Workshops & Intensives Offered
Here are some of the other workshops and classes we offer at Film Actors Studio Charlotte. See something you’d like to take? Let us know at the bottom of the page, so we know what the people want & you’ll be notified when the next session is scheduled!
Audition & Self-Taping Bootcamp
Feeling rusty in auditions? Not booking those gigs? Want to boost your confidence in call backs? From local theater try-outs to commercial auditions, we got you covered.
Learning to enjoy the audition process is important. Join us for this intensive workshop and do 10-12 mock "try outs" in twelve hours (two takes per script, with on-screen analysis). Genial, detailed instruction on technique, as well as insight into the 'back end' of the audition process, from the producer of over sixty commercials and films will show you how to better your auditions for commercials, indies, industrials, and big budget motion pictures.
Work with 10-12 real industry scripts that cover the gamut of potential audition scenarios for stage, industrial, film and TV; you’ll audition on-camera, twice for each script, with on-screen review and discussion between each (watching your classmates’ as well as your own)— all auditions are recorded on a flash drive for you to take home for additional review. Waiting room etiquette, coming in with confidence, energy and choices that will show them who you are as a performer! This workshop is fast-paced, dynamic and fun. Bring a flash drive to capture your coaching and improvement!
Date: February 24, 2024 | When: Saturday 10AM-7PM | Break from 2-3PM | Tuition: $275.00
Enroll Here: Audition Bootcamp
The Business of Acting
The Business of Acting Intensive is a comprehensive and highly personalized course with the goal of aiding beginning and intermediate professional actors in gaining clarity on and activating the tools necessary to launch –and manage—a career in film and television. It includes instruction in creating polished marketing materials; understanding the talent agent relationship and obtaining representation; managing the terrain of local and regional casting companies; print, social media and online resources—what content/acting reels you should have up as well as where to find opportunities; choosing a good headshot photographer; Networking to gain an edge without abusing your contacts, successful self-taping audition techniques, getting an agent & manager, understanding union and non-union contracts, reading casting breakdowns, what to spend money on as an actor, what qualifies as a tax write-off and whether or not you should do that local play or start a podcast!
What to Know: This class Meets Online via Zoom 5x
Class One: will begin with all enrolled students meeting on a group Zoom. The following 4 classes/meetings are one-on-one with instructor Lon Bumgarner and are individually scheduled for you as these meetings will last more than an hour to ninety minutes.
Before your first class, you will be sent an extensive survey to fill out and return prior to the meeting. Please take your time and give some extra thought to details when completing the assignment. This will act as the basis for the building of a 5-year Career Plan complete with steps, strategies, goal markers, advice and loads of resources. In other words, this class will have “homework”.
Tuition: $350.00
Shakespeare in Acting
Learn techniques of performing Shakespeare! This class will strive to demystify all of Mr. S's high falutin' dialogue so the actor can use the text as opposed to being chewed up by it. We'll touch on monologues, scene work, and even the odd sonnet. So put your fear in your pocket, muster your inner Will (Will...get it?) and join us for a little Bard. This is an invaluable skill-set to hone as a performer!
Get comfortable with the language, the subtext, interpretations & auditioning in auld English!
Tuition: $300 | Meets 4-6 times over course