ONE TIME ONLY taught together by Marei Annis & Lucas Rue

Become the actor you always wanted to be.
Get ready to launch your acting career – NOW!
Put together your resume, headshots and showreel along with a solid, actionable plan on how to turn your acting dreams into reality.

Included In the Class

• Headshots
• Showreel (2 original scenes written, filmed and edited for you)
• 3 Acting Clips (existing material, filmed to highlight your individual strengths and casting)
• Industry standard resume
• Career action plan
• Slack space to communicate with classmates, alumni and tutor between sessions, ask questions and track your progress
• 22 group classes
• 1 career consultation private session
• 6 months of intensive training tailored towards success in the international film industry
• Guidance through a personal project

Schedule:

START February 13th 2026
END July 24th 2026

*during some weeks there will be no class to give extra time for preparation in between

Fixed time:
Fridays 7:00pm-9:30pm group class

Flexible times to be scheduled individually:

• Headshot session
• Showreel scene shoots
• 2nd scene rehearsals
• One on one coaching sessions

Solidify your very own vision, define clearly what you want. Then show the world what you have to give. Capture the very essence of your talent in a two scene showreel, three acting clips and stunning headshots and equip yourself with all the knowledge you can carry about how to make your mark. Become the actor you always wanted to be.

In this six-month training program, you will not just work on your skills, polish your acting, create a showreel and a plan towards realising your wildest dreams. You will actively begin putting this plan in motion!

If you see your future self as an actor, working professionally on an international level, now is the time to get serious. Big goals require big commitments. Don’t wait for an opportunity to be given to you – step up and take it!

This class is for:

• Actors at any level of training, who are committed to making acting their full time career (in an international or English speaking market)
• Professional actors, who are looking to move or expand their career to the US, UK or Europe
• Anyone who wants to elevate their acting skills from hobby to profession
• Trained professional actors, who lack business skills
• Actors, who lack demo material, headshots, resume and showreel

If you have questions before signing up, please email [email protected]

Some career achievements of previous students include:

• Acceptance to further training at highly valued international institutions (e.g. RADA)
• Booking feature film roles in independent and commercial international productions in Japan and abroad
• Lead roles in stage productions (from self-produced to big stage musical anime adaptations)
• Production of own stage and short film productions

Headshot examples (from the previous class):

Showreel Scene Examples (from previous classes):

Acting Clip Examples (from previous classes):

Class content breakdown

Business

• Identifying your type
• Pitching
• Networking
• Acting career business coaching
• Identifying your goals and taking specific action towards them
• Understanding the needs of the industry (focus on international market) in 2026

Acting

• Identifying your strengths
• Choosing your ideal casting
• Perfecting two short scenes and three clips to highlight your talent
• Working on set, understanding film language
• Setting and achieving clear goals
• Trusting your intuition

Personal Growth

• Building resilience and confidence
• Adapting to pressure and competition
• Keeping the dream alive when things get tough
• Dreaming big enough to get you motivated
• Self care, health and balance
• Understanding the BIG WHY

Questions that you’ll learn the answer to:

• What is my type?
• Who would cast me and why?
• How can I find more opportunities?
• How should I present myself to directors, agents, managers, casting directors and producers?
• Which market, city and country is right for me? And how do I get there?
• What do I want out of my acting career?
• Which steps do I need to take to reach my goals?
• What skills do I have, what skills do I still need to work on?
• What are my biggest strengths & weaknesses as an actor?
• How do I turn acting into my full time, paid job?
• Why have I not succeeded so far?
• Is my dream achievable? (spoiler: it is! Let’s find out what it takes!)

Price:

¥350,000 (6 months)
(OR installment plan 60,000¥ per month)

About Marei Annis

Marei Annis started the acting department at ELFS Japan in 2019. She runs her own independent production company AVA – All Visions Align and has produced, written, directed and starred in a variety of film and stage productions in Japan, Germany, London and Los Angeles.
Her teaching technique is a fusion of influences compiled from her experiences across all creative aspects of filmmaking and acting as well as life- and business coaching.

Amongst many others she studied with Monika Gossmann (Iron Sky, Mank), Lisa Pescia (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld) and Bernard Hiller (coach of Cameron Diaz, Michelle Pfeiffer,…). She has produced five feature films, wrote and directed several plays, a webseries and various short films. She also trained in “Contextual Coaching” (NLP and RET based) for a deeper understanding of how to reach and empower students on an individual level.
Marei’s approach to teaching always begins with the student as an individual and focuses most on finding and refining the talent, experience and passion that’s already there – then taking it to the next level.

About Lucas Rue

Lucas studied in ESRA (Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle) in PARIS. After his graduation in 2006, he worked on more than 60 films (Short Films, Music Videos, Documentaries, TV Shows and Feature Films) as Director, Assistant Director, Director of Photography, Cameraman and Gaffer.

Lucas studied acting alongside two of the most famous acting coaches in the U.S (Bob Mc Andrew and Susan Batson). Being their assistant and cameraman for 4 years, he acquired the skills he needed to pursue his work as filmmaker. As he was continuously working on film set, Lucas had eventually the opportunity to teach in one of the most prestigious acting school in Paris, “L’Entrée des Artistes” directed by Olivier BELMONDO. As “acting on screen” teacher for this institution for more than ten years, Lucas developed and sharpened his own method of teaching acting.

In 2017, he moved to Japan to continue his work as acting coach and filmmaker.