Director’s Perspective

This school is run by Adam Collis who directed the 20^th Century Fox feature film, Sunset Strip. He’s also a teacher at USC of Cinematic Arts.
It’ an on camera scene study taught by a director.
I’ve been looking for a scene study class that’s taught by a director so I would know once I’m on set what it would be like and have an actual feel for what I need to make sure to bring to the table.
Plus these classes are great because every month there is an industry guest that comes that’s a working professional director, and sometimes casting directors. They watch your scene you’ve been rehearsing for that month and give you feedback or redirection. It beats going to a casting workshop because it’s more intimate, you can put up a scene you feel good about and it’s very encouraging environment. You get a DVD copy of your performance every class.
Adam’s very encouraging and personable. And LG who communicates with the students are very friendly and helpful if you have conflicts with one of the class dates. (you can prorate it if you miss a class)
They also offer cold reading class with Phil who’s an actor who books a lot.
You can email them if you want to audit or do a working audit through the website.
It’s next to an antique store and there’s parking there.
Only thing is if your thinking since it’s a class by a director, looking for a class with great camera work it’s not that. It’s shot ok but it’s not something you would use in a reel or anything like that. It’s just to review your work.