Advanced Scene Study
The Scene Study Experience:
This class applies the principles of script analysis with great specificity.
Troy Ruptash and Presciliana Esparolini will lead you through a process that begins with the author’s intent and will take you through the collaborative effort that is building backstory and a fully realized, emotionally truthful character.
Emphasis will be placed on emotional memory and imagery from backstory preparation. We will get very detailed in how to apply this technique, always starting with the text and emotional “intention”: the emotional backstory created in the imagination based on the text that is conjured/recalled/ignited by the words themselves.
The first class of this series is a two-hour lecture on the principles of script analysis, so bring your journals! There will be a short scene presented to highlight some of the concepts introduced.
Deborah Aquila will be presenting this lecture, with Troy Ruptash, during the first class. Troy Ruptash and Presciliana Esparolini will be the primary instructors for the rest of the session.
Students will work with Presciliana and Troy as they learn to apply the basics of text analysis to build emotionally truthful characters.
Teaching Assistant: Kelly McCall
*All new students must email submission materials to be approved for class. Please send materials to officeadmin@theaquilastudio.com.
*All Core Classes are on a rolling 6 week cycle for the year. Please see the next available session below.
Class dates for 2024: Tuesdays, 7:00-10:00pm PST - ALL CLASSES WILL BE HYBRID (Students may choose in-person or on zoom)
Jan 9 - Feb 13
Mar 5 - Apr 9
May 21 - June 25
Jul 23 - Aug 27
Sept 17 - Oct 22
Nov 5 - Dec 17 (no class Nov 26)
*Class dates are subject to change
ADVANCED SCENE STUDY with Troy Ruptash and Presciliana Esparolini
Advanced Scene Study - $550 in-person // $450 online - 6-week course
The Scene Study Experience:
Discovering what is behind the words is a collaborative effort that starts with you and the author. We start with the themes, the big ideas, in the scripts we explore in class. From there we build the world, the backstory and the emotional core of the character.
*All new students must email submission materials to be approved for class. Please send materials to officeadmin@theaquilastudio.com.
*All Core Classes are on a rolling 6-week cycle for the year.
Our courses/intensives are a learning experience. It is not an audition or employment opportunity. When the course/intensive is over, the instructor teaching this course/intensive will not be taking home, nor be given access to your headshot, resume, or any of your other promotional materials.As we are an educational institution, the use of the studio and faculty’s names and likenesses for any professional or personal purposes without our permission is strictly prohibited.