Film Acting Bay Area (FABA)
at Expression College for Digital Arts presents:
Direct Action II (8 weeks)

The class will collectively view, on the big screen, 8 feature-films (listed below) with unique, hybrid structures and ground breaking production methods which become part of the meaning of the film. Viewing of each film will be followed by a work session instructed and moderated by Rob Nilsson where the class-participants will discuss, develop and outline a brand-new feature-film with separate sections to be directed and acted by members of the class.  The result will lead to the “DIRECT ACTION”  Class (Part-3) in Fall 2010, when the new feature-film will actually be shot.

During the course of this Summer Class (June - August), Directors and Actors who took Part-1 last Spring at FABA are encouraged to work in small groups on “direct action” based, improvised short-scenes; shoot them outside the class-times if they’d like to, and after editing them, bring them back to class for viewing and further discussion. Digital Cameras will be made available to each group at any time for this purpose, on a sign-up basis.

Start-date: June 17, 2010

Class time: Thursdays, 7:00pm - 10:00pm (8 weeks, with a 2-week break in the middle)

Where: in Emeryville, East Bay (near Berkeley & Pixar Studios) filmactingbayarea.com

Instructor: Rob Nilsson (www.robnilsson.com)

Prerequisite: Passion for Cinema (both Directors & Actors are welcome to enroll, paying the same tuition).

Tuition: $200 for all 8 Classes, or $100 for 3 Classes (pick & choose as you go)

The public may attend any one of the screenings, below, and stay for the brief discussion to follow, led by Rob Nilsson, without having to enroll for the whole class. Suggested donation: $10 per screening.

Please email Celik Kayalar ahead of your attendance at: celik@filmactingbayarea.com

Viewing Schedule:

• June 17- TIME CODE, by Figgis
• June 24- RUSSIAN ARK, by Sokurov
• July 1-  RED, by Kieslowski
• July 8-  BLUE, by Kieslowski
• July 29- BABEL, by Inarritu
• Aug 5- IRREVERSIBLE, by Noe
• Aug 12- PVC 1, by Stathoulopoulos
• Aug 17- MEMENTO, by Nolan