Name: Acting Foundation Extension II
Start: 2024-11-11T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-17T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Schott Acting Studio

Methods to deepen performances, prepare emotionally, work on scenes and mini-monologues, self-tape/audition pieces and layered character development.
Useful resources to help beginners and intermediate actors develop creativity, clarity, boldness and confidence in their performances.
** Prerequisite for participation: Completion of the foundation intensive course. If you have already completed other acting courses or have a range of practical experience, you can qualify for the extension workshop. We can have a brief phone call to decide together. **
A well-rounded course that delves deep into the life of the character to be played through improvisation, past circumstances, character relationship exercises, object exercises and music.
Starting from a place of truth and accuracy, he leads the participants until they have connected with the text and the character. The workshop helps participants draw from their own lives and/or imagination, teaches them to make well-informed choices, define scenic goals for the character, and deal with any other challenges the material presents.
The process of Creating A Character involves a continuous cycle of exploring and embodying the character while expanding one’s own playful possibilities. These exercises establish a connection between the character’s experiences and your own creative reservoir, imagination, and personal memories. The key to enjoying the game is by creating behavior that is both interesting and believable, as well as specific. After understanding what is needed for the character, it is important to be curious and non-judgemental towards all of this and, with the same attitude, to allow your own known and perhaps still unknown weaknesses, fears, insecurities, abysses and strengths to flow into the creation of the character.
“Matthias is a phenomenal acting coach. I always come back to his teachings, whether it be preparing for theatre or film. Matthias has an engaging, attentive and intuitive teaching style that nurtures each student’s journey. He identifies potential blocks and offers the tools to work through them in order to understand where you need to go to reach a level of higher awareness and understanding as an actor. He breaks down the multifaceted process through a vast variety of exercises which makes the task at hand tangible and approachable, no matter where you are in your acting journey. Matthias’ workshops make up both individual and group exercises that shape and form each student and attune to each individual level. Matthias has guided me from a fundamental level to individual scene- and character work or auditions for schools and jobs. There is a wisdom and deep sense of humanity in the way he approaches each character or scene, teaching us to challenge our understanding of the human experience, be conscious and present in our acting choices, never judge our experience or understanding of the character, but be curious, free and creative.” – Nina Mariko Sandquist (Gangs of Oslo – Blodsbrødre)