The Art of the Closeup with Donald Elise Watkins
December 12 | 6–9 PM | $150
A closeup invites the audience to see the smallest shifts in your thoughts, attention, and behavior. How clearly are your choices coming through?
Join Donald Elise Watkins for a hands-on workshop exploring performance within a closeup frame.
Actors will receive a workbook containing three pre-written scenes to use during the workshop. Working on our living room set, Donald will help participants explore what reads clearly on camera, offer adjustments, and guide them through applying those changes in their next take.
The studio monitor will remain on throughout the workshop so everyone can learn by watching. See how subtle choices affect a performance and how actors translate direction into a new approach.
Following the workshop, actors will receive an unlisted YouTube link to their unedited performances for further viewing and at-home evaluation.
More about Donald: Donald Elise Watkins is a Greensboro native and film and television actor whose credits include Emergency, The Underground Railroad, Fly Me to the Moon, and Black Box. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Greensboro College and a master’s degree from Louisiana State University, with a background in theatre and improvisation. A longtime supporter of in-STUDIO, Donald brings professional on-camera experience to this hands-on exploration of the closeup.
All tuition, refund, and attendance policies for this training workshop are outlined in our student handbook and available online.
There is no makeup class for this workshop, as the full class recording will be provided for any absence.
The Art of the Closeup with Donald Elise Watkins
December 12 | 6–9 PM | $150
A closeup invites the audience to see the smallest shifts in your thoughts, attention, and behavior. How clearly are your choices coming through?
Join Donald Elise Watkins for a hands-on workshop exploring performance within a closeup frame.
Actors will receive a workbook containing three pre-written scenes to use during the workshop. Working on our living room set, Donald will help participants explore what reads clearly on camera, offer adjustments, and guide them through applying those changes in their next take.
The studio monitor will remain on throughout the workshop so everyone can learn by watching. See how subtle choices affect a performance and how actors translate direction into a new approach.
Following the workshop, actors will receive an unlisted YouTube link to their unedited performances for further viewing and at-home evaluation.
More about Donald: Donald Elise Watkins is a Greensboro native and film and television actor whose credits include Emergency, The Underground Railroad, Fly Me to the Moon, and Black Box. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Greensboro College and a master’s degree from Louisiana State University, with a background in theatre and improvisation. A longtime supporter of in-STUDIO, Donald brings professional on-camera experience to this hands-on exploration of the closeup.
All tuition, refund, and attendance policies for this training workshop are outlined in our student handbook and available online.
There is no makeup class for this workshop, as the full class recording will be provided for any absence.
