On-Camera Acting

Always wanted to try acting? Want to get more comfortable in front of a camera? This intro to on-camera acting class is the one for you.

Sign-up for 8 Tuesday evenings, 7-10pm (Jan 15 – Mar 5),

and put yourself in front of the camera working with multiple characters, scenes, and acting exercises for $250 (no tax). This 8-week class will culminate with an in-class screening of highlights of the students’ work.

Develop the building blocks of character development and breaking down a scene. We will start each week with a series of ensemble, focus, and improvisation exercises that will set the table for the scene study work, and on-camera acting 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.

To register, please email me at grahamseytheory@gmail.com with your name and email.

Sign-up today – space is limited! Please note that refunds, partial refunds and make-up classes are not offered.

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

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.