Directing Actors - Jerry Coyle´ workshop

Subject guarantor:

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of the module is to give students of directing as much on-camera time as possible.

Mode of study:

Intense hands-on workshop.

Please pay attention to the following:

- Strictly limited to 12 Directors

- If participants are late then an observer will take their place and become a participant.

- There will be breaks during the day. No exiting or entering the studio while we are working and especially while we are filming.

- An „Observer“ list will be ranked to insure that those who have shown interest early on will be placed at the top of the list with a greater chance of becoming participants when someone drops out or is eliminated from the workshop due to lateness.

- Participants must commit to all three days of the workshop.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components:

None

Course contents:

1st Jerry's workshop

Date and Time: February 25 - 27, 2013

10:00-13:00 + 14:00-17:00, large studio at Photography Department, FAMU

2nd Jerry's workshop

Date and Time: March 1 - 3, 2013

10:00-13:00 + 14:00-17:00, Room 1, FAMU

Mr. Coyle´s workshop offers actors and directors a safe and inspiring environment to risk, develop and grow.

He teaches directors and actors a quick and efficient way to communicate with each other. Through simple and effective sensory exercises, right before the camera rolls, he allows the actors to find their authenticity, freedom and creative courage. He provides directors with new tools to communicate with the actors, helping the actors achieve successful scenes, which are organic and truthful. Being on the other side of the camera is useful for every director. As a result of his workshop, directors begin to see actors and the acting process in a different light.

Two cameras, three monitors and a switcher will allow the teacher to show action and reaction shots. Students (directors/actors) will run the cameras for each other. The action will be recorded onto two or three TV monitors using a switcher.

Recommended or required reading:

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Everyone works on camera in every class, developing cold reading skills and on-camera technique. Students learn to lift the scripts to their emotions, merging with the text, making the work engaging, honest and reactive.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Assignment: 3 credit for 100% participation

Course web page:

Note:

Maximum 12 FAMU students participating + actors

About Jerry Coyle:

Jerry Coyle has been teaching the advanced courses in acting for film and TV at the Weist-Barron School for Television & Film in New York City for over thirty years.

He has conducted and directed acting workshops and seminars at many universities throughout the U.S.A. including the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University; the University of California at Irvine; Kent State University, Ohio; Montana State University, Bozeman and the Actors Conservatory at the Dorset Theatre Festival in Dorset, Vermont

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
02.11.2012		10:00–17:00	HEJTMANOVÁ J.	Učebna 1 Lažanský palác	FAMU	paralelka 1
03.11.2012		10:00–17:00	HEJTMANOVÁ J.	Učebna 1 Lažanský palác	FAMU	paralelka 1
04.11.2012		10:00–17:00	HEJTMANOVÁ J.	Učebna 1 Lažanský palác	FAMU	paralelka 1

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
01.03.2013		10:00–17:00	HEJTMANOVÁ J.	Učebna 1 Lažanský palác	Open for FAMU International and Directing Dept. students. Please read the course annotation.	paralelka 2
02.03.2013		10:00–17:00	HEJTMANOVÁ J.	Učebna 1 Lažanský palác	Open for FAMU International and Directing Dept. students. Please read the course annotation.	paralelka 2
03.03.2013		10:00–17:00	HEJTMANOVÁ J.	Učebna 1 Lažanský palác	Open for FAMU International and Directing Dept. students. Please read the course annotation.	paralelka 2
25.02.2013		10:00–17:00	HEJTMANOVÁ J.		Studio A, Photo Dept.	paralelka 1
26.02.2013		10:00–17:00	HEJTMANOVÁ J.		Studio A, Photo Dept	paralelka 1
27.02.2013		10:00–17:00	HEJTMANOVÁ J.		Studio A, Photo Dept	paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Režie - bakalář (qualification subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (optional subject)