About This Course

Breaking down a script down from an actor’s perspective.

The script is to the actor what the score is to the musician. The script dictates the appropriate directions, intentions, and relationships for the actor. In this program, we look at how an actor’s interpretation of a script will enhance their performance, how to break down a layered script, and how to work with a weak script. Please note: there is no self-filming in this course.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome

    1. Course Goals

    2. Choosing your Play

    3. Important Note

    4. Downloadable Exercise Checklist

    1. Lesson 1: The Creative Reading

    2. Assignment: The Creative Reading Explanation

    3. Reflection: The Creative Reading

    1. Lesson 2: The External Plane

    2. Naomi Harris on Reading the Script

    3. Assignment: The External Plane Explanation

    4. The External Plane Example

    5. Reflection: The External Plane

    6. How to Submit The External Plane Assignment

    7. Lesson 3: The Plane of the Social Situation

    8. Matthew McConaughey on Reading the Script

    9. Assignment: The Plane of the Social Situation Explanation

    10. Reflection: The Plane of the Social Situation

    11. How to Submit The Plane of the Social Situation Assignment

    12. Lesson 4: The Literary and the Aesthetic Planes

    13. Anthony Hopkins on Reading the Script

    14. Assignment: The Literary and the Aesthetic Planes Explanation

    15. Reflection: The Literary and the Aesthetic Planes

    16. How to Submit The Literary and the Aesthetic Planes Assignment

    1. Lesson 5: The Psychological Plane

    2. Viola Davis on the Craft of Acting

    3. Assignment: The Psychological Planes Explanation

    4. Reflection: The Psychological Plane

    5. How to Submit The Psychological Plane Assignment

    6. Lesson 6: The Physical Plane

    7. Stephen Adly Guirgis on Philip Seymour Hoffman

    8. Assignment: The Physical Plane Explanation

    9. Reflection: The Physical Plane

    10. How to Submit The Physical Plane Assignment

    11. Lesson 7: The Plane of Personal Creative Feelings

    12. Chadwick Boseman On Filling in the Gaps of the Script

    13. Assignment: The Plane of Personal Creative Feelings Explanation

    14. How to Submit The Plane of Personal Creative Feelings Assignment

    1. Lesson 8: The Given Circumstances

    2. Assignment: The Given Circumstances Explanation

    3. How to Submit The Given Circumstances Assignment

    4. Lesson 9: Moving the Scene Forward

    5. Practice Exercise: Finding the Bits

    6. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Scene

    7. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Scene with suggested Bits

    8. The Silence of the Lambs Scene

    9. The Silence of the Lambs Scene with suggested Bits

    10. Assignment: Moving the Scene Forward Explanation

    11. How to Submit Moving the Scene Forward Assignment

About this course

  • $225.00
  • 59 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content