The Batson Technique

FILM & TELEVISION STUDIO INTERNATIONAL, IN CONJUCTION WITH SUSAN BATSON STUDIOS (NYC), IS THRILLED TO BRING YOU AN EXCLUSIVE NEW YORK CITY OPPORTUNITY. MOST ENCOURAGING ACTOR RECEIVES:

$1000 Virgin Airlines Travel Voucher to New York // Exclusive in person training with Susan Batson & Carl Ford at Susan Batson Studios // $1000 Training Voucher at Film & Television Studio International

2-Day Masterclass / 10 Contact Hours / Live from Susan Batson Studios in New York.

A MASTERCLASS in “TRUTH’ with Hollywood & Broadway’s A-List “OSCAR COACH” SUSAN BATSON.

A Must for Emerging Actors & a Wake-Up Call for Working Actors. Workshopping Classic American Texts from America’s finest playwrights (that have been successfully adapted to award-winning screenplays), Susan Batson and Carl Ford reveal the inner game of telling stories and creating vivid, three-dimensional life out of words, using The Batson Technique.

We highly recommend this class for those who are still trying to understand their critiques or blocks as well as those who are hoping to specify and clarify their technique. This is an exceptional opportunity to work with these industry gurus.

In ADDITION to the 2-Day (10-HOUR) INTENSIVE BATSON TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASS, Susan Batson and Carl Ford will select one participant from Group #1 & one participant from Group #2 as the most encouraging emerging artists, who will EACH BE AWARDED the following:

• $1000.00 Virgin Airlines travel voucher towards a return trip to New York City.
• A meet and greet in person, and further training at Susan Batson Studios in New York City with Susan Batson and Carl Ford.
• $1000.00 voucher to spend on further education at Film & Television Studio International.

Please note:

• Participants will be required to sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) prior to the commencement of the program or will not be allowed entry.
• Susan Batson & Carl Fords selection is final.  No further dialogue will be entered into.
• The winner agrees to Film & Television Studio International using their image to announce them as the winner across all social media platforms.
• The in-person training sessions at Susan Batson Studios in New York City will be at the sole discretion of Susan Batson and Carl Ford and will be coordinated by Film & Television Studio International.  
• Participants understand that there is one student selected from the April (Group #1) session and one student selected from the May (Group #2) session. This is not a shared award.
• Strictly 16 Participants in Group #1 and 16 Participants in Group #2.

I first met Susan Batson in New York just a week before I made Peacemaker. We worked together in earnest for two years on Eyes Wide Shut in London and on every film I’ve done since, wherever they’ve taken us. Susans book is called TRUTH, and that title precisely describes the core of the work Susan and I do together. I can’t create unless I have truth – I have to feel it. Susan helps me find the truth in myself and use its purity, intimacy, and honesty to make my work real. She’s helped me to nurture and protect truth in myself and in the characters that I’ve played. What I’ve learned from Susan is how to keep the truth alive no matter what. There’s so much more to acting than just creative success. It runs thicker and deeper than that. It has to – it’s in my blood too. I feel like we’ve been together my whole life. Oscar Winner NICOLE KIDMAN.

Stanislavski, Strasberg, Meisner, Adler, Berghoff, Hagen, Mamet…now BATSON. What do you get when working with Susan Batson & her protege Carl Ford in this incredible 2-Day (10-Hour) Actors Masterclass?

Susan Batson is the author of the book “Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters.”

In her TRUTH Masterclass, the most sought-after OSCAR COACH and acting guru in Hollywood and on Broadway distills her half century’s experience as an actor, teacher, and personal coach into a step-by-step process for creating a character from first read-through to final performance.

Debunking a century’s worth of myths about “method acting,” Batson identifies the unifying forces of Need, Public Persona, and Tragic Flaw to unite the actor with his or her character. Throughout this TRUTH Masterclass, Batson shows how actively defining and understanding these three principals leads to the most truthful performances possible.

Participants will apply The Batson Technique to Classic American monologues. 

Actor, writer, director, producer, teacher, and coach Susan Batson has been called an “alchemist” by the New Yorker. In private consultation on film sets all over the world and in her New York acting studio, Susan Batson has enjoyed the privilege of training and mentoring Nicole Kidman, Lady Gaga, Juliette Binoche, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Tom Cruise, Kerry Washington, Zac Efron, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Kirsten Dunst, Rihanna and countless other actors searching for truthful connections between themselves and the characters they play. Nicole Kidman, who has worked closely with Susan for more than twelve years, hails her as a uniquely insightful acting coach with “a hell of a lot of pure talent,” while Oscar winner Juliette Binoche praises Susan’s ability to “shake you like a tree and get the fruits down.” Susan Batson was publicly thanked by Kidman after receiving her Oscar for The Hours. Batson’s process gave Kidman the tools to find that truth and honed her Oscar Winning performance from the inside out.

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