Intermediate Acting

Screen Acting Techniques: Performance In Focus

Develop your existing screen acting skills through character-driven exercises that challenge and inspire.

Screen Acting Techniques: Performance In Focus

Course Fee

$725 $653

Duration

5 days, 30 hours

Grade Requirements

Intermediate

Screen Acting Techniques: Performance In Focus (12 January 2026)

Kensington

Jan 12, 2026 - Jan 16, 2026

$725
$653
Sessions
DateTime
12 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
12 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
13 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
13 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
14 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
14 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
15 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
15 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT
16 January 202610:00 AM - 1:15 PM AEDT
16 January 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT

OTHER UPCOMING CLASSES

Mon 9 Feb - Mon 30 Mar 2026
NIDA Kensington, Sydney
6:30pm - 9:30pm AEDT
$695 $626
Mon 13 Apr - Fri 17 Apr 2026
NIDA Melbourne, Southbank
10:00am - 5:00pm AEDT
$725 $653
Sat 2 May - Sat 20 Jun 2026
NIDA Kensington, Sydney
2:00pm - 5:00pm AEDT
$695 $626
Tue 5 May - Tue 23 Jun 2026
NIDA Melbourne, Southbank
6:00pm - 9:00pm AEDT
$695 $626
Mon 29 Jun - Fri 3 Jul 2026
TAFE Brisbane, South Bank
10:00am - 5:00pm AEST
$725 $653

Screen Acting Techniques: Performance In Focus

Overview

Develop your existing screen acting skills through character-driven exercises that challenge and inspire. This course offers a practical pathway to deepen your craft, with a strong focus on developing authentic, engaging performances for film and television.  

Gain valuable insight into industry expectations through focused work on screen tests, castings and callbacks, and build the technical skills and on-camera confidence needed to stand out in a competitive screen environment. 

Components  

  • Develop physical and vocal techniques for creating on-screen characters.   
  • Apply strategies to confidently analyse a range of texts for screen performance.  
  • Gain an insight into industry best-practice through a series of simulated casting exercises. 

Prerequisites

This course is classified asĀ Intermediate

NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples, and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.