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Heroes, Villains and Spies: Screen Acting, Grades 3-6
Holiday course Get ready for three days of outrageously fun on-screen antics as you act out scenes from famous hero, villain and spy adventures. Stop moving trains, intercept international secrets and save the world, all from the safety of the rehearsal room! Discover how to work with green screen technology, develop skills in characterisation, rehearse and film scenes to camera. Course components Technique: Practice acting to camera techniques. Discover the difference between live...
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Costume and Design Challenge, Grades 3-6
Holiday course Your mission is to design and create a theatrical costume for a character of your own choosing! Learn contemporary design techniques and amazing ways of creating costume using recycled clothing and non-traditional fabrics. Present your costumed character to family and friends at the end of the course. Course components Design: Apply fundamental design skills in the creation of a visual story Drawing: Explore costume rendering techniques to suit the needs of a design...
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NIDA Reel Life: Mockumentary Making, Grades 3-6
Holiday course Inspired by popular TV shows like Modern Family and The Office, create your own ‘mockumentary’ with the NIDA team. Develop a unique character, create original scenes and experience green screen technology. Course components Character Development: Develop a unique character for recorded performance. Collaboration: Work in a group to incorporate new, shared ideas into a recorded performance work. Spontaneity: Use improvisation in a screen performance. Apply...
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Musical Theatre Boot Camp, Grades 3-6
Holiday course Work with a NIDA musical theatre expert to create a short song and story presentation for stage! This is a great way to introduce yourself to the magic of musical theatre and find out just what it takes to become a musical theatre star! Present your song and story presentation to family and friends at the end of the course. Course components Voice and Song: Learn how the voice works, develop confidence with singing technique and performance. Creative Expression:...
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TV Presenting @ Taronga Zoo, Grades 4-6
Holiday course Design and film a television lifestyle program set at Taronga Zoo. Develop skills in TV presenting and reporting as you learn to enhance your on-screen presence and increase your confidence. Receive a copy of your segment. Course components Presenting: Understand and apply TV presenting technique. Collaboration: Engage in a group creative process to develop an original TV lifestyle program. Vocal Expression: Learn how the voice works and develop vocal confidence in a...
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Costume Design 101, Grades 11-12
Holiday course An introduction to the principles of creating costumes for stage and screen. Develop original design ideas through practical exercises with a NIDA tutor to build your skills and visual understanding. Course components Learn drawing techniques as you explore costume design concepts. Create the concept of a costume to pitch to an audience. Engage in technical exercises that will assist you to create costumes in the future. Outcomes Awareness of design techniques when...
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Up Above 2-3 Years (with parents)
Holiday course Stories from high above the world. Travel in hot air balloons, rocket ships and fabulous flying machines to explore our wonderful world. Create fun flying adventures and grab a taste of NIDA’s creative classes for children aged 2–5 years. Parents and siblings in class One parent is asked to actively participate in this class with their child. Siblings and babies are not able to sit in on classes. The NIDA tutor is there to creatively coach, guide and inspire your...
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Bookworm Bites 2-3 Years (with parents)
Holiday course Get those bodies moving as we dive into the stories of National Book Week. Use your body to recreate the scenes, sights and sounds of your favourite fictional worlds and grab a taste of NIDA’s creative classes for 2-5 years olds. What is creative play? NIDA Creative Play actively engages children and parents in storytelling and artistic practice through voice, movement and dramatic play based activities. Children and their parents are supported by our experienced...
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NIDAWarts: Screen Acting, Grades 3-6
Holiday course Welcome to NIDAWarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (and Acting). Develop your own witch or wizard character, explore NIDA acting technique and character development, and work with well-known scripts from popular films. This course includes a session with green screen technology. Course components Technique: Practice acting to camera techniques. Discover the difference between live and recorded performance craft. Character Development: Develop and record a...
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Wounds, Bruises and Special Effects, Grades 7-10
Holiday course Discover film, television and theatre make-up secrets. Learn how to make bruises, black eyes, cuts, wounds and missing teeth to make your actors look like they’ve been in a fight or injured. This special effects make-up course will give you an insight into industry practice. Course components Technique: Learn fundamental make-up application techniques for screen. Design: develop a simple make-up design for a character of your own choosing. Effects: Learn how to...
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