Bollywood Acting & Film Craft Course
4+ Months
(Minimum 72 Hours)
KNOW SOUTH ASIAN CINEMA
- Overview: History, Evolution, and Key Milestones
- Indian Cinema’s cultural significance, context and sensitivities
- Understanding the Cultural nuances in Bollywood films
- Sensitivity towards diverse themes and characters
- Legendary actors, directors, films, music, writers
LANGUAGE, DICTION & SPEECH
If you don’t know the nuances of a language, you won’t be able to express yourself thoroughly. A good actor must possess a good command of the language with perfect diction.
Skills & Outcomes
- Importance Of Language in Conveying Emotions
- Learning Hindi/Urdu Basics for Bollywood Actors
- Proper Pronunciation and Diction
- Accent And Dialect Training
- Scene Readings in Hindi/Urdu
- Express
VOICE CULTURE & MODULATION
The voice is an essential tool for an actor. Voice throw, audibility and the ability to modulate one’s voice are integral to acting. We develop, refine and embellish your voice with correct vocal habits.
Skills and Outcomes
- Developing A Versatile Voice for Acting
- Voice Projection Techniques
BREAKING THE BARRIERS
As an actor, you will be required to be what you are not. Many times, actors do what they hate doing generally. Our confidence-building exercises help you focus on what you can do truthfully under imaginary circumstances. As a result, inhibitions and misconceptions are shed, new techniques are gained, and you emerge ready to “act” truthfully.
Skills and Outcomes
- Confidence building
- Breaking the Barriers
- Overcome fright, complexes, and inhibition.
CHARACTER & ROLE ANALYSIS
Characterisation means understanding a role from the inside out and the outside in. To essay a role well, you need to delineate and articulate the specific contours of a character and create a good sync between thought, expression and gestures. Role analysis exercises are an extension of the characterisation process.
Skills and Outcomes
- Get in the Skin of a Character
- Character development
BODY LANGUAGE
As an actor, the body is one of your essential tools. Often, the actor doesn’t need words or facial expressions to communicate and uses their body as an eloquent communication tool. We help you learn the movements and factors like rhythm, gait, pace, tempo, gestures, postures, body language, and compositions, which enable you to understand scenes more effectively.
Skills and Outcomes
- Physicality and gestures in film acting.
- Expressions
EMOTING AND DIALOGUE DELIVERY
The final test of your calibre as an actor’s calibre happens through your ability to express emotion in the exact manner and degree that a particular role requires. Dialogue delivery goes hand in hand with emoting; a good actor knows how to create specific emotional effects using facial expressions and dialogue.
Skills and Outcomes
- Acting fundamentals: body language, facial expressions, voice modulation
- Understanding emotions and expressions
- Improvisation exercises
- Imagination
FILM APPRECIATION
The students study films extensively, analyse cinema in microscopic detail, capture the exclusive aesthetics of filmmakers worldwide, and fall in love with the medium immensely.
Skills and Outcomes
- Analysing iconic Bollywood films
- Understanding different genres and styles
- Group discussions on film aesthetics and storytelling
SCENE STUDIES & SCRIPT ANALYSIS
The emergence of ideas like ‘conflict’ of the character in a particular scene, ‘urgency’ of the situation, and the spontaneity of the character are keenly studied and applied. For characterisation, you will study scripts for the meanings, interpretations, unit divisions, sub-text, stresses, and pauses.
Skills and Outcomes
- Introduction to script analysis
- Breaking down a script for character development
- Understanding the importance of subtext in film acting
- Analysing character relationships and objectives
CHEMISTRY WITH CO-ACTORS
Most often, you will be performing with other actors, be it in a dialogue sequence or simply reacting in silence to other actors’ performances. We will put you through rigorous practice sessions with increasing difficulty levels to hone and polish your performative skills.
Skills and Outcomes
- Practical application of techniques in scene work
- Tips and tricks for an excellent chemistry
- Working with scene partners
- Blocking and staging for the camera
- Developing on-screen presence
- Feedback sessions with constructive criticism
FACING THE CAMERA
You will be taught the need to maintain the correct ‘Look’, ‘Position’ and ‘Body’ Orientation’ in relation to the frame as facing the camera, following camera-related instructions. Delivering an uninhibited performance while keeping the camera in view is the most vital and complex skill necessary for your success as an actor.
Skills and Outcomes
- Understand the camera
- Shots vs scenes
- Camera angles and techniques +Lingo
- facing the camera
NAVIGATING THE INDUSTRY
Actors and technicians with experience will share the nuances and critical attributes of Bollywood with you. Also, you will get insight into the behavioural and practical aspects of working in South Asian entertainment.
Skills and Outcomes
- Heads up
- Mental Preparedness
- Audition preparation and techniques
- Building a strong portfolio
- Networking and self-promotion
YOUR FILMS & SHOWREELS
Act, script, shoot and edit a series of short films.
Fellow Students comment, make feedback, and suggestions to enrich talent and performance.
Be a part of professionally made cohort films.
- Tell a story, Be a story.
- Be a part of a film.
- SHOWCASE YOUR TALENT.