The Actor's Golden Box
Advanced Technique Analysis used at the LARRY MOSS STUDIO
with LA Coach/Director Michelle Danner
About the Teacher
Michelle Danner has coached actors such as: Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Zooey Deschanel, Kelly Hu, Marcia Cross, Christian Slater, Gavin Rossdale, Rick Fox, James Franco, Rob Estes, Michael Pena, Catherine Bell, Justine Wadell, Justin Chatwin, Gabrielle Union, Isla Fisher, Brian McKnight, Common, Sally Kellerman and many more, both privately and on-set. She has trained personally with Stella Adler, Uta Hagen, and Bill Esper and has been LARRY MOSS'S partner for 18 years.
She has directed and acted in over thirty plays in New York and Los Angeles. In 2006 she made her feature film-directing debut How to go Out on a Date in Queens which was nominated and won four LA Film Awards including Best Director. It starred Jason Alexander, Esai Morales, Ron Perlman, Kimberly Williams, Rob Estes, Alison Eastwood Christine Dunford, and Brian Drillinger.
Michelle is in preproduction for several film projects that will shoot in 2009. She is the founder and Executive Artistic Director of Edgemar Center for the Arts and The Edgemar Theatre Group.
About the Class
- This is an in-depth lecture that will break down a technical map used at the LARRY MOSS STUDIO
- Why are some choices more powerful than others?
- Find out in AN INTENSE AND EMOTIONAL WORKSHOP supported by film clips and different kinds of exercises necessary to create vivid and fleshed-out characters
- You will never break down a script or watch a movie in the same way again
- Discussion & analysis on how to deliver a raw unforgettable performance, learning from highly respected actors such as Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Dean and many others
- An exploration of a complete set of tools that can be applied to film, television and stage work
- Students participate in different exercises - from how to build a provocative and complex back story, to how to find triggers & psychological gesture in their work
- In addition, exercises are taught on how to develop a story exercise from scratch. Everyone has a great story in them to tell! Several exercises are taught on how to jump start that process leading to finding material for a one woman /man show, screenplay, short or novel