2-Day Comedy Acting Workshop with Gordon Anderson (November)

Schedule

Fri Nov 15 2024 at 10:00 am to Sat Nov 16 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

GMAC Film | Glasgow, SC

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A workshop for actors, comedians, directors and producers interested in developing their skills in screen comedy.
About this Event

Due to our September Comedy Acting Workshop with Gordon Anderson selling out, we are hosting a second run of the 2-day workshop on Friday 15th & Saturday 16th November!

A workshop for actors, comedians, directors and producers interested in developing their skills in screen comedy. We’ll be focusing on the specific requirements of screen acting for comedy, exploring how the camera and the edit affect performance, and how the actor and director can prepare themselves for the set. This workshop isn’t just for funny people, it is also for those yet to unleash their inner funny!

You’ll get the chance to work on exercises and improvisations for screen comedy storytelling, explore the art of building a comedy character, and blocking/choreographing comic routines for the screen. You’ll be working with case studies and scene studies from established TV comedy shows directed by Gordon Anderson – LOVESICK (Netflix), FRESH MEAT (Channel 4), THE INBETWEENERS and THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW (BBC), as well as scene studies from new scripts currently in development. To round off, we’ll put everything into practice by shooting a micro-short on your camera phone.


Date: Friday 15th & Saturday 16th November

Time: 10am – 6pm

Price: £130 (for the full two days)


Gordon Anderson bio:

Gordon Anderson is an award-winning television director based in Scotland. He trained as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London and as a film director at the BBC. He went on to set up, write for and direct THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW (BBC). He also set up and directed the first series of THE INBETWEENERS (Channel 4). He subsequently directed some of the UK’s most successful prime-time television comedies and drama series including ENDEAVOUR (ITV), SHETLAND (BBC), LOVESICK (Netflix), FRESH MEAT (Channel 4), GRANTCHESTER (ITV), SILENT WITNESS (BBC), SHAMELESS (Channel 4), SUBURBAN SHOOTOUT (Channel 5), MOVING WALLPAPER (ITV1), BADULTS (BBC3), HOFF THE RECORD (UKTV), GATES (Sky TV) and THE MALLORCA FILES (BBC).

He has been commissioned as a screenwriter by Working Title Films, the BBC, UKTV and Dragonfly Films.

He began his career in the theatre, directing for many of the UK’s leading theatre and opera companies, including the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, Bristol Old Vic, Scottish Opera and English Touring Opera. He was Artistic Director of ATC where he commissioned, developed and directed theatre productions that toured throughout the UK.

He has been nominated for a BAFTA four times with three different television series.

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GMAC Film, Trongate 103, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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