PRICE
$440.00
DAY
Mondays - Friday
DATE
9th January - 13th January
TIME
11am - 5pm
IMPULSE & EMOTIONS
The core or centre of any action that will give rise to an individual and unique acting performance.
IMPULSE. (def): “urge, instinct, drive, compulsion, need, whim or caprice. In other words: A strong and unreflective urge or desire to act”
EMOTION. (def): “A feeling of: fear, anger, distress, sadness, joy, lust, disgust, hate, love, envy, greed, shame, guilt. A complex experience of consciousness, bodily sensation and behaviour that reflects the personal significance of a thing, an event or a state of affairs.”
IMPETUS. (def): “inspiration, stimulation, incitement, motivation.”
IMPULSE & EMOTIONS (Def): A strong and unreflective urge or desire to act inspired by the personal and inescapable feelings evoked by the moment, the circumstances of the script, and your own personal experience.
An impulse can be emotionally driven or the sudden presence of an emotion can cause an impulsive reaction.
Actors MUST BEGIN HERE and not in your head with thought out objective no matter what it’s based on. This creates urgent, essential and captivating acting.
Once you are in your head you’ve missed the opportunity. Impulsive inspiration is lost.
Learn to act on your impulses and trust your emotions.
It’s where real great acting starts.
"Impulse and Emotions with John Orcsik" is your training ground where you can learn how to access your true, gut-wrenching impulses, act on them, and have the freedom to feel everything that occurs in between.
This course is a risk-free environment where you can jump off the deep end into the unknowing and discover moments that are so truthful, so powerful, that it would be impossible to plan them before.
This course will teach you how to be present and to trust yourself fully. By extension, you will have undeniable and thrilling presence on camera.
Payment Plans are available - email enquiries@tafta.com.au for more information!AGE: 17+*
*If you are under 17 years old and would like to sign up to this course please contact enquiries@tafta.com.au for details
About John Orcsik:
John Orcsik, started TAFTA on the Gold Coast in 1994. He has written, directed and performed for stage, the small screen and the silver screen and has been sharing his insights into the film and television industry with students across Australia for over twenty years.
He has performed in countless Australian film and television productions with major sustaining roles in numerous TV series and continues to work as an actor alongside his desire for mentoring new generations of performers.
John’s Film & Television credits include: Cop Shop, Neighbours, Home & Away, Casino Reef, Stingers, The Saddle Club, The Condemned, Pawno, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, and, more recently in 2021, Superwog and New Gold Mountain.
