LOCATION: Conducted at 1103 Galvin Road, South,  Bellevue, Nebraska (Right next door to American Heroes subs) 

PREREQUISITE: None.

INSTRUCTOR:  Billy St. John 

BIO: Billy St. John is an actor, known for The Midnight Hour (2001), Two Divorced Guys in a Bar (2005), The Dandy (2001), and Mr. Deeds (2002). 

ENROLL NOW!! by filling out the enrollment form below.

NOW you can learn all of the secrets of acting in front of the film camera right here  in the Omaha, Nebraska local area in four Tuesday training classes provided by the Omaha Film School.  

The acting workshop is conducted by Hollywood actor and producer, Billy St. John.

FILM PRODUCTION TRAINING - OMAHA

NOW you can learn all of the in's and out's of feature film production in the Omaha, Nebraska local area in four Saturday training sessions provided by Young Films LLC, a local film company experienced with feature film production.  

We also connect our students with local filmmakers to get our students out to real film shoots for gaining experience on the set!

"This is the greatest film school ever!! I enjoyed every minute of my... first class there!!! As for my instructor (Mr. Jack young) he was awesome if anyone is out there in Omaha, please take this school it's AWESOME!!!!!!

--- Ethan  Nitz , Omaha.

PRICING

Billy St. John

As George in "Mr. Deeds"

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PRICING: $ 99 .00 total cost for 4-class training program. Students are encouraged to sign up for all classes. Individual classes may be attended for a fee of $ 25.00 per class.  Students may sign up for the training seminars online (See form on page) or by calling 402-731-7037. Payment is expected a week prior to the actual seminar start date.   Classes must meet minimal class size of 6 students.

Class Meeting Times:  Mondays 6:00 PM to 9:00PM

Topics covered:

• Difference between stage and screen acting
  
• How to read a script
  
• Actors' relaxation techniques
  
• Shots
  
• Breathing for effective dialogue
  
• Delivery
  
• Voice
  
• Movement and Blocking in front of the camera
  
• Eye contact and Eyelines
  
• Hitting marks on the floor (What are YOU thinking about?)
  
• Understanding how light affects mood
  
• Shooting continuity in order to create seamless repeated takes from various camera angles (Repeating your moves)
  
• Facial projection exercises for the close-up and wide shots
  
• Knowing your "Box" of movement (Preventing focus issues)
  
• Making your character believable
  
• Delivering believable narrative (Not sounding like you're reading script)
  
• Where did you come from? (Energy coming into a scene)
  
• Pickups (Let's start from...)
  
• Breaking the fourth wall
  
• Driving emotions with subtext (Exercises to drive emotions with subtext)
  
• Stepping on dialogue
  
• Improvising scenes
  
• Knowing your lines
  
• Preparing for auditions and how to get that role (what producers look for)
  
• Rehearsals (What can we learn?)
  
• Headshots and demo reels
  
• Sides and Call sheets
  
• Etiquette on the set (Respecting crew and other actors):
  
• Tips on Building a demo reel 
  

SCENE STUDY 

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TRAINING DETAILS

 THE OMAHA FILM SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY CLOSED.  PLEASE CHECK BACK IN 2018 TO SEE IF WE HAVE FOUND A NEW LOCATION TO CONTINUE OUR TRAINING

Thank you to all those that supported the school and good luck to those students that passed through our doors!