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Film & Television Studio International

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Professional Full-Time

Acting for Television Program

Introduction
Course outline
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Conditions of entry
Enrolment

An Australian First

Alumni Ashleigh Brewer

Artist Managers Craig and Dominique McMahon have long been passionate advocates for training and developing actors. Our industry is changing fast as it keeps pace with technological developments and as our industry becomes closer to the United States there is more than ever a need for actors to get serious about their craft and their ongoing training in order to develop the skills needed to stay competitive in our industry.

This course is unique because it specifically focuses on acting for the small screen. We only have to look at the phenomenal international success of Australian stars like Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Teresa Palmer; Eric Bana, Rachel Griffiths, Hugh Jackman, Jesse Spencer, Leila George D’Onofrio, Alexander Russell, Julian McMahon, Simon Baker, Phoebe Tonkin, Naomi Watts, and now our very own former students Luke Mitchell (Big Sky; Legacies; Without Remorse; The Republic of Sarah; The Code; Blindspot; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D; The Tomorrow People), Ashleigh Brewer (Dinner with Herve; The Bold & The Beautiful), Michael Doonan (Bates Motel; American Gothic), Phoenix Raei (The Night Agent; Clickbait); Addam Bramich (Poker Face, alongside Russell Crowe); Esther Anderson (Siberia), and many more: all of whom cut their teeth in home grown television. Our industry is changing fast and there is an army of brilliant young Australian actors who are being presented with marvellous opportunities all over the world. Our actors need to be prepared to service the widest range of opportunities that exist in our own industry and also be prepared for the exciting opportunities that are presented to us by the American market.

There has never been a course specifically designed to train actors to deal with fast turnaround television. This is an Australian first. We are thrilled and proud to offer this exciting adventure in acting training. It presents an absolute gold mine of experience and opportunity for anyone who is serious and ambitious about being an actor in the Australian television industry today.

We are preparing actors to be ready, fit and able to go when opportunity knocks.

Please read our full terms and conditions here.

Course Outline

Alumni Luke Mitchell

This unique course has been designed to equip actors with the mental, physical and emotional strength needed to flourish in a work environment that often puts actors under intense pressure. Our aim is to provide a world class television drama training course to:

  • Equip and train actors with the craft and experience to perform with excellence in fast turnaround television in Australia and overseas
  • Create autonomous actors who understand their role as actors in society, and with a deep understanding of popular culture as it exists in Australia today, who are independent, creative, fulfilled individuals
  • Promote personal health, stamina and inner strength
  • Actors will be trained by practicing industry professionals and the course has a strong performance focus. Actors will be performing on camera early into the first term. In the final week of the course, the company will shoot film and television scenes with a professional director and crew.

The course has been designed to approximately mirror the schedule of an actual television drama, so from the first read through at 9:30am on the commencement of the training week, actors are developing a mental and physical discipline to deal with performing in industry conditions. The course is dense and very fast-paced, with actors working on the floor with exceptional trainers from Day 1. Actors will be required to do all their reading, preparation and exercises at home ready for the next week.

We hope you will take from this course a way to live in the world as actor, connected and inspired by the world we live in and the ever-changing culture that is produced and nurtured in Australia.

The course is comprised of (3 x 10 week terms). Classes run for 3 full days each week from 9:30am to 3:30pm (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday). The Program is conducted by working industry professionals who are experts in their field. (Please refer to our trainer page for a comprehensive list).

Structure of the day:

MORNING:  Skills Development; Read Through, TV Episode of the Week, VIP Presentations, Voice, Movement and Improvisation.

AFTERNOON:  Analysis, Creativity & Imagination, Rehearsal, American Dialect, Actor Training and Workshops.

All actors will be required to:

Daily:

  • Keep a private reflection journal for assessment
  • Attend a company meeting

Once a week:

  • Watch and be prepared to discuss a set television episode that aired during the week

Once a term:

  • Research and prepare a 10 minute presentation which profiles three prominent Australian television artists – an actor, a director and writer of their choice.
  • Prepare a self-assessment / goals and objective journal for discussion
  • Complete a written assignment, which is to be assessed

The Actor Prepares: Connect with your Self/Connect with the Other

Alumni Phoenix Raei

The focus for this term is research and development. Learn to identify your strengths and weaknesses as an actor and articulate your own personal plan for improvement over the next 30 weeks. You will have valuable time to connect with your Self and others and develop an understanding of how you and we, as humans and artists behave in the world. This is in preparation for your work as an actor ready to inhabit another soul and to able to interact authentically and vividly with other characters and situations in a professional manner.

This term is also for you to start to be aware of the world we inhabit and the culture we produce. Also to identify how and why actors are valuable and the positive function of an artist’s role in their surrounding society.

Morning

TV Episode of the week and Company Read Through

Exposure to: Laban, Arthur Samuel Joseph’s Vocal Awareness

Exposure to: Alexander Technique, Yoga and Improvisation/Clowning/Mask

Exposure to: Practical Aesthetics, Meisner, Strasberg, Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, Perdekamp Emotional Method (PEM), Stella Adler and Ivana Chubbuck.

Afternoon

The Actor Prepares.

Actor Training, Rehearsals and Workshops: This is an incredibly powerful unit that introduces you to aspects of the Stanislavski Technique. Students will engage principals from Practical Aesthetics, Chubbuck and Lee Strasburg, all of which are taught by leading actor trainers in these specific fields and techniques that are sourced Australia wide. 

This unit encourages you to identify with yourself as artists: building meaningful and truthful screen characters, stretching and accessing your imagination, becoming more present, impulsive and in the moment. Students will also explore archetypes and mask work to further engage as actors.

The Actors Practice: Get a Grip on Text & Performance Space

Alumni Claude Jabbour

The focus for this term is to build on the basics, and then advance your technique work with more complex material; to expose you to the widest range of script genres, and experience working with a range of professional actors and directors, all at the top of their game. It includes an introduction to the more technical aspects of performing on set and how to use the camera and work with a crew.

Morning

Skills Training: TV Episode of the Week and Company read through. Voice and Movement classes will continue with the addition of the development of skills needed in the field including US accents and monologue preparation.

  • Archery
  • Fencing
  • Screen Combat
  • Safety on set
  • Getting to know your film crew

Afternoon

Actor Training, Rehearsals and Workshops:  This unit will see you go deeper into script interpretation, character building and using language with confidence and precision. Your work will be committed, strong and have pure clarity.

Actors will apply these techniques to a variety of genres – training under industry professionals, outstanding in their individual fields that include: 

  • Television Soaps
  • Children’s Television
  • Police Drama
  • Social Drama
  • Tele-movies
  • Feature Films
  • Period Drama
  • Shakespeare
  • Chekhov

Acting for Television: Excellent Craft/Confident Performers

Alumni Charlotte Chimes

The focus of this term is to provide for the actor maximum opportunity to practice their craft in industry conditions. Actors will demonstrate the ability to prepare a role and always deliver interesting, inventive and authentic performances.

Morning

TV Episode of the week and company read through.

Movement: Yoga, Boot camp and Improvisation/Clowning/Mask

Afternoon

Actors will refine the skills acquired in term one and worked through in term two by revisiting /reviewing key elements of study, including, the various acting techniques studied.

You will explore more complex materials and perform an array of scene work to camera. Students will commence the decision making process of selecting scenes that have been studied throughout the year for the final industry showcase.

Showcase shoot and screening:

In the final weeks of Term 3 (Weeks 9 and 10) actors will film scenes with a professional director and crew. These showreel scenes are a tool to help you be seen by industry professionals, such as agents and casting directors. Carefully selected by you and the studio team, the scenes will support you as you move forward in the industry. Your Showcase; a private cinema screening to an invited audience of friends and family, will follow in the weeks after the shoot.

This is a talent-based course. Entry will be by audition and interview only. Please fill out the Enrolment Form and we will be in touch shortly with: an application to audition form; a full course prospectus; and further information on course fees and payment plans.  

A $55 administration fee applies to audition for the Full Time Program.  

If you have any further queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly on 1800 FILMTV (1800 345 688). Places are strictly limited in this program.

2024 Intake / Auditions

Melbourne – Applications now open for April 2024 Intake.

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Studio Social News

Current student ALASDAIR BLISS stars alongside Rad Current student ALASDAIR BLISS stars alongside Radha Mitchell, Adam Demos, Bart Edwards, Meg Fraser, Xavier Molyneux and Natalie Bassingthwaite in Feature Film "TAKE MY HAND". Cast by Greg Apps, Directed by John Raftopoulos, and filmed in Byron Bay, this heart-breaking Drama is currently in post-production, and will be released in 2024. Alasdair is proudly represented by MCMAHON MANAGEMENT.
Full-Time Alumni AMANDA KOUR was recently handpick Full-Time Alumni AMANDA KOUR was recently handpicked by Aussie Hollywood Legend REBEL WILSON to co-star in her upcoming Feature Film ‘THE DEB’ (also Directed by Rebel), an Australian Musical Comedy About a Debutante Ball Set in the Outback. Rehearsals have commenced. Amanda continues to train at Film & Television Studio International, most recently under the mentorship of KERRY ARMSTRONG in her Masterclass Series. Amanda is proudly represented by MCMAHON MANAGEMENT.
Full-time graduate LIAM MCCARTHY will reprise his Full-time graduate LIAM MCCARTHY will reprise his recurring role on NEIGHBOURS as Travis Kellog. Liam continues to train at Film & Television Studio International, most recently under the mentorship of Award-Winning Actor KERRY ARMSTRONG in her Masterclass Series. Liam can also be seen in the much-anticipated STAN Original Series SCRUBLANDS (premiering November 16), starring the fabulous LUKE ARNOLD, who recently facilitated a powerhouse ELEMENTS OF SCREEN Program at Film & Television Studio International. Don’t miss it! Liam is proudly represented by MCMAHON MANAGEMENT.
Joining us in studio for the first time ever as a Joining us in studio for the first time ever as a mentor and trainer, is the one and only PINO AMENTA.

PINO is one of Australia’s most prolific and enduring Film & Television Directors and Series Executive Producers.  Winner of an AACTA Award for Best Television Drama for WENTWORTH, he has Directed and/or Series Produced some of Australia’s finest actors in award winning performances over the past 5 decades.

He comes exclusively to Film & Television Studio International in Melbourne’s #1 Ongoing Screen Acting Program TEXT TO SCREEN.  Pino will be joined by Leading Film & Television Casting Director JANE NORRIS CASTING, currently casting some of Australia’s most anticipated Feature Films and Television Dramas.

What a treat to welcome these 2 dynamos to our studio 💣

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Best of luck to our actors working today with Lead Best of luck to our actors working today with Leading Prime-Time USA CW and Warner Bros. Casting Director DAVID RAPAPORT CSA (Gossip Girl; Riverdale; You; The Summer I Turned Pretty; The Flash; Arrow; Batwoman; Katy Keen; DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; Superman & Lois; Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin; XO Kitty; Chilling Adventures of Sabrina; Supergirl; and so many more…

Film & Television Studio International is proud to present this wonderful opportunity for Australian performing artists.
The Masterclass with David Rapaport (Leading Holly The Masterclass with David Rapaport (Leading Hollywood Casting Director for Warner Bros. and the CW) is now booked out for Participants. 

If you would like to audit, please apply online. Places are limited.

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Before he heads back into his Full-Time Casting co Before he heads back into his Full-Time Casting commitments, post writers strike, work with DAVID RAPAPORT, one of Hollywoods Casting titans who has cast (and continues to cast) some of Warner Bros. and the CW’s most ground-breaking TV Series including:

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Crush the competition and get pilot season ready for what we anticipate to be a huge 2024. 

This is a rare and unique opportunity.  The first Masterclass booked out in 12 hours and our second and final Masterclass is almost full.

Jump on our website now for further information, and apply as a participant or auditor. Swipe 👉🏾 for some of Davids outstanding series.

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Award Winning Actress JANE HARBER has been at the Award Winning Actress JANE HARBER has been at the forefront of Australian television for decades, tackling some of the most interesting and thought-provoking lead female characters. 

Recognised throughout the world for her award-winning role of Zara Perkich in Network Ten’s most successful drama OFFSPRING (Seasons 1-7), alongside Asher Keddie and Kat Stewart, Jane has just finished shooting feature film SLEEPING DOGS alongside Academy Award Winner Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan and Tommy Flanagan. She has also just completed filming the 2nd season of multi award-winning television series THE NEWSREADER, now on ABC TV and ABC iView. Jane can also be seen on the ABC Network in the hit 6-part television drama series IN LIMBO, alongside Ryan Corr and Bob Morley. 

Her extensive list of credits include (but are not limited to) Summer Love; Maverix; Informer 3838; My Life is Murder; Pretty Little Stalker; Back in Very Small Business; Offspring (Season 1-7); St Francis; High Expectasians; The Moodys; Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS; Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries; House Husbands; The Nurses; Underbelly; The Secret Life of Us; Neighbours; Raw FM; Blue Heelers and many more.

Jane will be facilitating our TEXT TO SCREEN PROGRAM, commencing on Tuesday 17th of October, 2023.

Special Industry Guest, Jane Norris from Jane Norris Casting: (The Lost Flowers of Alice Heart (currently streaming on Amazon Prime, starring Sigourney Weaver, Leah Purcell, Asher Keddie and Alycia Debnam-Carey); Nine Perfect Strangers (currently streaming on Amazon Prime, starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Samara Weaving, Bobby Cannavale, Zoe Terakes and Michael Shannon); The Clearing (currently streaming on Disney+, starring Guy Pearce, Miranda Otto and Teresa Palmer); and The Dry 2: Forces of Nature (2023 cinema release, starring Eric Bana, Deborra-Lee Furness, Anna Torv, Jacqueline McKenzie and directed by Robert Connolly).

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PINO AMENTA is one of Australia’s most revered S PINO AMENTA is one of Australia’s most revered Screen Directors, Executive Producers and writers.  Over the past five decades, he has directed and/or series produced some of Australia’s finest actors (some in award winning performances), including Leah Purcell, Kerry Armstrong, Chris Hemsworth, Susie Porter, Ryan Corr, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Jeffery, Orpheus Pledger, Danielle Cormack, Kate Jenkinson, Kate Atkinson, Katrina Milosevic, Celia Ireland, Socratis Otto, Sigrid Thornton, Robbie Magasiva, Georgie Parker, Erik Thomson, Denise Scott, Craig McLauchlan, Nadine Garner, Roger Corser, Anna McGhan, John Wood, Pamela Rabe; Tammy Macintosh, Nicole Da Silva, Bernard Curry, Rebecca Gibney, Michael Caton, Hugh Sheridan, Angus McLaren, Jessica Marais, James Stewart, Jessica McNamee, Zoe Ventoura, Brooke Satchwell, Shane Bourne, Noni Hazelhurst, Daniel McPherson, Libby Tanner, Judith McGrath, John Howard, Marny Kennedy, Kate Box, Zoe Terakes, Maia Mitchell, Matt Passmore, Damien Bodie, Kat Stewart, Michala Banas, Scott Major, Nathanial Dean, Grant Bowler, Lisa McCune, Alison Whyte, William McInnes, Anne Phelan, Jane Hall, Francis Greenslade, Radha Mitchell, Jane Hall, Gary Sweet, Caroline Gilmer, Bryan Brown, John Waters, Stephen Peacocke, and so many more. 

His contribution to the Australian film and television industry has been incredible, since he first began his career directing The Sullivans in 1976. Having just Executive Produced Australia’s most anticipated Drama “High Country”, starring Leah Purcell, directed by Kevin Carlin and Cast by Nathan Lloyd Casting, the best is yet to come with many projects slated for 2023/2024. His extensive credits are too long to list.

We are ecstatic to welcome this industry trailblazer who will be working with our actors for the first time ever in TEXT TO SCREEN with Feature Film & Prime-Time Television Casting Director Jane Norris Casting.

Not to be missed.
Commences mid-October.
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There is not another PART-TIME PROGRAM in Australi There is not another PART-TIME PROGRAM in Australia that comes close to providing the quality, quantity and affordability of THE FOUNDATION YEAR at Film & Television Studio International.
 
Facilitated by the very best in the business, these are but a few of the incredible award winning artists that will be mentoring our students throughout the 30-Week Program, conducted every Sunday.

KERRY ARMSTRONG
CRAIG MCMAHON
DAMIAN WALSHE-HOWLING
VINCE COLOSIMO
SCOTT MAJOR
EVE MOREY
FRANK LOTITO
JANE HALL
JANE HARBER
KATRINA MILOSEVIC
And many more…

Commencing Sunday 15th of October, 2023.
Interviewing Now for Final 2 Placements.

Apply to Interview via our website. 
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