Beginners and Intermediate
Sunday 18 February 2024, 10:00β17:00
Online
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The Online Masterclass: Self-Tape is designed to equip actors with the tools and skills to create self-tapes for auditions, whether for professional roles or for drama schools. This course will support you in pursuing your career as an actor, armed with the toolkit to produce high-quality self-tapes that showcase your acting skills to audition panels. Over seven hours, the Masterclass will cover aspects such as equipment, framing, lighting, sound and character preparation.
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School offers a fun and nurturing environment in which to pursue your creative ambitions. The support and feedback available from your tutor will help you develop your skills and confidence in creating self-tapes for auditions.
This session is perfect for actors looking to boost their success rate, as well as those auditioning for drama school courses that require a self-tape.
The workshop will run from 10:00 to 17:00 and will focus on the following topics:Β
The course will take place on Google Meet.
Jyuddah Jaymes graduated from BOVTS in 2018 and has grown a number of TV credits, currently seen in the spaghetti western series Django (Sky/Canal+), the third season of Sanditon for ITV/Masterpiece (PBS) where he reprised his season 1 role of Otis Molyneux, and the Idris Elba led thriller Hijack for Apple TV+. His film work includes playing legendary Olympic athlete Jesse Owens in the new film Boys in the Boat (MGM) directed by George Clooney, as well as working opposite Josh Hartnett in the film Fight or Flight which will be out later this year. Other credits include playing Aubrey in BBC Drama Clique, Sky’s comedy series Brassic and ITVβs Grantchester.
Last year, Jyuddah was also played Tybalt in Rebecca Frecknall’s production of Romeo and Juliet at the Almeida Theatre, as well as ‘AJ’ in the Bristol Old Vic production of ‘CHOIR BOY’ directed by Nancy Medina and written by Oscar award-winning Tarell Alvin McCraney which finished in November.
Applicants must be aged 18 or over by the time of the course start date
Attendees will need:
Though not required, we recommend that you have:
If you wish to cancel your place on the course, you will receive a full refund if you notify the school at least 7 days prior to the start of the course. For cancellations, contact [email protected]