The San Francisco Acting Academy: On Camera workshops taught by Industry Professionals
  

September 25th - KIDS ACTING WORKSHOP

  

Award-winning filmmakers, Melinda Darlington-Bach & Cynthia Pepper will cover every aspect from "A to Z, The Filmmakers PerspeXive" of children entering the world of the entertainment business.

The class will begin with a short dance based warm-up followed by fun interactive theatre games. Each child will be put on camera with the most important introduction (the slate) and a typical interview question. We will watch them in playback and give adjustments. More on camera time with cold-commercial reads from scripts and improvisational scenes will follow. We will touch on the difference between film script auditions vs. commercial copy auditions. During the last 45 minutes, parents and kids are invited to hear about all topics covered in the class. 


We will conclude with a question and answer session where all your concerns regarding your child in the entertainment business will be answered.

DATE: Sunday, September 25th 
11AM - 3:00PM 
Fee: $125.00

This workshop is for kids - ages 10-17

 
 Melinda Darlington-Bach Cynthia Pepper
Melinda Darlington-Bach has been a working professional actor, film director and award-winning choreographer for over 28 years. She has worked in feature films with directors Bill Forsyth, Wayne Wang, Chris Columbus, and the national episodic television series "Nash Bridges". She has appeared in over 45 industrial films and national commercials working with the likes of Ridley Scott, Jon Francis and the Academy Award winning cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond.For over 25 years Cynthia Pepper has been producing, directing, choreographing, teaching, acting and writing for the all the performing and entertainment arts throughout the Bay Area. She taught dance and choreography for 16 years at Marin Ballet, and has collaborated with Marin Theatre Company, The Mountain Play, Vector Theatre Company and Marin Shakespeare.

Melinda and Cynthia's production company, Xanadu Entertainment ,LLC has produced many award-winning dance films, movement sequences and specialized choreography for the stage, screen and film. They teach their specialized commercial course covering every aspect of show business entitled: A to Z: The Filmmakers Perspective throughout the Bay Area most recently at the California Film Institute. Together they have created short films for several seasons for the Emmy Award Winning series, Sesame Street seen in over 140 countries.


site - www.xanaduentertainmentllc.com

 
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