ACT-ED Specialised TV Drama & Performing Arts Workshops

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Bridie Moore, Course Team Leader, Performing Arts, Kirklees College

It was a really detailed and an extremely valuable experience for the students, the expertise on offer gave them an insight into the sort of work they would encounter on a professional film or TV set. The facilitators on the workshop were able to get the best work out of the students, encouraging them to give good performances for the camera and enabling students to put the theory into practice in the second half of the workshop where they got time to make their own version of the script using techniques learnt in the morning session. The workshop has also helped my own understanding of the filming process, so much so that I am planning to edit the footage over the summer, this will give me a great opportunity to understand the process from the inside as it were. Many thanks to all of you for an enjoyable and worthwhile day.

Thanks so much for a wonderful day yesterday both myself, staff and the pupils thoroughly enjoyed the day. I felt the day was extremely informative and gave us a real insight into all the work that goes into making an episode for TV. I was also astonished about how well you and the team integrated with the pupils and one pupil in yr 12 actually said "they treat us like adults Miss and not kids, its really nice". You worked with them so well and I admire the patience your camera operator and director had as some of the work they were doing was really time consuming. I loved the day and found out some really good information and advice about how to approach acting "drawing it out of them" was something I learnt from yesterday, so thank you.

The Media and Drama students who took part on the Television Drama Workshops found the day thrilling and really worthwhile. I cannot recommend the team more highly and stress how much their knowledge and experience impacted on the pupils over the course of the day. Working with a script, filming and devising their own ideas meant they achieved so much more than is possible in the classroom.

Once again, thank you so much for an extremely productive two days and see you next year!

Helen Frater, Senior Lecturer, Ayr College

We recently had a TV Drama workshop with ACT.ED at Ayr College. This has been without doubt one of the highlights of the Semester for our students as Sebastian and Nigel gave our students an insight into the professional world of TV.

Here are some comments from the students:

Thanks for doing the workshop, it was a fantastic opportunity to find out what it is like to work on a TV script. (Heather)

It was a fun day and I learned more than I can describe (Anjam)

Thanks it was an excellent experience (Ryan)

Thank you very much for a great day and a fantastic experience and the advice you gave all of us. (Colin)

It was a brilliant experience to work with people who are in the industry, thank you for the hints and tips. (Andrew)

"I want to do this again" (David)

These are just a few of the comments made by our students. We will most certainly be giving our future students this opportunity.

Specialised TV Drama Workshops	Teacher Testimonial	Student Testimonial

St. Mark’s Catholic School, Middlesex Really fun, I loved it! Fantastic day! I think today was really useful for me. I enjoyed learning about what goes on behind the scenes and how much work goes into filming just one scene. I would love the chance to do it again! (Bethany Ames Yr8) Really fun and would love to do it again! (Leah Yr9) Really enjoyed today! Really fun! It has inspired me to do this later in life. Loved it! Absolutely brilliant (Esteban Yr7) Was absolutely brilliant. It helped me with my choice for uni. Really cool insight into the filming industry! Amazing and fun! Great experience for us to have. Fun day and good to know about all the acting tips. (David F Yr9) Should have more often Very interesting! Work was constantly active.

Today was a really fun day and I loved it. I had great fun being filmed and getting the chance to act was amazing! Thank you very much we have been so inspired (Georgia and Kayleigh Yr12) Very interesting and a good insight into the industry. Worth knowing for the future. It was great, really interesting Wonderful experience and it has inspired many people. It was great. Very inspiring. Visit and come back! It was cool to see how many times it takes to shoot one scene. This was a great experience to learn and listen to people in the acting profession. It was great overall. Fantastic day. Brilliant. Great. Interesting session, learnt a lot of new things. Enjoyed every bit of it. This day was great, I really enjoyed it. Found it really interesting. Interesting to see and learn how scenes were made. Thank you! The day was really inspiring and I enjoyed it so much. I learnt a lot and really loved the day. Excellent. – Enjoyed it a lot. Learnt about the way everything works. Thank you for your time! Awesome! Gave me some good info and points about the film industry and help for the future- it was good. Good but long! Had fun and was interesting. Amazing! Fun! Great experience I would recommend it to anyone. Enjoyed learning about the profession.

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