What are the benefits of a Screen Direct workshop?

Exciting and interactive
Our unique ‘hands-on’ approach ensures that all students are participants in the creation of a ‘working film-set’ environment, accurately recreating the atmosphere and focus of a professional movie shoot. This is a rare opportunity to learn some of the fundamental ‘secrets’ of film making and screen acting from industry professionals and experienced practitioners, whose main aim is to make film making accessible to all rather than the lucky few.

Tailored for your specific needs
If the students are studying a particular text as part of the curriculum or devising their own piece as part of their coursework, we can use this text to provide a scene, which will then be transposed into screen script format for use as the working script on the day of the workshop. Alternatively, one of many contemporary film scripts we currently hold in our substantial catalogue may be used to provide a scene for the workshop. We will also create the storyboards, floor plans and provide the equipment.

Fits in with your timetable
Our courses vary in length from three hours to several days, and even a once weekly project over a full school/college term. For shorter workshops, students will have the opportunity to perform and witness a single scene being ‘shot’ in a simulated film-set environment. For longer workshops, several different approaches can be accommodated, with separate review sessions where their performances can be seen on screen, assessed and even re-shot to apply things learned.

On-set environment encourages quick learning
Seeing the action 'live' on screen following a take, then seeing their scene in its edited form later in the workshop, provides an effective way for the students to quickly understand the filmmaking process, and the differences between acting for stage and screen.

It's about the medium too
The course also prepares aspiring actors for the world of film and television by teaching them about the process of filmmaking, and life on a film set - important knowledge for any budding screen actor, director or producer.

Indispensable advice
These are intensive courses, packed with practical advice that most practitioners take years to learn.