'Old Souls'

Casting "Old Souls," a scene from a feature script workshopping in an NYU undergrad senior "directing the actor" class. A practical workshop in the fundamentals of directing, this course explores the working relationship between actor, director, and script. The focus lies in the director's work with analyzing a script and collaborating on its realization with actors. Work is done on film scenes with professional or student actors on the rehearsal process, including improvisational work. Review of actor's tools and discussion of their application is included, as well as scenes from films to demonstrate certain techniques.