Mandatory Movies All Student Actors MUST watch

"For me, film-making combines everything. That's the reason I've made cinema my life's work. In films painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film." Akira Kurosaw


Taken from a great master himself, student actors should have a wide repertoire of knowledge in films of many genres and acting styles. Since it's your 2 week break, the weekend class students are advised to watch the following movies to help them in their acting. The list of the movies are below:

Seven Samurai

Shaolin Soccer

My Fair Lady

North by Northwest

Shindler's List

Talk to Her

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Doctor Zhivago

West Side Story

Gone With The Wind

Legally Blonde

My Best Friend's Wedding

Final Fantasy

Dr.No

Animatrix, Matrix Reloaded, Matrix

Artificial Intelligence

The King & I

Jurassic Park

Minority Report

Chicago

Charlie's Angels

Star Wars Episode II

Gladiator

South Pacific

The movies listed above encompass all possible genres and acting styles: comedy, action, horror, adventure etc. It is MANDATORY to watch all the movies listed above, and try your best to get them. If you don't have them, don't worry. Kindly ask your Class Coordinator to get them for you in your coming class this 5th July (Saturday).

Make a speech, be a better Actor

Hey lovely Student Actors Boys & Girls,

I know some of you won't be available next week. I will sms you guys about whether to have a 2-week break and come back on 6th July for our Sunday class or not. Or I might have an OPEN DAY ORIENTATION for new students next week. Current Student Actors can recommend our Acting Class to their friends who are interested to join, and get a discount on their next class. Please give me your feedback via sms.

Meanwhile, your next homework is to write a speech. No specific subject matter, it's entirely open topic. The objective of this homework is to gauge how well you are able to encapsulate what you've learned in our previous class. It's also to help you organise your train of thoughts in the context of being an Actor. Remember this process:

*FEELINGS> THINKING> WORDS.

Be clear and identify the various feelings you wish to express. Then organise these feelings in order of importance or the points you wish to highlight (thinking). Finally, put them down on paper and express them through words.

All these elements fall under the CLARITY segment of our ARTICULATION 3-parter.

In our next class, all student actors will present their speeches.

**ADDITIONAL NOTES for your reference:

SPEECH PRODUCTION
In linguistics (articulatory phonetics), manner of articulation describes how the tongue, lips, and other speech organs are involved in making a sound make contact. Often the concept is only used for the production of consonants. For any place of articulation, there may be several manners, and therefore several homorganic consonants.

SPEECH PERCEPTION
Speech perception refers to the processes by which humans are able to interpret and understand the sounds used in language. The study of speech perception is closely linked to the fields of phonetics and phonology in linguistics and cognitive psychology and perception in psychology. Research in speech perception seeks to understand how human listeners recognize speech sounds and use this information to understand spoken language. Speech research has applications in building computer systems that can recognize speech, as well as improving speech recognition for hearing

Make Each Casting Works For You > Increase Your Acting Skills

*Only a month in the class, all student actors got casting invitations for real TV dramas. (Digi, KFC, Seribu Erti, Manjalara, Olay Teman, Ministry of Trade & Development, Deal or No Deal).

**ALL NEW ENHANCED PACKAGES**




TOTAL INTENSIVE PACKAGE:
RM600 for 12 intensive acting class sessions.

SEMI-PRO PACKAGE:
RM300 monthly for 6 sessions.

TRIAL PACKAGE: RM150 monthly for 3 sessions per month.

Registration is RM50 one time only.

Each session is power-packed with 4 fun and easy sections:

*LECTURE (Theory is explained so as to help you develop great thinking as a talent, not just an empty vessel)

*P&C (Practical+Critique, your ability as a talent is enhanced further with tips and improvement guidelines)

*TUTORIAL (One-on-one therapy session with the Class Coordinator to boost your confidence as a talent)

*Q&A (Question + Answer, so all your enquiries of the industry is answered with objectivity, so you get a clear picture of where you can fit in as an actor, model or TV host)

WHERE?
*KUALA LUMPUR/PJ Class Date: This Saturday/Sunday, Time: 2pm, Place: Near to LRT putra Taman Paramount.
Contact: Mr.Liew 012 2350091

All new first-timers are welcome to register. Since we are admitting a number of student actors, we are opening 3 classes each week (applicable to those in KL): Monday, Friday and Sunday for serious & non-serious actors (additional classes for other days will be considered if there's enough students). So now all new students will have more option of which day they can attend.
Please call Class Coordinator 012-2350091 to enquire more and book the day of class you are able to attend. This acting class is organised by a reputable talent management company (NOT talent agency per se), where its successful student talents are currently being featured in 8TV and RTM1.

WHY SHOULD I TAKE THIS CLASS?
Preparing yourself with acting knowledge is the first step in becoming an Actor/Artiste. Imagine attending a casting session, and being prepared, mentally & physically? Not only will you make an impression and receive more casting calls in future, you will be remembered for your acting skill, even if you didn't clinch the job. Learn about the realities of the acting/casting world, get a firm grip of industry-based acting skills and also get inspired to incorporate your acting skills into your everyday lives for better communication/relationships with other people and also for career advancement in other job industry.

WHO WILL BE GUIDING ME?
The Class Coordinator (who will be coaching you in the Acting Class) has acted in many films, TV and stage but it was Malaysian Idol Year 2004 that really makes him a household name. Since then, he has worked with directors of various calibres like Kabir Bhatia (On the Wings of a Butterfly), Zulkiflee Mohamed (Jejak Jaya), Meor Shariman (Cinta Hidayah), Shuhaimi Baba (Tunku 1957- Hati Malaya) and coming soon Yasmin Ahmad. He has also gained credentials in these TV programs: Malaysian Top Host (Top 20 Finalist) and Gillette Vector Challenge (Most Favourite Contestant). His early modelling career has taken him to Vietnam, Singapore,Thailand and Indonesia, giving him the ability to have a wide view of the acting world in Asia as a whole.
Learn how he makes good use of each casting session and succeeds.So You Think You Can Act? Let us show you more. Only those willing to learn with humility & able to take constructive criticism about their acting need to call/sms the Class Coordinator 012-2350091 about the class.

"Opportunity comes to those who are fully prepared"

LESSON 1: FEELINGS

Hey all student actors!

First of all, WELCOME to your first cyber learning program: MODULE 101.

For your assignment of writing diary, here's a sample of HOW you should write your diary. Write with a a) flow of thoughts (story), b) personality and most importantly, c) FEELINGS. Since the topic of our class is to infuse FEELINGS into your acting, your diary entries should have all the elements mentioned. Enjoy!

SAMPLE DIARY: "Pan Jang"

I received fan emails almost everyday. One particular fan email caught my attention because the name is Panjang, (meaning long). Curious to know what's Panjang about this fan of mine, I quickly opened the email and pleasantly discovered that Panjang is actually an Orang Asli (indigenous people) who lives somewhere in the deep jungles of Sarawak! This is the wonder of technology where almost anyone in this world can connect with each other through Internet. Or maybe my fame does indeed spread far and wide, who knows, ceh > "syiok sendiri"? In Panjang's email, he requested to meet me in person because he idolized me on TV and needed a "celebrity" tour guide in Kuala Lumpur for his coming visit. I kindly agreed and set the time, where I will greet Panjang at the arrival terminal of the airport. Actually, I was more curious to see Panjang in physical person.

Panjang arrived at the terminal with his head hidden by a giant placard carrying my name in big letters: KRIS LAW. That is the only way I could recognise him. When Panjang removed the placard from his face, I was surprised to see how his heights were so...so...so....urgh, challenged. He must be 160cm tall or less, with tattoos all over his tanned little body. After smiling and welcoming him profusely to hide my amazement of his appearance, we were quickly off to the city for a little tour. Halfway through the tour, Panjang complained about his bad headache, "Bad headache. Must be dirty air". I knew what Panjang meant, because the air in the city is really so polluted compared to where Panjang came from: a pristine jungle hometown where the air is always clean and fresh.

I took Panjang to the nearest clinic where I registered my name at the counter for him. When the nurse finally called out my name, I escorted poor Panjang into the designated ward. A dozen of other waiting patients were staring at us as we walked through the corridor, probably surprised of the vast difference between my height and Panjang's short stature. When we were inside the room, I explained to the Punjabi lady doctor about Panjang's bad headache. The Punjabi doctor suddenly screamed "Panjang!!" when she read Panjang's name on the form, almost cracking the glass of water next to her. I politely excused myself out from the room as Panjang began to undress for his full-body examination. When I closed the door quietly behind me, I noticed that the dozen other waiting patients were startled and looking at me intently. Particularly the 2 ladies standing closest to where I was waiting, they were giggling to each other while eyeing me up and down, then slowly uttered "Paan-jaang..."