
5-day Intensive Actors Workshop
Step into the world of professional filmmaking with the Blue Bayou Studios 5-Day Intensive — a hands-on acting experience designed to sharpen your on-camera performance, emotional depth, and production awareness. Over the course of five days, you’ll collaborate with industry professionals to rehearse, block, and film a dynamic scene using a RED digital cinema camera. By the end of the program, you’ll walk away with a professionally shot reel clip, personalized coaching, and the confidence to perform at a cinematic level.
Total Commitment: 5 days (Approximately 25 hours total)
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Lesson 1: Welcome & Expectations
Meet instructors and classmates, review course objectives, and set personal performance goals.
Meet instructors and classmates, review course objectives, and set personal performance goals.
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Lesson 2: Understanding On-Camera Acting
Explore the differences between stage and screen acting, camera framing, and performance subtlety.
Explore the differences between stage and screen acting, camera framing, and performance subtlety.
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Lesson 1: Table Read & Script Breakdown
Conduct a virtual table read, analyze tone, pacing, and emotional arcs.
Conduct a virtual table read, analyze tone, pacing, and emotional arcs.
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Lesson 2: Character Motivation & Scene Chemistry
Work through beats, relationships, and emotional triggers with your partner or ensemble.
Work through beats, relationships, and emotional triggers with your partner or ensemble.
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Lesson 1: Working with the RED Camera
Learn camera awareness, eyelines, lighting positions, and technical cues.
Learn camera awareness, eyelines, lighting positions, and technical cues.
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Lesson 2: Movement for Camera
Master spatial awareness, hitting marks, and translating internal emotion into physical precision.
Master spatial awareness, hitting marks, and translating internal emotion into physical precision.
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Lesson 1: On-Set Protocol & Scene Rehearsal
Step onto a working set, review shot lists, and rehearse blocking under direction.
Step onto a working set, review shot lists, and rehearse blocking under direction.
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Lesson 2: Filming & Coaching
Perform multiple takes under professional direction, adjusting delivery and energy per shot setup.
Perform multiple takes under professional direction, adjusting delivery and energy per shot setup.
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Lesson 1: Final Scene Capture
Film the final performance with full lighting and sound setup, guided by the directing team.
Film the final performance with full lighting and sound setup, guided by the directing team.
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Lesson 2: Playback & Career Development
Receive personalized feedback, review playback footage, and discuss how to use your polished clip in auditions and reels.
Receive personalized feedback, review playback footage, and discuss how to use your polished clip in auditions and reels.
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FAQs
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This intensive is designed for actors of all levels who want to strengthen their on-camera skills, gain professional set experience, and build material for their acting reel. Whether you’re transitioning from stage to screen or looking to refresh your craft, this course meets you where you are.
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No prior on-camera experience is required. The workshop is structured to support both emerging and working actors through personalized instruction, hands-on learning, and practical performance coaching.
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Yes. Every participant will receive a professionally filmed and edited clip of their final scene, shot using a RED digital cinema camera — ready to include in your audition reel or portfolio.
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The 5-Day Intensive includes approximately 25 hours of total instruction over one week. Sessions include two virtual days and three in-studio days with rehearsals, scene work, and filming. Full participation is required to receive your completion certificate and final scene footage.