96 Entertainment Studies Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Reg# 259673CA Through Aug 23: $635 / After: $695 Sneak Preview Westwood: 204 Extension Lindbrook Center Visit entertainment.uclaextension.edu/sneak-preview Wed 7-10pm, Sep 23-Dec 9 ENTERTAINMENT for weekly movie information. ✷✷Sat 2-5pm, Dec 5, 12 mtgs (no mtg 11/11) Sneak Preview: Contemporary Films No refund after Sep 28. and Filmmakers Toni Attell, Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, and STUDIES 804.2 Film & Television 2 CEU mime whose background includes a variety of work Join us for an exclusive preview of new movies before in theater, film, and television. Ms. Attell has opened their public release. Enjoy provocative commentary and for Jay Leno, Steve Martin, and Robin Williams, and 96 Sneak Preview in-depth discussions with invited guests after each has guest-starred on numerous television dramas and sitcoms. 96 Acting screening. Recent films and speakers have included: Wild Tales with director Damian Szifron; McFarland, Reg# 259676CA 98 Cinematography USA with director Niki Caro; Me and Earl and The Through Aug 23: $635 / After: $695 98 Development Dying Girl with actors Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke and Westwood: 201 Extension Lindbrook Center RJ Cyler; Whiplash with director Damien Chazelle and ✷✷Wed 3:30-6:30pm, Sep 23-Dec 9 99 Directing actor Miles Teller; Birdman with Fox Searchlight Pic- ✷✷Sat 2-5pm, Dec 5, 12 mtgs 100 Post-Production tures’ Claudia Lewis; The Theory of Everything with (no mtg 11/11) actors Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones; The Imita- No refund after Sep 28. 101 Producing tion Game with producers Ido Ostrowsky, Nina Gross- Ernesto González, actor whose credits include co- 102 The Business & Management of Entertainment man and Teddy Schwarzman; Black and White with starring roles in TV shows such as Jimmy Kimmel director Mike Binder and actor/producer Kevin Costner; Live, Professional Friend, Lean Genie, and Discovery’s 103 The Music Business Selma with producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Top 10 Criminals. Mr. Gonzales has also performed in 104 Music Production Kleiner; and Last Days in Vietnam with director Rory regional theatre, commercials and TV series, including Kennedy. Enroll using Reg# 259913 and receive not Livin’ N Noho and Yet 2 Be Named. He is an alumnus 105 Film Scoring only your Sneak Preview course, but also Osher mem- of the Improvisation Conservatory program at bership, which allows you to register for Osher courses The Second City Chicago and the Professional for a fee. Enrollment limited. The University is not Actor Improvisation program at The Groundlings responsible for lost or stolen quarterly film passes; Los Angeles. there is a $50 charge per replacement pass. Due to film piracy concerns, no cameras or recording devices Voice and Movement for the are allowed inside the theater. Participants are subject Screen Actor to a security check, promotional photography and audio X 422.12 Theater 4 units and video recording. Visitors not permitted. This holistic approach to movement, voice, and speech Reg# 259902CA aims at liberating and enhancing the performer’s natu- Through Aug 30: $235 / After: $255 ral capacity for moving, sounding, and speaking as Reg# 259913CA (Includes Osher membership) applied to performance on camera. Using techniques Through Aug 30: $265 / After: $289 developed by Alexander, Spolin, and Sills, participants Beverly Hills: Auditorium Writers Guild Theater, learn to feel the way the human body naturally functions 135 S. Doheny Dr. when it is free of adverse conditioning. Exercises in Wed 7-10pm, Sep 30-Dec 16, 10 mtgs posture and breathing, tonal quality, pitch range, projec- (no mtg 11/11 & 11/25) tion, and body characterization lead to enhanced No refund after Sep 23. character portrayal, emotional truth, and increased Anne Thompson, film columnist who has covered the energy and mental alertness. Participants experiment Hollywood beat for more than twenty-five years. She with vocal and body energies, discover numerous launched Indiewire’s daily film blog Thompson On Hol- choices in communicating text, and find new ways of Sneak Preview lywood forVariety in 2007. She has written for the LA tapping into the imagination and soul of a character. Weekly (and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate) and has Enrollment limited. Internet access required to retrieve been followed by Filmmaker magazine and The Holly- course materials. Required Text: The Use & Training of See the most highly anticipated new films prior to public release, wood Reporter. Before that, she was West Coast Editor the Human Voice, (3rd ed.) by Arthur Lessac. & specially selected for our Sneak Preview audience. for Premiere, Empire, and Film Comment, and senior Reg# 259681CA writer at Entertainment Weekly. Through Aug 26: $635 / After: $695 Screenings are moderated by film critic Anne Thompson and you Westwood: 201 Extension Lindbrook Center are invited to engage in lively Q&A with actors, directors, writers, ✷✷Sat 10am-1pm, Sep 26-Dec 5 and producers. ✷✷Sat 2-5pm, Oct 24, 12 mtgs Art & Craft of No refund after Sep 30. Sneak Preview starts September 30 and presents 10 new films. Mary Thomas-Sala, Certified Lessac Trainer, has been Entertainment performing on stage and teaching theater, acting, voice, Past films and guests have included: speech, and movement for many years. She is also the For more information call (310) 825-9064, email president of the Lessac Training and Research Institute. Whiplash with director Damien Chazelle and actor Miles Teller [email protected], or visit Ms. Thomas Sala’s acting credits include the TV series entertainment.uclaextension.edu. Greys Anatomy. Black and White with director Mike Binder and actor/producer Kevin Costner Space is limited; early enrollment is highly The Theory of Everything with Golden Globe-nominated actors Eddie Acting for the Camera I recommended. Visitors are not permitted at X 410.3 Theater 4 units Redmayne and Felicity Jones some courses. For online course technical Participants learn to get comfortable in front of the Selma with producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner requirements see page 4. lens. Exercises begin with on-camera interviews so that students can view their screen images in play- For weekly updates visit entertainment.uclaextension.edu/sneak-preview. back. Instruction focuses on understanding technical Acting and emotional adjustments required for working in front of the camera, in a relaxed and truthful way, and Acting Techniques: The Fundamentals developing intimacy with the camera. Topics include X 407.5 Theater 4 units the difference between frame sizes and learning to hit In this introduction to acting, participants learn funda- marks. Participants hone their acting techniques mental performance techniques and exercises, includ- through scene-study guidelines and sensory and ing relaxation, concentration, sense memory, emotional moment-to-moment exercises, as well as monologue recall, improvisation, character tasks, and text analysis, work. Some exercises are performed on camera with and then apply these techniques by rehearsing and emphasis on close-ups, simple scenes, and basic performing monologues and 2-character scenes. In- camera moves. The instructor critiques individual class partner work and weekly assignments are students’ work during playback. Enrollment limited. required. Enrollment limited. Internet access required Students are recorded on camera during several ses- to retrieve course materials. sions; those wishing to keep a copy of their work must bring a flash drive to each session. Internet access kkk required to retrieve course materials. Q&A with actor/producer Kevin Costner and director Mike Binder at Sneak Prevew. kkk Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Entertainment Studies 97 Reg# 259682CA Reg# 259778CA Through Aug 22: $635 / After: $695 Through Aug 23: $635 / After: $695 Westwood: B17 1010 Westwood Center Westwood: B17 1010 Westwood Center Tue 7-10pm, Sep 22-Dec 8, 12 mtgs Wed 7-10pm, Sep 23-Dec 9 Entertainment Studies No refund after Sep 25. ✷✷Sat 10am-5pm, Nov 21, 12 mtgs Eric Scott Gould, actor, director, screenwriter and (no mtg 11/11, 11/25) producer. As an actor, Mr. Gould has performed in over No refund after Sep 28. Certificates 50 stage productions in New York City, Los Angeles, and Scott Paulin, actor and director whose extensive film regional theater. On television, he has appeared on and television acting credits include The Right Stuff, Cat Gain the Skills to Take Your Career to the Next Level shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO), Numb3rs People, NCIS, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Boston (CBS), The District (CBS), Diagnosis Murder (CBS), Legal, Lost, JAG, and 24. His television directing credits Another World (NBC), and recurred on Without A Trace include multiple episodes of Early Edition; Melrose (CBS) for the first 4 seasons. Place; Beverly Hills, 90210; and Northern Exposure; Reg# 259683CA among many others. Mr. Paulin received the UCLA Through Aug 22: $635 / After: $695 Extension Department of the Arts Outstanding Instructor Westwood: B17 1010 Westwood Center of the Year Award in 2013. ✷✷Tue 3:15-6:15pm, Sep 22-Dec 8, 12 mtgs Wendy Phillips, actor who has worked extensively in No refund after Sep 25. television dramas, sitcoms, feature films, and indepen- Ariyan Johnson, actress, whose film credits include dent cinema. Ms. Phillips played the female lead in Fun with Dick and Jane directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, seven network television series; guest-starred or had The General’s Daughter directed by Simon West, Bul- recurring roles on such shows as Joan of Arcadia, worth directed Warren Beatty, and Kiss of Death Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Big Love, and ER; and directed by Barbet Schroeder. Ms. Johnson was nomi- played principal roles in such feature films as Bugsy nated for a Spirit Award (Best Female Lead) for her and I Am Sam. Ms. Phillips received the UCLA Extension performance in the movie Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.