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Sides for On Camera with Derek on Sunday May 25th from 3pm to 5pm: 

MOONLIGHTING

SHAFT

Week 14: The Callback – Audition Mastery & Scene Review
This week’s workshop is called The Callback—a final test of everything we’ve built so far. Actors will perform selected sides in a mock callback environment, applying techniques from previous weeks, including the Portrait Technique and Bold Choices.

You’ll be expected to make strong, memorable impressions with limited prep time, just like a real callback. Instructors will offer redirection between reads to evaluate your responsiveness, flexibility, and clarity under pressure.

Scene Assignment: Moonlighting

• Men will read for David

• Women will read for Maddie
  (from a sharp, character-driven dialogue reminiscent of classic TV dynamics)

Bonus Scene:

• Shaft – both men and women will read for Peoples, focusing on intensity, status, and charisma.

This is your chance to bring it all together—presence, technique, instinct—and step confidently into the spotlight.

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Tuesday May 20th from 7pm to 10pm: 

MOONLIGHTING

SHAFT

Week 14: The Callback – Audition Mastery & Scene Review
This week’s workshop is called The Callback—a final test of everything we’ve built so far. Actors will perform selected sides in a mock callback environment, applying techniques from previous weeks, including the Portrait Technique and Bold Choices.

You’ll be expected to make strong, memorable impressions with limited prep time, just like a real callback. Instructors will offer redirection between reads to evaluate your responsiveness, flexibility, and clarity under pressure.

Scene Assignment: Moonlighting

• Men will read for David

• Women will read for Maddie
  (from a sharp, character-driven dialogue reminiscent of classic TV dynamics)

Bonus Scene:

• Shaft – both men and women will read for Peoples, focusing on intensity, status, and charisma.

This is your chance to bring it all together—presence, technique, instinct—and step confidently into the spotlight.

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Thursday May 22nd from 2pm to 5pm: 

MOONLIGHTING

SHAFT

Week 14: The Callback – Audition Mastery & Scene Review
This week’s workshop is called The Callback—a final test of everything we’ve built so far. Actors will perform selected sides in a mock callback environment, applying techniques from previous weeks, including the Portrait Technique and Bold Choices.

You’ll be expected to make strong, memorable impressions with limited prep time, just like a real callback. Instructors will offer redirection between reads to evaluate your responsiveness, flexibility, and clarity under pressure.

Scene Assignment: Moonlighting

• Men will read for David

• Women will read for Maddie
  (from a sharp, character-driven dialogue reminiscent of classic TV dynamics)

Bonus Scene:

• Shaft – both men and women will read for Peoples, focusing on intensity, status, and charisma.

This is your chance to bring it all together—presence, technique, instinct—and step confidently into the spotlight.

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Tuesday May 13th from 7pm to 10pm: 

BRAD

COOPER

BALTAR

The Secret Technique

For actors who want to be indispensable—and directors who want to speak the language.

The Secret Technique is where acting meets direction—and both get better.

Actors, you’ll learn the most valuable (and most underrated) skill in the business: how to take direction and make it work instantly. Directors, you’ll learn how to shape performances not by controlling them, but by unlocking them. This workshop is about communication, flexibility, and performance in motion.

This class is almost more for directors than actors. Because it’s not just about playing the scene—it’s about transforming it. In real time.

Actors/Actresses Pick Any of the Listed Characters Below

• Brad –

• Cooper – 

• Baltar5 – 

You’ll perform the scene once making the bold choice to do “nothing”. Then again. Then again—with new direction each time. Sometimes subtle. Sometimes radical. The real challenge? Stay grounded. Stay present. Adjust instantly.

Video Example:
Watch Russell Crowe talk about working with Ridley Scott on Gladiator.

• https://youtu.be/Sw0iyfbXRt8?si=nDpqCCl0SS0m5uFS
  

  YouTube Share your videos with friends, family, and the world youtu.be

Outcome: By the end of this week, actors will be quick-thinking collaborators who make even confusing notes work. Directors will learn how to communicate performance goals without micromanaging. And everyone will walk away with the most important skill in storytelling: adaptability.

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Thursday May 15th from 2pm to 5pm: 

BRAD

COOPER

BALTAR

The Secret Technique

For actors who want to be indispensable—and directors who want to speak the language.

The Secret Technique is where acting meets direction—and both get better.

Actors, you’ll learn the most valuable (and most underrated) skill in the business: how to take direction and make it work instantly. Directors, you’ll learn how to shape performances not by controlling them, but by unlocking them. This workshop is about communication, flexibility, and performance in motion.

This class is almost more for directors than actors. Because it’s not just about playing the scene—it’s about transforming it. In real time.

Actors/Actresses Pick Any of the Listed Characters Below

• Brad –

• Cooper – 

• Baltar5 – 

You’ll perform the scene once making the bold choice to do “nothing”. Then again. Then again—with new direction each time. Sometimes subtle. Sometimes radical. The real challenge? Stay grounded. Stay present. Adjust instantly.

Video Example:
Watch Russell Crowe talk about working with Ridley Scott on Gladiator.

• https://youtu.be/Sw0iyfbXRt8?si=nDpqCCl0SS0m5uFS
  

  YouTube Share your videos with friends, family, and the world youtu.be

Outcome: By the end of this week, actors will be quick-thinking collaborators who make even confusing notes work. Directors will learn how to communicate performance goals without micromanaging. And everyone will walk away with the most important skill in storytelling: adaptability.

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Tuesday May 27th from 7pm to 10pm: 

LOGAN

DOCTOR WHO

WONDER WOMAN

SUPERMAN

Week 15: Playing the Icon – Making Legendary Roles Your Own
This week, we tackle one of the greatest challenges in acting: how to play a character the world already knows. In Playing the Icon, actors will explore what it means to step into the shoes of a role made famous by someone else—without becoming an imitation.

We’ll study performances by Christian Bale (Batman), Christopher Reeve (Superman), and Hugh Jackman (Logan) to understand how these actors brought depth, originality, and personal truth to established characters.

Actors will choose from a selection of iconic roles:

• Women may read for Wonder Woman or Doctor Who

• Men may read for Logan, Superman, or Doctor Who

Check out these screen tests

https://youtu.be/mQKGHF7Wg_s?si=RrJQ5QAvoR18T5P6

https://youtu.be/_vqlHNAsfDM?si=1MTGwC7PDDkOXmgs

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Thursday May 29th from 2pm to 5pm: 

LOGAN

DOCTOR WHO

WONDER WOMAN

SUPERMAN

Week 15: Playing the Icon – Making Legendary Roles Your Own
This week, we tackle one of the greatest challenges in acting: how to play a character the world already knows. In Playing the Icon, actors will explore what it means to step into the shoes of a role made famous by someone else—without becoming an imitation.

We’ll study performances by Christian Bale (Batman), Christopher Reeve (Superman), and Hugh Jackman (Logan) to understand how these actors brought depth, originality, and personal truth to established characters.

Actors will choose from a selection of iconic roles:

• Women may read for Wonder Woman or Doctor Who

• Men may read for Logan, Superman, or Doctor Who

Check out these screen tests

https://youtu.be/mQKGHF7Wg_s?si=RrJQ5QAvoR18T5P6

https://youtu.be/_vqlHNAsfDM?si=1MTGwC7PDDkOXmgs

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Tuesday JUNE 3rd from 7pm to 10pm: 

SCREENTEST

Week 16: Choose to Know – Bold Choices with Limited Information
In this daring final workshop of the series, actors will be challenged to make bold, specific choices with very little context. In Choose to Know, you won’t be handed backstory or motivation—you’ll have to invent it, commit to it, and let it lead the scene.

Actors will work with a script of just three lines, playing the protagonist regardless of gender. The final line of the scene will be improvised, creating a live moment of discovery and emotional resolution.

This workshop pushes actors to trust their instincts, take risks, and lean into ambiguity. The goal isn’t to “get it right”—it’s to be compelling, clear, and alive in the unknown. It’s about choosing to know, even when you don’t.

This is the culmination of all the tools you’ve gained—now it’s time to throw out the map and see how far you can go.

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Thursday JUNE 5th from 2pm to 5pm: 

SCREENTEST

Week 16: Choose to Know – Bold Choices with Limited Information
In this daring final workshop of the series, actors will be challenged to make bold, specific choices with very little context. In Choose to Know, you won’t be handed backstory or motivation—you’ll have to invent it, commit to it, and let it lead the scene.

Actors will work with a script of just three lines, playing the protagonist regardless of gender. The final line of the scene will be improvised, creating a live moment of discovery and emotional resolution.

This workshop pushes actors to trust their instincts, take risks, and lean into ambiguity. The goal isn’t to “get it right”—it’s to be compelling, clear, and alive in the unknown. It’s about choosing to know, even when you don’t.

This is the culmination of all the tools you’ve gained—now it’s time to throw out the map and see how far you can go.

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Tuesday JUNE 10th from 7pm to 10pm: 

GIRL ASSASSIN

BLADE RUNNER

Week 16: Choose to Know – Bold Choices with Limited Information
In this daring final workshop of the series, actors will be challenged to make bold, specific choices with very little context. In Choose to Know, you won’t be handed backstory or motivation—you’ll have to invent it, commit to it, and let it lead the scene.

Actors will work with a script of just three lines, playing the protagonist regardless of gender. The final line of the scene will be improvised, creating a live moment of discovery and emotional resolution.

This workshop pushes actors to trust their instincts, take risks, and lean into ambiguity. The goal isn’t to “get it right”—it’s to be compelling, clear, and alive in the unknown. It’s about choosing to know, even when you don’t.

This is the culmination of all the tools you’ve gained—now it’s time to throw out the map and see how far you can go.

Sides for On Camera with Derek on Thursday JUNE 12th from 2pm to 5pm: 

GIRL ASSASSIN

BLADE RUNNER

Week 16: Choose to Know – Bold Choices with Limited Information
In this daring final workshop of the series, actors will be challenged to make bold, specific choices with very little context. In Choose to Know, you won’t be handed backstory or motivation—you’ll have to invent it, commit to it, and let it lead the scene.

Actors will work with a script of just three lines, playing the protagonist regardless of gender. The final line of the scene will be improvised, creating a live moment of discovery and emotional resolution.

This workshop pushes actors to trust their instincts, take risks, and lean into ambiguity. The goal isn’t to “get it right”—it’s to be compelling, clear, and alive in the unknown. It’s about choosing to know, even when you don’t.

This is the culmination of all the tools you’ve gained—now it’s time to throw out the map and see how far you can go.

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