consultation With Randall
Spend 30 minutes in a Zoom with Randall to discuss anything you wish: career, technique, networking/sales, demos, studios, and so on.
“I auditioned for a role in a video game the day after we got back. I looked over the notes from your class before I recorded to get in the right frame of mind. AND I GOT THE ROLE! My FIRST audition after your class!!! Thank you so much! If that isn't proof for your pudding, I don't know what else you need!”
- Tyler