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I'm planning on majoring in theatre arts or theatre education, and I think Boston would be an excellent city to attend college in. I have a few schools in mind, but what would you suggest? If you know any good schools for theatre that aren't in Boston please list those too.
I'm a good student, with a GPA above 3.5 and some extracurricular activities and community service mostly in the realms of theatre. The college has to be reasonable to get into. Thanks!
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Outside Boston, College of the Holy Cross' Theatre Department is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
A HC Alum recently won a Tony Award for Best Direction in a Musical. Alum Peter Jankowski â86 produces Law & Order as president of Wolf Films. Alum Ann Dowd â78 has guest-starred in House and Law & Order and appeared in films, such as Clint Eastwoodâs Flags of Our Fathers.
Last November the department of theatre at the College of the Holy Cross was awarded the New England Theatre Conferenceâs (NETC) Moss Hart Award for best college play in New England, for its 2007 production of My Life with Albertine. This is the second consecutive Moss Hart win for the Holy Cross theatre department.
Outside Boston, College of the Holy Cross' Theatre Department is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre.
A HC Alum recently won a Tony Award for Best Direction in a Musical. Alum Peter Jankowski â86 produces Law & Order as president of Wolf Films. Alum Ann Dowd â78 has guest-starred in House and Law & Order and appeared in films, such as Clint Eastwoodâs Flags of Our Fathers.
Last November the department of theatre at the College of the Holy Cross was awarded the New England Theatre Conferenceâs (NETC) Moss Hart Award for best college play in New England, for its 2007 production of My Life with Albertine. This is the second consecutive Moss Hart win for the Holy Cross theatre department.
How do you switch from theatre to film when becoming an actor?
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I am a young actress still in the theatre business, but want to take a switch to film and/ or commercials. I have a couple of questions about it , but the main one is how easy is it to switch. And, what major things makes film and theatre acting different? I would prefer answers from people who have had experience please. Any advice is also appreciated :)
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Once you're a well-trained stage actor, it's fairly easy to make the transition to camera-work.
Most actors take a short course in acting to camera, but all really good acting schools and drama schools would include this as part of their full course.
The main differences are that on stage, you have to project your voice, make facial expressions and gestures fairly big, so the audience can see you, and use the whole stage - move well around the props and furniture, and have confidence in your entrances and exits.
When you're working to camera you have to keep movements quite small, your voice can be as quiet as a whisper, your expressions can be really subtle, you have to keep accidental movements such as habitual head-nodding or shrugging to a minimum, and you have to concentrate on not tripping over the cables and bumping into the booms and cameras!
Other differences are fairly obvious - on stage you have to know the entire script so you can improvise if anyone makes an error, you can't stop and start again if you forget your line, and the buzz from being in a live performance is quite fantastic.
You also get to act out the whole story in the right order, so it all makes sense.
For TV and film, you might film the final scene first, the first scene in the middle - none of it makes any sense. And a scene which takes weeks to complete might be cut down to 2 minutes in the final edit. Even major actors can find themselves on the cutting-room floor with no appearance in the final movie after weeks of hard work.
The best tactic is to be ready for any type of acting work - stage, TV, movies, educational, commercials, corporate - anything and everything.
But changing from theatre to film shouldn't be a problem. It's the other way around that's really difficult!
Good luck!
Once you're a well-trained stage actor, it's fairly easy to make the transition to camera-work.
Most actors take a short course in acting to camera, but all really good acting schools and drama schools would include this as part of their full course.
The main differences are that on stage, you have to project your voice, make facial expressions and gestures fairly big, so the audience can see you, and use the whole stage - move well around the props and furniture, and have confidence in your entrances and exits.
When you're working to camera you have to keep movements quite small, your voice can be as quiet as a whisper, your expressions can be really subtle, you have to keep accidental movements such as habitual head-nodding or shrugging to a minimum, and you have to concentrate on not tripping over the cables and bumping into the booms and cameras!
Other differences are fairly obvious - on stage you have to know the entire script so you can improvise if anyone makes an error, you can't stop and start again if you forget your line, and the buzz from being in a live performance is quite fantastic.
You also get to act out the whole story in the right order, so it all makes sense.
For TV and film, you might film the final scene first, the first scene in the middle - none of it makes any sense. And a scene which takes weeks to complete might be cut down to 2 minutes in the final edit. Even major actors can find themselves on the cutting-room floor with no appearance in the final movie after weeks of hard work.
The best tactic is to be ready for any type of acting work - stage, TV, movies, educational, commercials, corporate - anything and everything.
But changing from theatre to film shouldn't be a problem. It's the other way around that's really difficult!
Good luck!
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