Anim 06 – Advanced Acting For Animation Summer 2025
Description
Advanced Acting for Animation is for students at an advanced level of skill. This workshop focuses solely on acting shots; such as character dialogues, and pantomime acting choices.
This Workshop will show various ways to approach acting for animation and how to try and find meaningful and heartfelt performances. Tips and Tricks, approaches and theories will also be discussed during the blocking, in-progress, and final animation stages. Mini-lectures will cover all aspects of animation along with the weekly critique.
The Goal of Advanced Acting for Animation is to build a solid understanding of performance. Techniques, theories, ideas all culminate in this class to prepare you for a job creating memorable performances.
Curriculum: Advanced Acting for Animation
- Weekly Assignments
– Week 1 Assignment: Specificity
– Week 2 Assignment: Concealed Emotions
– Week 3 Assignment: Listening & Watching
– Week 4 Assignment: Secondary Action
– Week 5 Assignment (optional): Hand Acting
– Week 6 – 10 Assignments: Polish
- Weekly Lecture Topics
– Acting theory
– Subtext
– Thinking
– Lip-Synch
– Eyes & Brows
– Polish
– Texture
– Camera & Staging
…and more!
Event FAQs
Workshop Schedule
One session every Wednesday for 10 weeks. -Starting June 30, 2025 -Ending September 6, 2025 7:00pm – 10:00pm Pacific time
Requirements
A link to your demo reel is required with your registration. Demo reels will be reviewed by the instructor to confirm placement into the workshop, or to recommend another workshop that the student is best suited for, based on review of their demo reel.
How Much Does It Cost?
Tuition for this course is $1,600.00, which includes a $200.00 non-refundable registration fee.
Deposits & Payment Plan
We offer the option to register and pay your deposit, and set up a payment plan. To Register for a course and pay the deposit, click here. For information on how to make a payment for a Payment Plan, click here. You can break your tuition into four easy payments with a Payment Plan. Here are the details of the payment plan. Payment 1: $200, deposit due with registration. Payment 2: $466.67 due on the Monday of the 1st week of the Session. Payment 3: $466.67 due on the Monday of the 4th week of the Session. Payment 4: $466.66 due on the Monday of the 7th week of the Session. *Note: payments are not automatically scheduled. You must schedule them individually.
Note: Animation Collaborative accepts Paypal and Checks. To pay by check, just send us an email at with the information below, and mail your check by priority mail, or expedited shipping with tracking to:Animation CollaborativePO BOX 5261Walnut Creek CA 94596Information to Include in your email is as follows: Tell us you are interested in registering and are sending a check (for Deposit, Payment Plan, or full Tuition). Please provide the Student's Name, Email, Workshop Selection and Link to your portfolio, or samples of your work. Thanks!
Note: Animation Collaborative accepts Paypal and Checks. To pay by check, just send us an email at with the information below, and mail your check by priority mail, or expedited shipping with tracking to:Animation CollaborativePO BOX 5261Walnut Creek CA 94596Information to Include in your email is as follows: Tell us you are interested in registering and are sending a check (for Deposit, Payment Plan, or full Tuition). Please provide the Student's Name, Email, Workshop Selection and Link to your portfolio, or samples of your work. Thanks!
Attendee Information :
Age Confirmation*