Ghouls, Ghosts and Goblins: Screen Acting, Grades 3-6

Holiday course

Get ready for some freaky fun as you discover what lurks in the shadows and meet the creatures that go bump in the night! Explore NIDA screen acting technique, improvisation and character development, work with well-known scripts from popular ghoulish films such as Casper and Coraline. This course includes a session with green screen technology. Present recorded and live scenes for friends and family at the end of the course.

Course components

• Technique: Practice acting to camera techniques. Discover the difference between live and recorded performance craft.
• Character Development: Develop and record a character from a scripted and devised scene.
• Text interpretation: Bring to life through the application of NIDA acting technique a short written text for live and recorded performance.
• Screen technology: Experiment with green screen technology.

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.
• Participants must provide their own lunch, including snacks and drinks.
• Children attending primary school grade equivalent holiday courses must be signed in and out by a parent or guardian.
• NIDA staff will supervise students in courses for Grades 3–6 and Grades 7–10 in their breaks. These students will not be permitted to leave the advertised venue without parental permission.
• 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.