CINEMATIC STORYTELLING FOR THE ACTOR with Welker White and Damian Young from NYC

Early in the week, actors explore a range of original, filmed, ‘short-form’ exercises devised to strengthen moment-to-moment work and truthful behavioural language that reads onscreen.

We’ll investigate how visual stories are constructed (on the page as well as in shooting) and how this framework can liberate rather than constrain the actor’s expression.

As the week progresses, we’ll apply these principles to the shooting of short, scripted scenes. Actors will work in pairs through multiples takes, in a range of camera set-ups, with particular emphasis on the close-up. We’ll explore the letting go of previous takes, allowing new stimuli to inform and deepen the possibilities in the work.

Actors will come away with tangible tools that enable them to bring more authenticity and veracity to their work on camera.

All recorded work is viewed, analyzed, and discussed. All takes from filmed scene work is sent to actors at end of intensive. (Work is left unedited.)

Venue: Berlin, Schott Acting Studio
Dates (In-Person): May 5th to 9th, 2025 (Part I Introduction May 5/6 & Part II Filming May 7-9)
Schedule: 10:00 am to 4:00/4:30 pm | 5 Days
Normal Fee 5 Days: 825 Euro 19% VAT incl.
Early Registration 5 Days: 735 Euro 19% VAT incl.
Special 3-day early registration deal for 2024 participants: 485 Euros inclusive of 19% VAT.
Fee for members 5 Days: 710 Euro 19% VAT incl.
Special 3-day fee for members + for 2024 participants: 465 Euro 19% VAT incl.
Limited to 14 active participants actors/actresses
Observers 5 Days: 325 Euro 19% VAT incl.
Observer status Fee for members 5 Days: 275 Euro 19% VAT incl.
Observers 1 Day: 85 Euro 19% VAT incl.

Welker White and Damian Young are actors, educators, and founders of The Moving Frame. Dedicated to a process-oriented exploration of screen acting, The Moving Frame offers actors an immersion into the language of cinematic storytelling.

Welker and Damian have conducted screen acting intensives in some of the most respected universities and training programs across the U.S. and abroad, including: The Actors Center, NYU Grad Acting, Brown/Trinity MFA, Columbia MFA Acting, ACT, FSU/Asolo Conservatory, Syracuse University/ Tepper, SMU, Bowdoin College, The Freeman Studio, Montclair State, Emerson MFA Film, Wesleyan University, The Atlantic Conservatory, The Hartt School, and the 16th Street Studio in Australia. They have taught workshops for casting, producing, and directing professionals, as well as having served on the faculty for the National Alliance of Acting Teachers’ Teacher Development Program. Welker has several published pieces on using the camera in acting training and has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist designation. She is on the MFA Acting faculty at Brooklyn College.

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