INVITING THE CAMERA with Kamal Sehrawy

“Inviting the Camera” is a single-session, no-prep-required acting class interested in investigating one of the most powerful tools available to an actor—the camera—to uncover what unique information working on screen provides the actor. The idea for this class arose out of several myths around acting on film frequently circulated among actors: the idea that they are “too big” for camera, that they “don’t have a face” for film, or that acting prowess is determined by one’s natural, charismatic magnetism that only some people have. In this class, we tackle these myths plainly and directly, using the camera as our guide. Rather than focusing on “how to act on camera,” we will ask what we can learn about acting through the lens of screen production.

In the process, we will additionally discover the principle tenets of screen acting: how to modulate your performance for screen, understand the differences between screen and…