UCLA - Acting for the Camera

From commercial work to a future on the big screen, this camp offers essential how-to information and experiences.

Week 1:	June 21 - June 26, 2009	Spaces Remaining:
Week 2:	July 12 - July 17, 2009	Spaces Remaining:
Week 3:	July 26 - July 31, 2009	Spaces Remaining:
Week 4:	August 2 - August 7, 2009	Spaces Remaining:
Grades:	9 - 12 (Entering in Fall 2009)
Tuition:	$1200 (Includes room and meals)

Details

Acting and performing in front of the camera although similar to theater is distinctive in approach and technique. This camp is a must for anyone wanting to know about acting for movies or television as it offers the camper the experience of working in single camera acting techniques and understanding what the relationship is of the camera to the performance. Campers will be trained in many of the technical requirements that an actor must know to work successfully in the profession. Workshops in cold reading, audition techniques, camera-combat and focus concentration are part of the campers week long experience. Focused on performance, campers are trained by professionals in the motion picture and television industry and each camper will get the experience of working in front of the camera to realize a finished scene. Guest speakers may drop in from time to time to share their knowledge with the camp. This is another one of the camps that fills quickly. So register early!

* Additional Information

Students check-in between 1pm and 2:30pm on the first day of camp.
Flights should arrive into Los Angeles International (LAX) on the first day of camp between 10am and 12pm.
Flights should depart from Los Angeles International (LAX) on the day after camp ends (Saturday) between 9am and 12pm. There will be an additional $100 fee for the overnight stay.
Airport transportation is available to and from Los Angeles International (LAX) for $30 each way.

College Credit Information

Click here for 2009 UCLA College Credit Information

Program Directors

Philip Charles MacKenzie, Program Director
Philip Charles MacKenzie, a very prolific actor and director, is an MFA acting graduate from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. In New York, he performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp's Public Theatre and Off-Broadway, notably in El Grande DeCoca Cola with Ron Silver and Jeff Goldblum. He has performed at theaters and playhouses throughout the United States. In the mid 70's he moved into television appearing as a guest actor and regular cast member on NBC's Six O'clock Follies with Laurence Fishburne and in CBS's Making the Grade. For his portrayal of the flamboyant Donald Maltby, on the critically acclaimed and groundbreaking comedy series Brothers for Showtime Cable. Mr. MacKenzie received the Cable Ace Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. Mr. MacKenzie received a Best Director nomination in the last two seasons of the series. His directing credits include hundreds of episodes of Roseanne, Frasier, Suddenly Susan, Just Shoot Me, My Wife and Kids, and Dharma and Greg, George Lopez and According to Jim. He directed the feature film, Attention Shoppers. Mr. Mackenzie's has taught Acting for Directors at the Loft Studio in Los Angeles, giving directors the tools and language to better communicate with actors. Most recently he was on the faculty of the Actors Center in New York where he taught The Actor on Film. Mr. MacKenzie is definitely an "actor's director."

Please see IMBD for a complete list of all television and movies that Mr. MacKenzie has directed!

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Location Information

UCLA is one of America's most prestigious universities, and their theater department is rated number one in North America. Bordered on the north by protected wilderness and on the south by Westwood Village, UCLA has long been known as an entertainment magnet for the entire Los Angeles area. Selected for their artistic and professional achievements, UCLA 's exceptional faculty from the School of Theater, Film and Television lead these inspiring workshops.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) is the only university in the country where the study of theater, film, television and digital media is integrated within a single professional school.

The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media offers a wide range of courses for undergraduates in the study of three areas of moving images: Critical Studies, including the history, theory and aesthetics of both film and television; Production/Directing, including film, television (studio and field), digital, experimental and animation; and the film and television disciplines, including writing, producing, cinematography, sound recording and editing.

At the graduate level, there are five areas of concentration: Critical Studies, which offers film and television history and theory; aesthetics and popular culture, films from diverse genres and extensive national cinemas; Production/Directing, which trains students in all aspects of directing narrative fiction, documentaries and/or experimental film, emphasizing the aesthetic components; Screenwriting, in which the elements of character, dialogue, story and tone are explored; Animation, in which students are trained to create an individual style and voice; and the Producers Program, in which students learn the business and art of making films and television programs.

At UCLA's Department of Theater, we believe that great theater programs must prepare and train students for careers in all contemporary and emerging entertainment forms -- including live theater, film, television, video, themed entertainment, interactive gaming, and more. Our students live in a world that is interactive, collaborative, and fueled by their passion for our art form -- one that encompasses the many forms of professional practice as well as the theoretical exploration of current and emerging entertainment forms.

Igniting our students' talent and passion to achieve success is our goal. That is why students work with a distinguished faculty composed of professional and creative artists who have excelled in their fields. UCLA Theater has some of the most distinguished faculty and visiting artists in the world, among them Mel Shapiro, Annette Bening, Anthony Hopkins, Larry Moss, Neil Jampolis, Deborah Scott and Jerry Katzman. With this professional training, students are following in the footsteps of such illustrious alumni as Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Robbins, James Dean, Carol Burnett, Susan Egan, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and many others.

TFT's extraordinary undergraduate and graduate students are drawn from an admissions pool of the finest students from around the world, and enjoy participation in small classes with faculty members who themselves are accomplished artists and industry leaders.

We invite you to explore our US Performing Arts Camps web site further where you can register online for any of the ucla summer programs offered to high school students.

Students attending a UCLA Arts Camp, in association with US Performing Arts, have the option of enrolling for college credit. Please ask our staff for more details.

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