Screen Study Grades 7-10, NIDA Kensington
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Screen Study provides a supportive and creatively challenging environment for young artists serious about their artistic development. Each course runs across a semester (two terms) and students work towards group acting on screen outcomes supported by NIDA’s creative leaders. Course work includes an introduction to a variety of acting on screen disciplines and technical skills to help students develop their passion for performing arts in a holistic approach to acting and screen training. Screen Study is the perfect vehicle to apply your screen skills and extend your creative training!
Students engage in a personalised assessment and feedback process with their tutor at the end of every semester, providing them with the information and support they need to decide the next step in their creative education.
Semester 1, 2023: Acting for Screen: Convincing Characters
Great on-screen characters stay with us long after the credits roll. They invite us into their lives and connect us with their worlds. Develop techniques to create your own memorable characters on screen and extend your acting technique through practical application of text analysis and character development training. Gain experience on screen to hone your skills and deliver truthful performances. Receive feedback from a NIDA expert and showcase your scene work to an invited audience.
Course components
- Text interpretation: Interpret film and television scripts and develop an authentic character for the screen. Acting technique: Learn and apply extended screen acting techniques.
- Character Development: Develop and record a character from a scripted scene.
- Contemporary Practice: Explore and apply contemporary screen practices from Australia and around the world.
Semester 2, 2023: Industry Practice: Shooting a Short
Learn how to turn your ideas for a short film into reality. Under the guidance of industry experts develop skills to create a concept, script, storyboard and shoot as you are challenged to create an original work. Collaborate with NIDA peers and learn how camera techniques, acting, mise en scene, lighting, sound and editing combine to creatively tell a story. Invite friends and family to the premier of your work in a screening at the end of the year.
Course components
- Film Making – Work with a writer and director to develop and record a short film.
Collaboration – Engage in a creative process to develop a screen presentation, assume variety of roles in a production capacity. Acting Technique – Explore characterisation and build technical skills through improvisation and the application of NIDA acting technique to an on-screen performance. - Production Planning - Introduction to the challenges of shooting ‘on-location’. Learn about consistency of performance, location scouting and working within the limitations of the environment.
Pre-requisite
- This is a 16 week course and students must be available to attend every session. End of course feedback and project participation is dependent on reliable attendance. Students can apply for attendance exemption in exceptional circumstances, applications must be made in advance to the supervising course manager.
- Students enrolled in this course must have participated in at least three Acting on Screen NIDA term or holiday courses prior to attending this course OR be able to provide evidence of appropriate training at a comparable institution.
Important information
- Please read our Cancellation and Transfer Policy.
- Flights and Accommodation: From time to time we may need to cancel an advertised course. Before booking flights and accommodation for travel to attend a NIDA Open course, please contact the NIDA Open office to confirm if your course will proceed as planned. NIDA does not accept liability for any associated costs of attendance or cancellation.
- Please wear comfortable clothing you can move in for all drama and performance related courses. Clothing that restricts movement is inappropriate.
- Please wear closed-in shoes. Shoes may be removed in the rehearsal room on the direction of the class tutor.
- Please bring along a pen, notebook and bottle of water to all classes.
- If you are running late to collect your child, please call NIDA reception on 02 9697 7600. NIDA will only provide supervision during advertised course times.
- NIDA staff will supervise students in courses for Grades 3 to 10 during breaks. These students will not be permitted to leave the advertised venue without parental permission.
- Students in courses for Grades 11 and 12 will not be supervised during breaks and are free to leave the venue at designated break times should they wish.
Enrol for the full year in advance to receive a 15% discount off the full price!
- Discount is only applicable when booking all four terms within the same calendar year.
- Discount is not available online. Please book over the phone by calling the office on 1300 450 417 to receive the discount.
- If students do not attend all four terms, the discount is no longer valid.
NIDA Kensington, Sydney
Site Directions
NIDA Kensington
215 Anzac Parade, Kensington NSW 2033
Parking
There is no parking on-site at NIDA however there is paid parking on the University of NSW campus. The parking is a 10-15 minute walk from the NIDA building and is located at Gate 14 of the campus on Barker Street.
The UNSW parking area next door to NIDA, entrance via Day street, has free parking on weekends only. Other times it has permit parking for UNSW staff only.
There is also free all-day parking on some of the streets behind NIDA such as Day Ave, Doncaster Ave and Mooramie Ave, but places are limited and can fill early if UNSW students are on campus.
Public Transport
Getting there
The L3 light rail Kingsford Line runs south from Circular Quay, with stops at Town Hall, Central Station and right outside NIDA on Anzac Parade.
Buses run regularly from Central Station, Green Square Station, Bondi Junction and various locations around the inner-city suburbs
To accurately plan your trip and travel time, please visit Transport NSW website for more information.
Other Information
Accommodation
There are several accommodation options within a 5 km radius of NIDA Kensington.
NIDA currently has no associations with any providers to either recommend or offer special rates. We suggest an internet search for the best suitable option for your individual needs.
Sessions
| When | Time | Where | Session Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 23 Jul 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+10:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 30 Jul 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+10:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 6 Aug 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+10:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 13 Aug 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+10:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 20 Aug 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+10:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 27 Aug 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+10:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 3 Sep 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+10:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 10 Sep 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+10:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 15 Oct 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+11:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 22 Oct 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+11:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 29 Oct 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+11:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 5 Nov 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+11:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 12 Nov 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+11:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 19 Nov 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+11:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 26 Nov 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+11:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney | |
| Sun 3 Dec 2023 | 11am - 1:30pm (UTC+11:00) | NIDA Kensington, Sydney |