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RAaW’s 3 Month Intensive Showreel Course
RAaW’s 3 month intensive film acting course is for experienced 20 to 30 year olds who are already established in the industry and either need to develop a show reel from scratch, or
add to current footage.
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RAaW (formerly YPTC) has nurtured talent in the heart of Camden for over 13 years. We attract brave, unique and raw actors with coaches as ambitious and pas-sionate as the people we serve.
We offer very affordable actor training and every last penny we make goes straight back into building up the training in the course and platforming the students in film and theatre. We respond quickly to change, adapting our teaching and course content yearly.
We teach in groups of no more than four-teen, to ensure that there is plenty of time for individual attention. Coaches differ with every schedule change to allow stu-dents to develop flexibility and confidence in many different styles.
We believe it is important for the actor to create opportunities for themselves, and to this end we empower the actor to do work of their own and develop a work muscle in writing and producing.
“I learnt more at RAaW than I ever ex-pected to learn. I mean, I learnt so much emotional availability, camera technique, what works for me, voice and how to take things to that next level with complexities, but I think most of all I learnt to be real. And raw.
I think that is mainly down to RAaW really making you discover who you truly are as a person, in the dark and in the light, dis-covering every side to yourself and being able to be so ridiculously comfortable and confident with that.
Maybe this isn’t a conventional acting technique but I feel that this was the key for me as an actress – and also for general life.”
Harriet Heath
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About UsWe aim to train down to earth, committed and passionate actors to a level so they can audition and operate in the industry with integrity and professionalism.
RAaW Training is part of a bigger com-pany called RAaW London. Other parts of the company include RAaW Films, Theatre, Kids, Education, Showreels, Workshops, Charity and more. We produce feature and short films, music videos, doc-umentaries, show reels, voice reels, straight plays, musicals and showcases as well as training children in film and theatre.
We also tour pantomimes and sketch shows to primary schools and more topical hard hitting issue led pieces in secondary schools. Finally we hold confidence and self esteem workshops for young people in need, the long term unemployed and more.
The 3 Month Course The 3 month course is designed for actors who are established in the industry, who need to revive their current show reel or start from scratch.
It is for actors who feel that they haven’t been seen by enough industry professionals due to a lack of proof of their types, emo-tional range and different styles of work in their current footage.
The course is made of of over 100 hours of intense classes with like minded people in Camden on Saturdays, including a lot of homework in between. Together we create and produce a 3 - 4 minute professional, broadcast quality show reel. At least 6 of our films are also entered into festivals each year.
At one point when we were leading up to our showreels, showcase and combat exam, I had about 12 characters and scripts to master. Although this was frus-trating, it is good practice ready for the industry as it kept me on my toes and gave me an insight for the fast paced environ-ment I am to enter.
The difference in me as a person is that I look completely different! One of the best parts about RAaW was finding our casting types and helping us enhance them. In this class I was told to grow my hair and get fitter! Some may say that’s harsh, but I feel it was necessary as to go into an industry that revolves around how you look, you need honest advice that enables you to stand out.
Michael David
The course is very hands on. Students will walk away having not only increased their skill level in film acting, but developed a deeper understanding of themselves, the opportunity to nurture the talent of being a writer and build of the tenacity and strength needed to become a producer of their own work.
Robbi works in partnership with Austral-ian psychotherapist Katie Altham to get a deeper perspective of who you are. Drawing on their own experiences as well as past prodcutions and knowledge of the industry our actors create characters and performances. We take pride in marrying these elements together in order to help you make the best choices of characters and scenes for your showreel.
ActingThe Stevens TechniqueWith Robbi Stevens
A technique born out of the challenges with actors Robbi Stevens has faced whilst directing film and theatre over 15 years. Within this radical and organic technique, there are 5 different focus points, all con-nected, which eventually become one.
The first of the five is called ‘The Tool Box’ made up of many different quick exercises encouraging the body not the mind. Using breath, muscles and physical exercises, actors access real emotions and freedom of thought and energy. This technique does not rely on emotional memory or personal experiences and consists of easy techniques to go back to.
The other four also encourage the actors individuality rather than a pre conceived notion actors have to fit into. They include Emotional Fluidity and Availability, The Other Life, From Freedom to Risk Taking and Bubbles.
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United Reformed Church
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Film ImprovisationWith Robbi Stevens
The opportunity to shoot a scene/piece of film purely improvised is too great to ignore. By creating a platform for actors to be purely and completely in the moment in between hook or continuity points, we are able to produce spontaneous and excit-ing short films that actors can use in their showreel.
Starting with archetypes, actors take a recognizable incident from their ‘patterns’, and with their imagination develop it into a stimulating piece for film. This is all done from start to finish within two hours of the idea forming.
More InformationIt is important to mention that you create your own course to a certain extent when it comes to the choice of films, how many films and who you work with in your films. You end up getting to know people and their archetypes and who would be right to fill a part in your story and in that process learn more about casting and where you would be best placed.
ArchetypesWith Robbi Stevens
Led and developed by Robbi Stevens in association with Australian psychotherapist and motivational speaker Katie Altham, Archetypes define personality traits and help you understand underlying fears and motivations, potential health issues, self destructive patterns and purpose.
Archetypes is not about putting something on and acting a part, more about finding
the archetype within, getting to know it, playing around with it, strengthening it and using it. Working in RAaW Management acting agency every day, Robbi relates archetypes directly to what is being cast in the industry.
TestimonialsWith Robbi Stevens
A great idea quite often comes from a true one or one based on real events. It is an in-teresting journey researching, writing then acting a part in a script, based on a life, journey or event that you are passionate about telling. This takes the full 10 weeks and not for the light hearted.
Castings, Who Are You?With Kandice Morris The aim of the game is to know WHAT you are, Who you are, to then know what TYPE you could be. An actor must not limit themselves. You can’t be everything, however you can be more than one thing. Knowing WHO you are from an aesthetic point of view, is a lot of what the industry looks for when casting. If you are able to have some knowledge of that yourself, it is easier for you to make choices of what to go for, how to market yourself and make the casting directors job easier to ‘see you’.
Overcoming Fears and Taking Risks! With Kandice Morris In order to really embody your characters mind set and patterns of behaviour, you must understand your own. This involves taking risks and reflecting on where your
own boundaries and cycles lie to develop freedom in order to play a characters emo-tional journey.
Film ActingWith Robbi Stevens
Film Acting is about the technical aspect of acting, not acting as we know it. The actor is an important, but small cog in a machine that makes up a film. An actor needs to know how to work with and around that machine to get the best cinematic results as part of a team of professionals. Screen CombatWith Sam Kahn
Combat is a dynamic and exciting art form used in on film to create the illusion of vio-lence whilst keeping the actors as safe as possible. Fights and violence tend to hap-pen when words are no longer sufficient to express our emotions, and so it is not very surprising that writers often employ violence and fights at pivotal moments of the story they are trying to tell.
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Writing and performance With Kandice Morris
Writing is not just about getting something on a page to act with, it is turning into an essential tool for any actor/writer to de-velop in order to produce their own work. We use many different formats and ways of accessing the ‘hidden writer’ which have manifested in comedy sketches, the spoken word, monologues and more.
Screen WritingWith Victoria Howell
Writing for screen is mostly about concept and then allowing the words to enhance the visuals without taking over. Coming up with a great concept that hasn’t been produced even for showreel purposes is a challenge, however by breaking down a combination of what you like to watch, who you are and what locations you have, we are almost half way there.
Writing and Producing
I have learnt more skills in the past two years than I have done in my entire life (and I’ve been acting since I was seven)! I feel as though I have ‘unblocked’ myself and now have the ability to let emotions run freely when in character. My acting is more ‘real’ and ‘raw’ than it has ever been before. I have gained confidence in film acting and no longer feel terrified by the prospect of having a camera pointed at me - now I love it! I have developed a large tool box of different techniques that I can use when building a role a role and have found a new passion for writing.
Lauren West
Producing With Robbi Stevens
We live in an overcrowded industry where actors are at the bottom of a long line of people trying to prove their worth and work at what they love. It is not practical to think that you can always expect other people to give you that platform, but very practical to create your own occasionally. Whilst RAaW does not hold classes on producing, the very nature of the course being so hands on, means that you will get experience of pre-production and on set producing.
Audition processThe audition process is half audition and half ‘having a chat’. On applying we ask you to send us any current footage. If we believe we can help you, we ask you in to do two contrasting filmic monologues. This is for us to see where you are at with your acting and what we need to do specifically to help you.
The call back will involve a talk around current footage and a start of a plan to move forward (it will take the whole course to come up with a fully fledged plan).
We audition on Saturdays in Camden before 9.30am or Tuesdays or Thursdays between 10.30am – 2.30pm at our office in Chingford.
Please email [email protected] to book a place.
“I think the best part for me was the con-stant goal setting; even from week to week there was always something to work to-wards and achieve and when you achieved it you gained more confidence and then would try harder and go further.
It felt very rewarding and I feel I pro-gressed fast with this mind set of having something to work on, it’s very fulfilling. I also loved all the acting techniques we covered each one works in a different way and we have been equipped with so much, we will always know how to approach something and define moments and make it extra complex.
I also love each week in emotional avail-ability trying something new and if it doesn’t work for you it doesn’t matter one of them will and you can keep using it.”
Emma Hinds
United Reformed Church
Halls, Buck Street,
Camden, NW1 8NJ
0208 257 6477
07960 063 245
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The 3 Month Course
£380 to be paid up front or in two payments.
The Films
It is up to you how many films you do. The price structure is as follows:
Film A: High production value which is usually over 3 minutes with a lot of shots and movement, and maybe more than one location. Great for festival entries.
Film A Costs £300. If you do the film with one other person, you end up paying £150. If you do it with two people you end up paying £100
Film B: Simple scene usually under 3 min-utes with a medium amount of shots and movement, with one location. Showreel purposes only.
Film B costs £230. If you do the film with one other person, you end up paying £115.
Film C: Improvised scene usually under 1 minute and twenty seconds, with under 5 shots, with minimal movement and one location. Showreel purposes only.
Film C costs £150. If you do the film with one other person you pay £75.
Hidden Costs
Please note that on top of the above fee, actors are responsible for paying any location fees, parking and conjestion charge for crew, and
Payments
petrol for crew if driving outside London. Actors will also have to pay for their own costumes, hair and make-up. It is important to note however that RAaW does have a list of free locations we can always use, that 90% of films are shot where there is free parking and no conjestion charge, we rarely go outside the M25 and have to pay crew petrol and we have a props, set and costume storage venue, full of things you can use for free if we have it. You will know when you are making your choices if you are going to have to plough more money into your project. Part of the producing lesson. It is by marrying how much a script costs to produce, by choosing the type of film you are going to pay for and commit your time to, that you develop your producing skills. This is an important part of your development of going on to create your own work. Sometimes simple, inexpensive films can be as effective as expen-sive, high production value films.
Dates and TimesThe Course
Sat 7th Jan - Sat 8th April 201712noon - 7pm
Recce
Mon 13th Feb. This day is compulsory. Your films will not be produced if you and your acting partners are not present.
Filming
Sun 9th April - Sat 15th April 2017
Early on I did consider quitting, but that was my issue. You have to really ac-cept RAaW 100% as it is and embrace it wholeheartedly, and I wasn’t. I was being reserved so wasn’t getting the full experi-ence or everything out of it.
I now feel much more comfortable in my own skin, and in my abilities. I always enjoyed writing but never had such anopportunity to showcase it and use it as I did at RAaW. I cannot explain enough how much RAaW has helped me as an actor and a person. It’s a one of a kind, tour de force, and it deserves much more recognition than it gets.
It’s professionals, hiring professionals, who are creating professionals. What more can you ask for? I always felt encouraged to try more and do more but never pushed or forced outside of my comfort zone. The bal-ance between is found perfectly.
Matthew Deacy
United Reformed Church
Halls, Buck Street,
Camden, NW1 8NJ
0208 257 6477
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Robbi Stevens Producer, Director and Acting Coach
Victoria Howell Vocal and Screenwriting Tutor
CoachesRobbi was born in Australia, and after treading the boards as an actress, made her way across the world to the UK where she trained as a film and theatre director. She has produced, directed and co-written four feature films, three shorts, three stage musicals, four straight plays and sketches as well as many documentaries and show reels for RAaW.
As an acting tutor Robbi develops estab-lishged techniques with her own methods to workshop the modern challenges actors face. Robbi is also an accomplished pro-ducer and agent, and is one of the back-bones to the many different strands of the company. Robbi is totally committed to the artistic progression of RAaW, and is look-ing forward to seeing it grow and become even more successful in the years to come.
Victoria trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and has worked as an actor in stage, film, online and TV projects. In 2009, she established Systir Productions with her sister and writing/producing part-ner, Amy. So far as they can tell, according to Google, they are the only sister filmmak-ing team in the UK! With Systir, she co-wrote and directed a multi award-winning webseries and three short films. She is also developing her first feature film.
Kandice Morris Acting Coach and Mentor
Sam KahnScreen Combat Coach
Sam is a Fight Director and Choreographer, and is a Certified Teacher with the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat. He has designed and directed fights with a large variety of weapons, from histori-cal beatings to fights of fantasy. Following his qualification with the BASSC, he has continued to instruct students in the art of staged violence, teaching courses that re-sult in an industry recognised qualification. He has done the choreography on most of RAaW Film and Theatre’s productions, most recently Detention and Promiseland.
From an acting background, Kandice un-derstands the needs of the industry.After appearing in her first feature film - Harry Potter, Kandice went on to do many fringe and West End Productions. Kandice then decided to follow the route of being an agent and acting coach and since 2011 she has been committed to the success of RAaW Management.
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Patrons: Sir Derek Jacobi, Zoe Wanamaker, Juliet Stevenson, Tamzin Outhwaite, Jessie
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