{"id":8522,"date":"2015-12-03T11:15:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T16:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts\/?p=8522"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:17:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:17:03","slug":"learn-to-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/learn-to-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to act for film, television and commercials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learn to act for film, television and commercials by taking St. Petersburg College&#8217;s <em>Introduction to On Camera Performance<\/em> class on the Clearwater Campus. This February Express term class starts Feb. 8, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPC&#8217;s Theater program<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/apply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to apply to SPC<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register online today<\/a> for the Introduction to On Camera Performance class.<\/p>\n<h3>Hands on class with no textbook required<\/h3>\n<p>In this hands-on class, students actually perform on camera each week and no textbook is required.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will simulate actual on-set experiences that prepare students to act professionally in television, film, and commercials,&#8221; said Tony Valentine, instructor for the course. &#8220;We\u2019ll also work on audition techniques and discuss the business of acting so students are prepared to get a professional acting job and manage their careers. Upon completion of this course, students are be ready to step onto a film or television set and perform like a professional.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>No acting experience needed<\/h4>\n<p>Students do not need acting experience to be successful in this course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone can learn to act for the camera just like a professional actor,&#8221; said Valentine. &#8220;It\u2019s similar to how we communicate in everyday life, and how we perform different roles every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Learn to act from professor with 30 years acting experience<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Valentine earned a PhD in Fine Arts-Theater from Texas Tech University. With more than 30 years of professional\u00a0 experience as an actor and coach, his acting experience includes a variety of film, television, commercial and stage credits including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Cybill<\/em> (CBS)<\/li>\n<li><em>Days of Our Lives<\/em> (NBC)<\/li>\n<li><em>Murder, She Wrote<\/em> (CBS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A member of SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and Actors\u2019 Equity, Dr. Valentine also teaches Speech Communication classes at St. Petersburg College. <a href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/instructors\/id\/valentine.anthony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about Dr. Valentine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/courses\/prefix\/TPP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the course page<\/a> to learn more about how you can learn to act on camera like a professional. Prerequisites may be waived by contacting Dr. Valentine at <a href=\"mailto:valentine.anthony@spcollege.edu\">valentine.anthony@spcollege.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn to act for film, television and commercials by taking St. Petersburg College&#8217;s Introduction to On Camera Performance class on the Clearwater Campus. This February Express term class starts Feb. 8, 2016. Learn more about SPC&#8217;s Theater program and how to apply to SPC or register online today for the Introduction to On Camera Performance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/learn-to-act\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learn to act for film, television and commercials<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8522"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13390,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8522\/revisions\/13390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}