“No matter how much professional experience an actor has, I believe ON CAMERA skills can only be refined and developed by performing ON CAMERA. In the nonthreatening environment of my workshops actors are free to experiment, gain additional skills and develop more confidence in front of the camera. I challenge actors to perform complex scenes from film scripts, coaching them toward honest, imaginative acting choices, while at the same time asking them to deliver a technically proficient performance, which is appropriate for today’s International Film and Television Industries.” Aleta Chappelle
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Film Acting Technique Workshop (7 hours total):
Class Preparation:

Each Actor is asked to memorize a 2 minute long monologue to present during the workshop. It can be comic or dramatic, from a film or a play, something they have performed before or new material. This will be a very important part of the overall workshop, with each actor performing his or her monologue ON CAMERA multiple times.
Workshop Format:

1) Open discussion: The difference between STAGE and FILM acting. What casting directors are looking for during AUDITIONS. The best steps to take to move an actors career forward.

2) Warm-ups for the BODY (stretching and breathing) and the MIND (improvisation games).

3) Actors perform their monologue ON CAMERA. This allows for evaluation of each Actor’s FILM ACTING skills on an individualized bases. They can then be coached toward areas that need improvement.

4) The Scene Study portion of the Workshop, actors are assigned highly challenging scenes to perform ON CAMERA with a scene partner. Shifting the focus toward developing raw, authentic performances beyond what is written on the page, using Improvisation as a way to dive deeper into a character, while at the same time following all the ON CAMERA rules:
a) After a few run-throughs of the script as written, actors will improvise the scenes again using their own words.
b) They will then improvise a scene that may have taken place before or after what is written in the original script.
c) Multiple characters from various scripts will be combined to create group improvisation scenarios.

5) The monologues are performed ON CAMERA once more, reflecting newly expanded FILM ACTING skills. After multiple takes, the raw footage will be sent to the actor (via Dropbox) for their personal library or to be used in their acting reel.
Film Acting Technique Workshop with Director & Casting Director Aleta Chappelle
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Tuesday August 8th
*if this class fills up there is a possibility of adding a second workshop on Thursday, 10 August.
Time: 10:00 to 17:00
Where: Atelier Ariane Hagl
Lillweg 28
80939 München
Fee: 160€ (with a early registration fee of 130€ if paid by July 20th)
Maximum participates 10
Registration Details: Registration for the workshop is mandatory! Listing yourself as “going” in the events will not count. Please send all requests to hi@actorsatelier.com.

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Aleta Chappelle
Ms. Aleta Chappelle began her career in the film industry at Francis Ford Coppola’s ZOETROPE STUDIOS, where she assisted in the casting of THE OUTSIDERS, RUMBLE FISH, PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED, and THE COTTON CLUB. She soon advanced to the level of Casting Director, with more then 25 feature film credits. A few of these credits include: GODFATHER 3, SOMEWHERE, DRUMLINE, NUTTY PROFESSOR, SISTER ACT 2, NEW YORK STORIES – ZOE, BOOMERANG, BEVERLY HILLS COP 2 and RAMBLING ROSE.

The CASTING SOCIETY of AMERICA nominated her for a Best Casting Award for two of the HBO films she cast: LIFE SUPPORT and INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE starring Halle Berry. She won a BLACK REEL and URBAN WORLD FILM FESTIVAL Best Ensemble Casting Award for the feature film MOOZ-LUM. The POCONO MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL presented her with the Lifetime Career Achievement in Casting Award in 2014.

Ms. Chappelle’s feature film directing debut was the hit comedy GOOSED starring Jennifer Tilly, Joan Rivers, Thomas Haden Church and Damon Wayans.

The film was executive produced by her mentor Francis Ford Coppola. She has also directed several short films and documentary projects. Her most recent feature film ROMEO & JULIET IN HARLEM, has screened at film festivals from
London to Los Angeles, and enjoys a record breaking educational distribution release.

For the stage Ms. Chappelle has numerous directing credits, including the Off, Off Broadway production of THE CONCEPT OF LOVE starring Julianna Margulies, the Off Broadway production of her original play THE MARY ELLEN PLEASANT STORY and for the Tivoli Shakespeare in the Park Festival ROMEO & JULIET and MACBETH. In 2005 she founded and continues to direct the
HARLEM CHILDREN’S THEATRE.

She has the green-light for a feature film she will be directing that shoots in Spain and Belgium early 2018. She is currently in preproduction on a film she is coproducing and casting that will begin filming in October! Check out her IMDB page: http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0152635/