On-Camera Acting + Demo Reel Material with Graham McDonald

If you want a class that will develop your on-camera presence using your own unique skill sets, this is that class!

There are two sign-up options:

Option 1 – Sign-up for 6 Wednesdays evenings 7-10pm  (Oct. 24 – Nov. 28) and dive into multiple characters, scenes, and acting exercises for $225 (no tax).

Option 2 – Sign-up for 8 Wednesdays evenings 7-10pm (Oct. 24 – Dec.12) and get 6 weeks of regular classes + 2 extra weeks dedicated to developing a demo reel scene that will be shot to professional standards by Grahamsey Theory, Ramsey Fendall & myself, for $400 (no tax).

This 6- or 8-week class will start each week with a series of ensemble, focus, and improvisation exercises that will set the table for the on-camera scene study work that follows.

I will work with students at their individual experience level, and script work will change week to week dependent on students’ progress. Post-shoot viewing sessions and group-led constructive critique will take place at the end of each class, offering students a safe environment to grow in their work.

This class will help you develop performances that are natural and spontaneous, while fostering brave on-camera choices that will have you standing out from the crowd.

To sign-up please email grahamseytheory@gmail.com with your name, email, and whether you prefer Option 1 or 2

I prefer small class sizes so as each student gets more time on camera – space is limited. I do not offer refunds, partial refunds or make-up classes.

Testimonials

“Graham has an unconventional head-to-tail approach to acting — he is able to create a teaching environment that feels safe to explore one’s individuality while celebrating the value of the team dynamic. Graham is one of the most caring and insightful teachers I have ever worked with.”

Fletcher Donovan, Supernatural (FX Network), Unspeakable (CBC/Sundance TV), The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Studios), DRINK, SLAY, LOVE (Lifetime)

“Graham McDonald’s style is like no other. He has the precision of a surgeon in his direction, and with his hands-on style, has the ability to completely re-route a scene, leaving the actors with a depth of understanding of themselves and their characters.”

Leanne Allen, Actor, Victoria

“Ramsey is that rare combination of working filmmaker and natural teacher. We have collaborated on a variety of film projects — fiction and documentary — and whether it is directing, behind the camera or in the edit suite, he is uniquely able to combine long experience with a sense of craft and creative flare. Ramsey is also able to distill his immense knowledge of the many technical aspects of filmmaking, and not only put it to work, but patiently teach it by example to those lucky enough to be working with him.”

— Elizabeth Giamatti, A Woman Like Me(producer and director), All Is Bright(producer), Cold Souls (producer), Pretty Bird (producer)

Graham McDonald biography

Graham is an actor’s director. He is also a co-founder of Grahamsey Theory, a boutique independent film production company in Victoria, BC. He is known for his hands-on and personal style of teaching and directing. Actors feel comfortable around him and he gets results. He has been producing independent film & theatre for over 20 years. His recent directing credits include; Norman – short film (post-production) Seat of My Pants Productions, Crown Appointed Counsellor – Grahamsey Theory (an ongoing improvised feature), Death – music video for August Mountain, Year-end Performance Project: Demo Reels with Ramsey Fendall, Things We Said Today by Neil LaBute – The Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts, Bent by Martin Sherman – Victoria Refugee Initiative, Goers Art Project (short film), Autobahn by Neil LaBute – The Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley – Belle & The Tide, Lear by Edward Bond – The Victoria Academy of Arts, Runaway by Mika Laulainen – Theatre SKAM, Siblings (short film), the operas Cosi fan tutte by Mozart and Don Pasquale by Donizetti – Fear No Opera, Blackbird by David Harrower, The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh, The Crackwalker by Judith Thompson, Shining City by Conor McPherson, Pornography by Simon Stephens, The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, The Caretaker by Harold Pinter, The Life Inside by J.F. Tait (AD) – The Belfry, Swimming to Cambodia Spalding Gray, and Moscow Stations adapted from the novel Vendict Yerofeev by Steven Mulrine, which had its off Broadway debut in NYC. Graham has taught locally at VAD Arts, Kaleidoscope Theatre, and Theatre Inconnu. He has worked as a teacher and acting coach for the past 15 years.

Ramsey Fendall biography 

Ramsey Fendall is a filmmaker and co-founder Grahamsey Theory, a boutique independent film production company in Victoria, BC. He also co-founded Room 5 Films, a New York City-based production company. As a producer, director and cinematographer with over fifteen years of professional experience, Ramsey has worked on a variety of commercials, shorts, feature length documentaries and narrative films. Ramsey’s credits include shorts such as Major Arcana (Raindance London, 2018), Death of a Pop Star (Glasgow, 2011), Works of Art (SF Asian American Film Festival, 2010), The Last Leatherman of the Vale of Cashmere (Telluride, TIFF, 2016), The End (Hamptons, 2016) and the feature length films Con Artist (Tribeca, 2009), Kisses, Chloe (Hamptons, 2009), BAM 150(Tribeca, 2012), Seymour: An Introduction, directed by Ethan Hawke (Telluride, TIFF and New York Film Festival, 2014), and most recently, Major Arcana (2017). When not behind the camera, Ramsey also works as an editor on documentary and fiction films, including Moving Midway (New Directors/New Films, 2008), Skatopia(Amsterdam, 2009), and A Woman Like Me (SxSW and HotDocs, 2015), directed by Liz Giamatti and Alexandra Sichel.

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