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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
• 3 career consultation private sessions (1h each)
• 6 months of intensive training tailored towards success in the international film industry
• Guidance through a personal project

Schedule:

START January 25th 2024
END July 25th 2024

Fixed time:

Thursdays 6:00pm-8:30pm group class*
(during weeks when the “Making The Short Film” class is in session, there is no class)

Flexible times to be scheduled individually:

• Headshot session
• Showreel scene shoots
• Individual clip recordings
• One on one coaching sessions
• Reel editing session

Course Description

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] to book a free 30 minute info session at the ELFS Japan office!

Some recent career achievement highlights of students previously enrolled in this class include:

• Main cast member of “The Prince of Tennis – Musical”
• Support roles in feature film “Tokyo, I Love You”
• Support roles in feature film “Eastbound Traffic”
• Voicing a character in animated webseries “Open Mic Night”
• Multiple lead roles in theatre productions (Tokyo International Players, independent production of “Becky Shaw”…)
• Participation in “Manila Improv Festival” as part of improv group “Pirates of Tokyo Bay”

Headshot examples (from the previous class):

Showreel Scene Examples (from the previous class):

Acting Clip Examples (from the previous class):

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 2023

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 produced two feature films, wrote and directed several plays, a webseries and various short films and currently has one of her feature film scripts and a TV pilot in development under a production company in Hollywood. 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.