Learning to act can be a joyous journey of self-discovery and inspiring to the creative soul. There are many approaches and techniques to teaching acting, all are valid and all give students something different.
If your serious about learning the craft of acting, be open-minded about the content and approaches of the course. Actors by nature are experimental and work outside the realms of normality. Actors essentially bear a part of their soul every time they go in front of an audience or a camera.
So how do you choose the right course for you? At an introductory & Intermediate level seek out a comfortable and supportive environment that encourages creativity in the individual. Too many schools take an elitist approach(Even when you pay for the course), and there are many horror stories of people leaving these schools early feeling dejected about their experience, and some leave the industry before they got started.
Many good acting schools believe that anyone dedicated and open to the journey can learn to act. Point Break drama Acting studio shares in this philosophy. Of course the level and standard you get to is dependent on your natural innate ability and how hard you want to work.
The qualification and standard of its tutors is obviously very important. Each studio will have its own mix of teachers, but ask yourself what sort of acting education do you want? Do you want to learn from Professional Actors, directors and teachers & casting agents who have hands on industry experience? If so be careful about your choice. There are some individuals teaching today with little or no industry experience who proclaim there school is the best.
Acting technique is best taught by those who spend time exploring and experiencing it on a daily experience. Good acting teachers cannot give you a magic formula, but they will have approaches, techniques and exercises to point you in the right direction. They are a guide. They help you unlock that part of you that is appropriate to the role you about the play. The biggest lesson that any actor learns, is to embrace their Uniqueness and bring their own individual personality and life experience to the part.
Check out Point Break Drama Acting studio and see the diverse range of acting courses on offer for stage and screen. Point Break Drama have courses for beginners to advanced in the fields of screen acting acting and acting technique. Specialty courses like Improvisation are offered once a year and casting and directing professionals visit the school regularly. Point Break drama has trained actors on the Northern beaches of Sydney for 12 years now.
