Screen Acting Fundamentals
Screen Acting Fundamentals
This practical course is an introduction to the craft of screen acting. You’ll explore a range of skills and the technical elements of screen acting, as well as developing a solo preparation practice.
This in-depth course runs for 9 days in April 2025 and 10 days in July 2025 at LAMDA’s London campus.
Highlights
Work with expert screen tutors and industry professionals and receive personalised, implementable feedback.
Come away from the course with an empowering and reusable process for solo preparation for screen acting.
Gain an understanding of the terminology and processes you’re likely to encounter on a TV or film set, and how to mould your craft around them.
Is this course for me?
Mixed Level Course
Age Requirement: 18+
Suitable for professional actors and prospective students alike, looking to gain experience and to develop and build their acting for screen skillset.
Overview
Location
In-person at LAMDA
Course Fee
£1,625
Application Fee
£21
Course Length
10 Days
Course Date
Monday 21 July - Friday 1 August 2025
From 10am – 5:30pm each day
Application Deadline
Friday 11 July 2025 at 3pm (BST)
About the course
Designed to provide an introduction to the craft of screen acting, this course is led by LAMDA tutors and industry professionals, giving you dual insight into training and industry.
Each day you will partake in various skills classes, which may include:
- Non-Verbal Acting
- Solo Preparation for Screen
- Set Skills such as Continuity, Frame Sizes, Marks and Movement for Screen
- Self-Taping
The work covered in these skills classes will feed into multiple opportunities to work in front of the camera, and review the footage, allowing you to hone your craft by doing.
“I loved the course. It was incredible what I was able to learn in the short span of two weeks. I feel like I have left with a better understanding of who I am as an actor and new knowledge to apply to my future career.”
What will I learn?
- How to prepare to work on screen – including solo character preparation.
- The technical elements of screen acting, such as continuity and mark-hitting.
- How to deal with the challenges of acting for screen on a set.
- How to prepare for self-tape auditions.
Is this course for me?
This course is for anyone who is considering training to be an actor, who would like to know more about what screen acting training is like at a drama school.
There are many routes into the industry, and many actor training courses out there. Participating in this course is a way of finding out more about yourself and what your next steps are.
This course is also perfect for professional actors who did not receive screen acting training in previous places of study.
We encourage applications from prospective students of all ages to this course, and we will endeavour to place students in pairs and groups where they're working with others of a similar age.
No previous acting experience is required to partake in this course. This is a mixed level course, meaning participants will have a range of experiences.
Aged 16-20?
Discover what it means to be a screen actor with our Screen Acting Summer School for young actors. Experience LAMDA's state-of-the-art LED Volume and explore set skills like continuity.
Key Information
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You must be aged 18 or above to take part in this course.
There are no entry requirements in the area of acting. However, we reserve the right to verify any qualifications you have highlighted in your application form.
The course is delivered through the medium of English. Non-native speakers of English should have a level of English approximately equivalent to IELTS 6.0.
You can apply for this course through us directly.
Course Fee:
£1,625
Application Fee:
£21
If you are offered a place on this course you will need to pay a deposit of 10% within five days of the date of your offer email to secure your place. You will then need to pay the remainder of the course fee within 21 days at the latest.
Please see below for information about our cancellation / refund policy.
