Seamus McNally Masterclass @Lisbon

The 3 - Day Intensive Workshop

With his unique approach to script analysis, Seamus helps actors explore Stillness, Presence and a highly evolved, technique for inhabiting Beats and Actions. Ultimately, actors participating in this workshop leave with solidified and elevated connection to their craft, refreshed confidence in their ability to deliver exceptional work on set.

AVAILABILITY LIMITED TO 8 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS...!

Day 1 - Text Analysis

Exploring four separate 2-character scenes (with 8 active participants), we begin to solidify our grasp of the underlying story, character histories, character relationship, mark up the scenes for beats and actions, laying the groundwork for the process ahead.

Day 2 - “Inhabiting” the Analysis

On the second day we further explore character thinking and motivations through the vigorous process of sinking into the individual actions defining each beat. We address and do our best to dissolve any obstacles between the actors’ thinking and the characters thinking while continuing to flesh out the broader world of the story and the shape of the scene.

Day 3 - On Camera

The process of deepening our understanding of the stories and each character continues, but now with the added element of a camera and monitor, so that we can really begin to see how our choices register onscreen and how we might best subtly shift our awareness of our work in this fresh context. At the end of day three, we leave enough time to playback the scenes and review our work.

ALL MATERIAL is DELETED at close of Day 3.

Requirements:
- Active Participants : At least one year of acting training.
- Observers : Open to everyone. Observers don’t just watch from the sidelines, they are engaged in the in the process from beginning to end.

June 27 28 29
10:00-19:00

SEAMUS MCNALLY

Seamus McNally is a New York/Berlin-based filmmaker who coaches actors and advises directors for film and television.

His work includes projects such as Black Mirror, Orange Is the New Black, The Night Of, Too Old to Die Young, Clarice and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, alongside numerous international and German film and TV productions.

He co-directed the Danish feature film Nothing (Intet) in Copenhagen, and is currently in post-production in Berlin with his feature film Tour One (working title), which he wrote and directed.

Notably, the film was predominantly cast with actors from his own workshops — a direct reflection of his ongoing work developing actors for professional screen environments.

In June, he will be working with a select group of actors in Lisbon.