A certificate of completion signifies that you have completed a series of classes in a subject area. Working toward a certificate is a fun way of organizing your studies and marking your progress toward your goals.  

We offer certificates in Acting Fundamentals, Comedy Fundamentals and Voiceover Fundamentals. Working toward a certificate is a great way of organizing your studies while making sure you’ve learned about the essentials of the subject you’re interested in.

Acting Fundamentals Certificate

• To earn the Acting Fundamentals Certificate, take the five classes below.
• We recommend taking them in the order listed.
• Our other filmmaking classes can be substituted for Let’s Make a Movie.
• All of the classes in this series are taught by Nils Osmar.

Certificate classes:

Acting 101: Getting Started 

This introductory four-week class is a great place to start learning about acting, and developing your acting skills.

Whether you’ve done a some acting in the past, or are brand new and have never acted before, we have new classes starting every month.

We’ll do some games and group exercises, learn how to breathe and project our voices, perform some short scenes and skits. and do some improv.  In the first class... See dates, times and course description

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Acting 2: “Bring a Script to Life!”

In this class, students will learn how to bring a script to life by exploring their character’s needs and motivations.

We’ll perform scenes from short scripts, focusing on what our characgter want or need in the scene; why it matters; finding or creating a backstory; and other key elements of acting.

As in all of our classes, there’s lots of performance time and practice, fun times, and lots of learning. Exercises will include… See dates, times and course description

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Acting 103: Creating Characters

One of the things that’s really fun about acting is that it’s a chance to step out of ourselves and usual ways of “being” in the world, and experience what it’s like to be someone different (for a time, in the context of a stage play or movie).

This class is all about creating different character types and archetypes. You’ll learn how to use your voice, posture, and attitude to create different and believable characters. By the fourth… See dates, times and course description

Acting 104: Emotional Range

In this class, students will learn how to express emotions more naturally and easily on stage or in front of a camera.

Techniques such as emotional preparation and relaxation exercises will be used to help students become more comfortable with their emotions, and… See dates, times and course description

Let’s Make a Movie

In this class, we’ll make an actual short movie, with the students in the starring roles. The finished movie will be posted to Youtube soyou can share it with your friends. We recommend taking Acting 101-104 first, then taking this course.

It’s a fun class for actors who would like to get experience acting in a short film and get some footage for their actor reel. We’ll have two brainstorming sessions, then… See dates, times and course description