The Company - skills-based workshops for students in grades 3-12

The Company - skills-based collaborative workshops for students in grades 3-12 The Picture House's innovative, process-driven approach provides training in film acting, screenwriting, and directing. Our instructors, with years of experience as film educators and artists, make The Company a home for young artists who are passionate about the creative process.
Grades 3-5 Movie Making
$420 for 10 sessions, Wednesdays, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 15/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/5
4:30PM – 6:00PM
Students use… Show more video equipment and editing software to make a short film as a class. Students write, cast, and direct the film. This class also has a storyboarding and cinematography component through which students develop their own ideas using the art of visualization.
ACTING And Improv
$420 for 10 sessions, Wednesdays, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/5
4:30PM – 6:00PM
The Company’s younger actors learn the art of creating characters, explore the wonderful world of improvisation, and discover how to bring their imaginations to life. Students film and create short stories as a class.
Comedy Improv (grades 3-5) $240 for 6 sessions 5:30-6:30 Mondays 4/1,4/8,4/15,4/22, 4/29, 5/6 Description: Join us to explore comedy, characters, and improvised scenes! This series will culminate in a short Comedy Improv show! Music Video (grades 3-5) $120 for 3 sessions 3:30 - 4:30 Wednesdays 6/5, 6/12, 6/19 Learn how to tell a story through the art of the music video. Choose or create a song, explore acting, choreography, and direction. Act in a Movie (grades 3-5) grades 3-4 Mondays 6/3, 6/10, 6/17 4:30 - 5:30 $120 Join us for a fun 3 week series where we create an original movie. Explore acting, characters, action, script and collaborate with your peers.
Comedy Improv $200 for 6 sessions 5:30-6:30 Grades 3-5 Monday's 4/1,4/8,4/15,4/22,4/29,5/6
Grades 6 – 8 Directing Movies
$420 for 10 sessions, Mondays, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 6/3, 6/10
4:30PM – 6:00PM
No class 5/27
Strengthen leadership skills while learning to direct. Use video equipment and editing software and develop ideas through writing, collaboration, and the art of visualization.
SCREEN Acting
$210 for 5 sessions, Mondays, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20 4:30PM– 6:00PM
Participants learn how to develop characters for the camera using truthful realism and spontaneity, vocal and physical exploration, observation and imagination, and an understanding of text. Act in the film created by our Directing Movies class.

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