96 Entertainment Studies Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Sneak Preview Art & Craft of Visit entertainment.uclaextension.edu/sneak-preview Entertainment ENTERTAINMENT for weekly movie information. For more information call (310) 825-9064, email Sneak Preview: Contemporary Films [email protected], or visit and Filmmakers entertainment.uclaextension.edu. STUDIES 804.2 Film & Television 2 CEU Join us for an exclusive preview of new movies before Space is limited; early enrollment is highly their public release. Enjoy provocative commentary and recommended. Visitors are not permitted at 96 Sneak Preview in-depth discussions with invited guests after each some courses. For online course technical 96 Acting screening. Recent films and speakers have included: I’ll requirements, see page 4. See You in My Dreams with director Brett Haley; Jim- 97 Cinematography my’s Hall with actors Barry Ward and Simone Kirby; 98 Development Desert Dancer with director Richard Raymond; Wild Acting Tales with director Damian Szifron; Tangerines with 98 Directing director Zaza Urushadze and producer Ivo Felt; McFar- Acting Techniques: The Fundamentals 100 Post-Production land, USA with director Niki Caro; and Me and Earl X 407.5 Theater 4 units and The Dying Girl with actors Thomas Mann, Olivia In this introduction to acting, participants learn funda- 100 Producing Cooke, and RJ Cyler. Enroll using Reg# 261969 and mental performance techniques and exercises, includ- 101 The Business & Management of Entertainment receive not only your Sneak Preview course, but also ing relaxation, concentration, sense memory, emotional Osher membership, which allows you to register for recall, improvisation, character tasks, and text analysis, 102 The Music Business Osher courses for a fee. Enrollment limited. The Uni- and then apply these techniques by rehearsing and 103 Music Production versity is not responsible for lost or stolen quarterly film performing monologues and 2-character scenes. In- passes; there is a $50 charge per replacement pass. class partner work and weekly assignments are 104 Film Scoring Due to film piracy concerns, no cameras or recording required. Enrollment limited. Internet access required devices are allowed inside the theater. Participants are to retrieve course materials. subject to a security check, promotional photography Reg# 261711CA and audio and video recording. Visitors not permitted. Through Dec 4: $635 / After: $695 Reg# 261967CA Westwood: 202 Extension Lindbrook Center Through Dec 20: $215 / After: $235 Mon 7-10pm, Jan 4-Mar 21 Reg# 261969CA (Includes Osher membership) Westwood: 204AB Extension Lindbrook Center Through Dec 20: $245 / After: $265 ✷✷Sat 10am-5pm, Feb 20, 11 mtgs Beverly Hills: Auditorium Writers Guild Theater, (no mtg 1/18 & 2/15) 135 S. Doheny Dr. No refund after Jan 7. Wed 7-10pm, Jan 20-Mar 23, 10 mtgs Toni Attell, Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, and mime No refund after Jan 13. whose background includes a variety of work in theater, Pete Hammond, five-time Emmy-nominated writer, film, and television. Ms. Attell has opened for Jay Leno, producer, movie critic, film historian. His analysis and Steve Martin, and Robin Williams, and has guest-starred commentary has appeared in publications including The on numerous television dramas and sitcoms. New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Enter- Reg# 261713CA tainment Weekly, New York Magazine, OK Magazine, Through Dec 4: $635 / After: $695 NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, the CBC, BBC, Westwood: 214 Extension Lindbrook Center Bravo, E!, AMC, and the KTLA Morning Show. Currently Mon 7-10pm, Jan 4-Mar 21 he is a critic for Movieline.com and is also the Awards Westwood: 204CD Extension Lindbrook Center Columnist for Deadline Hollywood, where he covers the ✷✷Sat 10am-5pm, Feb 20, 12 mtgs Sneak Preview Oscar and Emmy seasons. (no mtg 1/18 & 2/15; 1 mtg to be arranged) No refund after Jan 7. See the most highly anticipated new films prior to public release, Matthew Kohler, actor, producer, and writer. Mr. Kohler has starred in several film and television productions, specially selected for our Sneak Preview audience. including Hart of Dixie, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, Screenings are moderated by film critic Pete Hammond, and you and Nip/Tuck. are invited to engage in lively Q&A with actors, directors, writers, Acting Workshop: and producers. The Meisner Technique Sneak Preview starts January 20 and presents 10 new films. X 407.45 Film & Television 4 units Through improvisation and scene work, explore basic concepts of the Meisner approach to acting with a Past films and guests have included: focus on creating and living in imaginary circum- Whiplash with director Damien Chazelle and actor Miles Teller stances. Learn to work more independently, improve rehearsal and research skills, and strengthen vocal and Tangerines with director Zaza Urushadze and producer Ivo Felt movement skills. Enrollment limited. Internet access required to retrieve course materials. The Theory of Everything with Golden Globe-nominated actors Eddie Reg# 262141CA Redmayne and Felicity Jones Through Dec 6: $635 / After: $695 Westwood: 202 Extension Lindbrook Center I’ll See You in My Dreams with director Brett Haley ✷✷Wed 3:30-6:30pm, Jan 6-Mar 23, 12 mtgs For weekly updates, visit . No refund after Jan 11. entertainment.uclaextension.edu/sneak-preview Eric Scott Gould, actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. As an actor, Mr. Gould has performed in more than 50 stage productions in New York City, Los Ange- Course Icons les, and regional theater. On television, he has appeared on shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO), Num- b3rs (CBS), The District (CBS), Diagnosis Murder (CBS), Provide Another World (NBC), and recurred on Without A Trace (CBS) for the first four seasons. Information Reg# 261881CA Through Dec 6: $635 / After: $695 At-a-Glance Westwood: 202 Extension Lindbrook Center Wed 7-10pm, Jan 6-Mar 23, 12 mtgs m Online course No refund after Jan 11. Eric Scott Gould, for credits see page 96. & Textbook required M Meets during daytime hours Q&A with (left to right) moderator Pete Hammond, producer Ivo Felt, and director Zaza Urushadze at Sneak Preview. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Entertainment Studies 97 Improvisation Techniques for the Actor: A Course in Spontaneity Cinematography X 407.78 Theater 4 units Actors gain experiential understanding of improvisational The Craft of the Cinematographer Entertainment Studies acting and develop a strong improvisational perspective X 478.282 Film & Television 4 units essential to scripted work. Through theater games and Learn to apply your knowledge of the principles and improvising scenes, actors develop tools to make them elements of cinematography through the making of Certificates more trusting of their own impulses and more generous several short filmmaking assignments. Lectures and with their fellow actors. They learn to always go for active discussion cover various lighting and shooting tech- Gain the Skills to Take Your Career to the Next Level choices to play at the top of their intelligence and at the niques, such as panoramic/widescreen, the use of color service of the scene. Actors also experience that the best or black and white, the use of composition and depth comedy comes out of listening and responding honestly, of field as artistic tools, the different shot types and not “going for jokes.” Required Text: Truth in Comedy: The concept of screen direction, how to best frame a shot, Manual for Improvisation by Charna Halpern, Del Close, and the best ways to execute these techniques. Simul- Kim Howard Johnson. Enrollment limited. Internet access taneously, various film genres are examined. You are required to retrieve course materials. & asked to test your creativity and understanding of the different cinematography concepts, techniques, and Reg# 261724CA genres presented by completing shooting exercises Through Dec 9: $635 / After: $695 using your own camera outside of class. Student work Westwood: 202 Extension Lindbrook Center is screened and critiqued in class. You must provide ✷✷Sat 10am-1pm, Jan 9-Mar 12 your own video camera, have access to editing equip- ✷✷Sat 10am-5pm, Jan 23 ment and software, and be able to output your assign- ✷✷Sat 10am-5pm, Feb 27, 12 mtgs ments to various media sources. Enrollment limited. No refund after Jan 13. Internet access required to retrieve course materials. Felix Pire, actor, producer, writer, and director, who has appeared in featured roles in such films as 12 Monkeys Reg# 261842CA directed by Terry Gilliam, Phat Girlz, Dear God directed Through Dec 6: $635 / After: $695 by Garry Marshall, and It’s My Party directed by Randal Westwood: 114B Extension Gayley Center, Kleiser. On television, he’s been a series regular on 1145 Gayley Ave. CBS’s Matt Waters, and performed guest-starring roles Wed 7-10pm, Jan 6-Mar 23, 12 mtgs on ABC’s Gideon’s Crossing and NYPD Blue, NBC’s The Dana Shelayne Kroeger, cinematographer who has Rerun Show, and Prison Break on Fox. worked for many years on big budget films in the camera department under the tutelage of such greats as Conrad Acting for the Camera I Hall Sr., Caleb Deschanel, and Emmanuel Lubezki, working X 410.3 Theater 4 units side by side with the likes of Michael Mann, Sam Mendes, Participants learn to get comfortable in front of the Brad Silberling and Terrence Malick. Along the way, she has lens. Exercises begin with on-camera interviews so continued to work on independent features, commercials, that students can view their screen images in play- music videos, and PSAs. Since 2006, Ms. Kroeger has been back. Instruction focuses on understanding technical working steadily as a director of photography on indie films, and emotional adjustments required for working in festival pieces, web series, episodic, and features. front of the camera, in a relaxed and truthful way, and developing intimacy with the camera.