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Acting For Kids: First Month of On-Camera Classes

Monday Week One: Meet the Mirror

Class One starts at 4:02 p.m. sharp in our Los Angeles studio on Melrose. Parents peel little fingers off their legs and kids waddle toward a circle of colored floor spots. Coach Gayla kneels, holds up a tiny mirror, and asks everyone to make their silliest face.

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Step by Step Solutions: Gary Spatz on Set in Los Angeles

The Problem Every Set Faces

Picture a soundstage in Burbank at 10:07 a.m. Lights blaze, a camera operator adjusts focus, and a boom mic hovers on set. Somewhere in the middle stands a seven-year-old actor who was laughing thirty seconds ago and now must cry real tears because the script says the puppy ran away.

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Free Thursday Adult Class: What Happens & Who Should Attend

Acting Classes For Adults

At 6:58 p.m. the elevator in our Century City building smells faintly of coffee and ambition. You step out into the lobby and see a handwritten sign that reads Free Adult Class Tonight, Sharpies and snacks provided.

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Life-Skills Your Child Gains From On-Camera Acting

Monday Morning

Sarah pulled up to the elementary school drop-off line and her usually shy eight year old leaned out the window to thank the crossing guard by name. The guard blinked twice, smiled, and waved back like a celebrity had just shouted him out.

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Acting For Kids: The Problem Every LA Parent Faces

The Problem Every LA Parent Faces

It is 6:15 p.m. on a Tuesday in Los Angeles and your phone pings with a casting notice. The audition window closes in twenty four hours and you have to decide fast. Do you buckle your seven year old into the car and brave the 405 at rush hour, or do you push the coffee table aside and shoot a self tape under the kitchen track lights?

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