Young People's workshops will run for two hours. The first hour will be dedicated to teaching technology skills and the second to using these skills in a creative format.
Shoot a Video Diary of Your Life
Facilitator: Daniel Gentely
Description: In this workshop you will tell the story of a day in your life with video. You will first learn and experiment with points of view, such as the first person and the third-person documentary style. You will be introduced to different camera techniques, ranging from handheld to a hidden stationary camera. By using different points of view and camera techniques, how does your story change? For example, if you are telling a story about your school day, what happens if you shoot it from the point of view of your teacher? If you are going to shoot the story as a documentary, what questions will you ask people in your video? You may want to film your day with no dialogue but use a voice-over as a narration for your story.Bio: Daniel Gentely is an actor, who also writes and directs. He recently founded Skullcap Films and already his short film, Another Secret, is about to hit the festival circuit. He is currently filming a trilogy of monologues tackling identity in the UK.
Make the Camera Do the Work
Facilitator: Zara Tempest-Walters.
Description: Learn how to unlock your natural ability and creative acting juices so that working for the camera becomes effortless. Unleash your instinct in this workshop where we will work on freeing up text and freeing your emotions to bring out your natural instinct for listening and reacting. Let go of any fears or self consciousness so that it's only the camera, picking up on all your subtle brilliance, that's actually doing the work.Bio: Zara Tempest-Walters grew up in London and studied English Literature at Queens' College, Cambridge University. Her first professional acting job was a leading part in Well (an American comedy by Lisa Kron) which, after a successful run at Trafalgar Studios, transferred to the Apollo Theatre in the West-End. She was in Richard Eyre's production of Welcome to Thebes at the National Theatre in 2010 and in Hamlet starring Rory Kinnear, directed by National Theatre Artistic Director, Nicholas Hytner and recently finished Mike Bartlett's new play, 13, directed by Thea Sharrock, in the Olivier at the National Theatre. In her most recent TV credit, Zara featured in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's series Life's Too Short for the BBC.
Create a Superhero Costume with Imaging Software
Facilitator: Nicholas Hart.
Description: Theatre professionals often use imaging software, such as Photoshop, Illustrator and 3-D modeling applications, to better see designs that begin as blurry sparks in the mind. In this workshop, you will first brainstorm an idea for a superhero and his or her costume. You will sketch the costume first by hand and then use Photoshop to fill out your superhero costume's colors, ornamentation and other details. When you have completed your costume design, you will use found objects, such as newspapers, food cartons, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, yarn and wire hangers, to make your superhero costume.Bio: Nicholas Hart graduated from Central School of Speech & Drama in 2011, with a BA (Hons) in Acting, specialising in Collaborative & Devised Theatre. He played Jack in SOLD at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011, directed by Complicite Associate Catherine Alexander, and which won the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award. He recently played Don Ricardo in a rehearsed reading of The History of Cardenio at Shakespeare's Globe, directed by Wilson Milam, and this Spring will play Whit in Of Mice and Men at the Watermill Theatre, directed by Complicite Associate Douglas Rintoul.
Write, Broadcast and Record a Play
Facilitator: J Dakota Powell.
Description: This workshop introduces the fundamentals of dramatic narrative, including theme, character, scene structure and advancing the action. You will draw on your own life experiences to complete a short play (three scenes) with a beginning, middle and end. The second half of the workshop covers the basics of broadcasting material over the Internet, ranging from the set-up of a video camera to the use of a video-streaming platform. You will broadcast and simultaneously record a rehearsed reading of your play, which you can post on Vimeo, Facebook or YouTube.Bio: J Dakota Powell holds an MPS from the Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York University and a BA from Yale University. Powell spent several years as a Teaching Artist for the Lincoln Center Institute, New York City, where she taught K-12 students on various theatre-related subjects. She also has a wide range of multimedia skills, which include video and image/photo editing, Flash animation and website coding.
