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NIDA Online: Producing for Theatre and Live Performance

Adults (18+) Level: Beginner Explore the essentials of getting your show in front of an audience. You will learn how to plan your production to ensure a professional delivery and gain insight into budget planning, scheduling, engaging a strong production team and developing a dynamic marketing plan. This course will focus on the production of independent, small/medium budget theatre shows and live performances. Learning Outcomes A sound understanding of accurate and professional... [More]
$250 Limited inc GST
NIDA Online: Producing for Theatre and Live Performance

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Sound Design Essentials

For adults 18+ Level: Beginner Gain an understanding of the techniques used in practical sound design and realisation. Learn how to extract sound elements from a dramatic source. Use professional equipment to realise a sound design. Course components Break down a text for sound ideas. Learn processes for creating a simple sound design. Use professional equipment to realise a simple sound design. Outcomes Ability to use a dramatic source to generate sound ideas. Knowledge of the... [More]

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Make-up Essentials

For adults 18+ Level: Beginner Practise designing and applying make-up and special effects for stage and screen. Course components Design make-up for characters on stage and screen using text as a stimulus. Discover the appropriate make up techniques by applying general stage make-up on your fellow participants. Apply special effects make-up to re-create bruises, injuries and gore. Experiment with fake blood and nu-skin putty for stage and screen characters. Outcomes Effective... [More]

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Set Design Essentials

For adults 18+ Level: Beginner Discover how to create an imaginative world through bold and inventive design choices. Develop skills in set design for the theatre through practical exercises. Course components Explore design principles through practical demonstrations and activities in class. Investigate and analyse a script for the purpose of set design concept development. Learn how to create a concept board and share these ideas with other members of the production team.... [More]

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Audition Essentials

For adults 18+ Level: Beginner Discover how to get an audition, what kinds of scenes to choose and how to best prepare for the audition process. Course components Discover how to prepare audition scenes and monologues. Participate in a simulated audition process with an industry professional. Gain personalised feedback to improve your audition. Outcomes Ability to select and prepare audition pieces in a professional manner. Effective and consistent audition technique. Industry... [More]

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Stand-up Essentials

For adults 18+ Level: Beginner Learn simple comedy techniques to captivate your audience. Work the room, use a microphone and gain confidence through the art of storytelling, improvisation and building your own routine. Course components Explore clowning and slapstick performance styles to improve your confidence. Learn microphone technique as you master the art of addressing and responding to an audience. Work alongside an industry expert and receive constructive feedback as you... [More]

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Costume Design Essentials

For adults 18+ Level: Beginner Develop original character designs for stage or screen with practical exercises that build skills and inspire visual excellence as a storyteller and collaborator. Course components Extract costume design concepts from a script and explore ideas through practical exercises and feedback. Apply rendering techniques to a costume design. Create a costume design for a character from a play or film to present to an audience. Outcomes Application of design... [More]

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Laban: An Introduction

For adults 18 years + Level: Core Techniques Explore Rudolf Laban’s unique approach to performance and discover why it is a popular rehearsal tool for actors and directors when considering how to create character. Course components Master the use of Space, Weight, Flow and Time in realising the physical truth of a character. Explore principles of dynamic alignment, breath, flexibility and impulse to work from the 'outside in.' Unlock the theory behind Laban’s movement analysis and... [More]

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The Viewpoints: An Introduction

For adults 18 years + Level: Core Techniques A fun introduction to the Viewpoints technique of improvisation and composition made famous by Ann Bogart and the SITI Company of New York. Explore your interactions with other actors through time and space in the nine physical Viewpoints. Develop spontaneity, flexibility and playfulness. Course components Physical ensemble warm up to encourage peripheral vision, soft focus, ensemble listening and reactivity. Introduction to the... [More]

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Clown: An Introduction

Level: Beginner For adults 18 years + Release your inner silliness! A seriously fun course that will introduce you to the improvisational and observational skills needed to discover your own comic character. Find the beauty in failure and learn to love your inner clown. Course Components Improvisation and ensemble building Physical clowning techniques to discover your unique clown Explore the magic of clown in a supportive group atmosphere Outcomes Increased confidence in... [More]

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