Teens on Camera Winter Session

Winter Session - January 8 to March 26

Tuesday afternoons from 4:15pm to 6:15pm

Our Teens-on-Camera classes are designed for teens with little or no training. Students will explore varied acting, improvisational, auditioning and on-camera techniques that give the actor a foundation from which to begin working in commercials and then build upon, with training in theatre, television and film.

$540.00 + HI Sales Tax $24.30

The curriculum applies standard acting skills to the needs and requirements of audition and performance situations, in a very fun, non-competitive, and pressure free environment. Students learn to focus on believability while remaining conversational, recognizing style and gaining audition security. This course will also teach students the required skills for cold reading. They will learn acting techniques tailored to the technical demands of the camera - i.e. acting in C.U. vs master shots, "hitting marks", finding and working in key light, and understanding eye-line, as well as the differences between acting for the stage and acting for the camera. Students will focus on character development, script analysis and listening (action/reaction) skills through imagination games and improvisation.

Upon completion of this course student will have a firm understanding of:

Improvisation: (understanding Objective and Obstacles)
Text Analysis: (4 easy steps to breaking down a script)
Building a Character: (Being Believable)
Introduction to the Camera: (The Basics — Camera technique, shot types, Frame size, etc.)
Camera 2: (Advanced On-Camera techniques)
Working On-Set: (what to do & what not to do, crew, expectations)
Audition Technique: The Secret to Getting Call-Backs: (getting the job, what works, what doesn’t and why, how to dress, what to say)
"Cold" Readings: (tips and technical adjustments)
Listening: The Key to Great Acting: (Making Good Acting Great)
Understanding "The Business" (Unions, Resumes & Industry Publications, Contracts, Agents & Managers). Parents invited to attend this session.

Fun & Professional Training: SRS will train your teens with the acting skills they must have to work as actors in film, theatre, and television. Students participate in fun exercises, including improvisations, roll playing, imagination games, mock auditions and on-camera acting, in small classes.

Scott Rogers

Head Instructor

Scott served as Acting Coach for 20th Century Fox Studios under a 3-year, exclusive contract, coaching actors for film and television projects. This past year he served as Acting Coach on the soon-to-be-released feature film “Princess Ka`iulani” starring Barry Pepper, Will Patton, and Q’orianka Kilcher. Scott has coached principal actors, for more than 3000 hours on the sets of motion pictures and national television shows. He has produced, cast, and/or directed more than 100 professional productions and written, directed, and produced dozens of TV commercials. He was the full-time, on-set, Acting Coach for the TV series North Shore and was previously the Acting Coach for the hit TV show Baywatch.

In the mid-1980s Scott began to get hired by actors, studios, and production companies to Coach/Produce/Direct hundreds of working actors, including: Donna Mills (Knotts Landing), Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue), Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Pat Morita (Karate Kid), Brooke Burns (Dog Eat Dog), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break), Charles Grodin, Catherine Oxenberg, Susan Blakesley, Richard Kline, Vincent Gardenia, Charles Grodin, Florence Henderson, Robert Reed, John Astin, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Ted Lange (Love Boat), Denver Pyle (Dukes of Hazard), Timothy Bottoms, Tony Bennett & many others.

In 1994, after living and working in Los Angeles for more than 25 years, Scott moved to Hawai`i with his wife, Jeanne, in order to raise their (soon to be) two children in a safe and sane environment. They opened The Academy in 2000, to train actors for film and television. Scott's students include series-regulars on shows like LOST North Shore, and Baywatch and actors appearing in: Indiana Jones & the Crystal Skull, 50 First Dates, ER, Pearl Harbor, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Rundown, Tears of the Sun, Blue Crush, Lilo & Stich, and many more. Scott still serves as acting coach on many of the film and television projects that shoot in the islands (some $200 million worth of production shoots here, each year).

Scott is a 30+ year member of Actors Equity Association, AFTRA and the Screen Actors Guild (now SAG-AFTRA), where he sits on the National Board of Directors. He was the national Co-Chair of the SAG Conservatory Committee, which provides training for SAG actors nationwide. He's taught acting to hundreds of actors, in classes all over the world. He has auditioned more than 15,000 actors for various productions and his students appear on TV, Film, & on Broadway, daily.

Jeanne Rogers

Director of Youth Education

A New York actress, Jeanne was trained at the world renowned Neighborhood Playhouse in N.Y.C., where she studied under legendary acting teacher, Sanford Meisner.

A professional actress for over 30 years and a member of SAG, AFTRA, and Equity, Jeanne has performed in leading roles opposite many well-known actors such as Nick Nolte, Don Johnson. Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Ted Lange, Terry Quinn, and Margaret Hamilton. In Honolulu, she has guest starred on TV shows such as LOST, been featured in movies such as Into the Blue II and You May Not Kiss the Bride, and recently played the role of Alice in The Honeymooners opposite Pat Sajak and Joe Moore, at the Hawaii Theatre.

Jeanne also has extensive experience teaching children's drama classes on a regular basis at Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Temple Emanu-el and the non-profit Free Arts Clinic in Los Angeles. For the past 6 years Jeanne has taught drama at the Honolulu Waldorf High School in Kahala, where she has directed more than a dozen plays.

Theo Coumbis

Acting Teacher

Theo has worked for over 25 years in film, television and theatre as a professional actor. He is a member of SAG and AFTRA and has guest starred in shows such as LOST, HAWAII FIVE-O, OFF THE MAP, BAYWATCH, NORTH SHORE, FANTASY ISLAND and many others. He was also featured in movies such as INTO THE BLUE 2, YOU MAY NOT KISS THE BRIDE, TESTAMENTS and most recently was the lead in the HIFF short The ROUND UP.

His work with children in drama includes: Callidus (Expressive Arts and Education), The Alliance for Drama Education and Kids Gym USA (LA). He also worked on independent movie productions as an acting coach, casting director, co-producer, writer and director.

Theo has a Diploma in Performing Arts from WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts). His work in film, television and theatre has taken him to Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and the USA.

James McCarthy

Acting Teacher, Media Coach

James earned a Masters in Education from Harvard University, with a special emphasis in training individuals for performance. James' innovative approach to media training and public speaking has earned praise from college presidients, internationally recognized scientists and civic leaders. He has significant teaching experience at every level of the educational system, and was a co-founder of Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia. James has extensive television, stage, writing, directng and composing credits.

He's currently featured opposite Kiefer Sutherland, in the film "To End All Wars". James has taught drama to children throughout Oahu under the artist-in residence program for the D.O.E. He has also taught acting to adults and teens for many years. James can currently be seen starring with Keifer Sutherland in the feature film To End All Wars.