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

$695 $626

Duration

8 days, 24 hours

Grade Requirements

Intermediate

Screen Acting Techniques: Performance In Focus (25 July 2026)

Kensington

Jul 25, 2026 - Sep 12, 2026

$695
$626
Sessions
DateTime
25 July 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
1 August 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
8 August 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
15 August 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
22 August 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
29 August 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
5 September 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEST
12 September 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM AEST

OTHER UPCOMING CLASSES

Mon 29 Jun - Fri 3 Jul 2026
TAFE Brisbane, South Bank
10:00am - 5:00pm AEST
$725 $653
Mon 14 Sep - Fri 18 Sep 2026
NIDA Kensington, Sydney
10:00am - 5:00pm AEST
$725 $653
Mon 19 Oct - Mon 7 Dec 2026
NIDA Kensington, Sydney
6:30pm - 9:30pm AEST
$695 $626
Sat 31 Oct - Sat 28 Nov 2026
TAFE Brisbane, South Bank
11:00am - 5:00pm AEST
$695 $626
Sat 7 Nov - Sat 5 Dec 2026
Melbourne, Venue TBC
11:00am - 5:00pm AEST
$695 $626

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.