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Filmmaking Workshops | Acting School in L.A.
If filmmaking and storytelling through film are your passions, start your filmmaking career in Hollywood.
Online & In-Person Filmmaking Courses Available
Make Your Short Movie & Learn Filmmaking
Program Overview:
Each film school student will participate in:
- Writing
- Shooting
- Directing
- Editing
- Produce one or two short films during the 12-week intensive program.
The class is structured into five parts:
- Cinema History
- Writing
- Pre-production
- Production
- Post-production
- Learn where to submit your film and which film festivals are best for independent films.
- The final product can be used as footage for your demo reel and submitted to film festivals.
Class Schedule:
- Saturday: 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- Sunday: 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM
- 12-Week Bootcamp
What You Will Learn:
- A unique learning experience that prepares students for real-world filmmaking.
- An immersive, collaborative course where:
- Directors, producers, and actors team up to create a professional-level short film.
- Students go through pre-production, shooting, and post-production to complete a polished project.
- Directors-in-training will be responsible for writing and directing their films.
- Study the four primary elements of filmmaking:
- Writing
- Production
- Directing
- Editing
- Students will write, direct, produce, and edit two short film exercises using provided HD cameras (Canon 5D).
- Each student will create a 6-8 minute short film with:
- Multiple tracks of sound (ambiance, sound effects, and voiceover).
Final Showcase:
- At the end of the course, students’ final films will be screened for friends, family, cast, and crew.
- Students receive a digital master tape of all their projects to take home.
- Filmmaking for Writers, Directors, Producers, and Actors!
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We offer acting classes in Los Angeles to help you hone your craft & jumpstart your career.
Our acting school teaches every acting technique: Meisner technique, Lee Strasberg’s method, Stella Adler, Stanislavski’s method, Uta Hagen, and the Chekhov technique.
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Learn to develop a solid acting technique and foundation. We focus on fun improvisational games, auditioning techniques, and working on scenes and monologues across comedy and drama.
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Our Mission
The Michelle Danner Acting School’s philosophy is that artists can draw upon all different acting techniques & form an individual “Golden toolbox” to use when approaching a role or a scene, whether it be for film, television, or theater. The acting school’s acting techniques are based on Meisner, Strasberg, Stella Adler, Uta Hagen & the Stanislavsky acting Technique.
Michelle Danner’s alumni include Penelope Cruz, Seth MacFarlane, Salma Hayek, Henry Cavill, Zooey Deschanel, Gerard Butler, Chris Rock, Chris Martin, Michael Peña, Michelle Rodriguez, Kate Del Castillo and many others.
The acting school offers classes for all levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
• Classes include:
• Acting for Film
• Scene Study
• Cold Reading
• Musical Theater
• Movement
• Voice and Speech
We are one of the elite acting schools in California, known for training successful actors.
A variety of acting classes are offered in Los Angeles to help students hone their craft and jumpstart their careers.
What makes us different
Our acting program differs from other acting schools in Los Angeles, since we teach every acting technique & method, including the Meisner technique, Lee Strasberg’s method, Stella Adler, Stanislavski’s method & Uta Hagen technique.
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- Develop a strong acting foundation.
- Learn to make powerful acting choices
Acting Techniques
• The Actor’s Golden Box (acting technique) | Meisner Acting Technique | Stella Adler Acting Technique | Uta Hagen Acting Technique | Stanislavski Acting Technique | Training & Workshops: | Audition Training Classes & Workshops (Film & Television) | Scene Study Classes & Script Analysis | Improvisation | Performance & Preparation: | Acting Demo Reels | Voice & Speech | General American Accent & Dialects | Industry & Career Guidance: | Breaking into Hollywood: The Business of Acting | Coaching Options: | Private Coaching (Audition Coaching, Dialogue Coaching, On-Set Coaching) | Online Coaching & Private Acting Classes
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- 10820 Washington blvd. Culver CIty, CA 90232
- 310-392-0815
- Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
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