Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Oh classes.....

I'm beginning the search for more classes.  I'm got a lot of people in mind, most based upon friends and research.
The first on my list is Coach Mike and Hey I Saw Your Commercial.  It's selling points are it's ranking (widely considered one of the best) and cheap (Levels 1 and 2 plus a showcase is like 500, combined with a ten dollar materials fee, their additional 4 week confidence class is only 160).  The downside is it seems really pitched.  The videos on the site make me weary, i get that it's a business, but I don't want to be in class feeling like I'm getting pitched. 
The audit costs 25, refundable towards your first class, with a free door prize worth at least 30 bucks if you come a bit early.
I'm also considering Carolyn Barry.  her school seems to be highly regarded, the only downside is that she seems to be the least popular teacher there.  She has a twelve week beginners class (one for commercial acting and one for audition, it seems) that's just under 500 each. She has an eight week Intro to Commercials for 445 and a I hear that class is sometimes held in her house, with her dogs.  On one side this seems comfy and flattering, that she'd let her students in her home, on the other I picture every neurotic mom I've ever met and a lot of people seem to describe her that way.  then again, maybe they're the kind of people who put their feet up on other's coffee tables.
Killian McHugh seems to be in close to equal ranking with Hey I Saw Your Commercial.  He has a four week Audition technique class that's 300, but only runs an hour and a half versus the norm of 3 hours plus.  He seems like able, and tapes the last class, sending it out to agents.
The there's Doug Warhit who seems to be ranked a bit lower on the scale of what's good on a resume, but highly ranked by students. 
Brian Reise has what's regarded as an amazing on camera cold read and audition class.  It's fairly inexpensive, 200 a month, but I'm unclear on how long it runs.  I like that's he's trained some of the best but doesn't feel the need to brag.

So those are for the first branch I'm considering, basically geared towards commercial work.  That still leaves so  much, scene study, improv (which I'm horrible at, and therefor hate), technique, etc. 
Now my head hurts.

2 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh! Come to my coach's free acting class tomorrow night in burbank!

    email me at lirakellerman@yahoo.com and find a few friends to bring with you! Seriously!

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  2. Can you email me so I can contact you? see the comment above.

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