The training we do at The Film Practice is geared toward performance (speakers, presenters, actors) in live and on-camera events and productions. We train new as well as experienced performers. Several of the new...

Actor: Christie Monteleone Acclimation to the camera is one of the benefits of the training we're doing. Every time The Film Practice meets, we work at being present, being ourselves, engaging with and advancing our...

The work the actors have been doing this Fall is going wonderfully. Everyone is advancing, getting stronger and making strides toward getting work. Several people are either in film projects or are exploring avenues...

<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/64483234">Chekhov Film Project 2013</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user314552">Dan Cordle</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> I'm thrilled to be returning to the Graduate Acting Program at NYU to direct "The Three Sisters" for next year's Chekhov Film Project....

 On Monday we finished the last of the summer on-camera acting workshops at the John DeSotelle Studio and I'm thrilled with the way they went. Seeing the actors work and the advances they made...

We're in our last week of the first round of workshops and have completed filming two more scenes. The first was the excellent bedroom scene from "Good Will Hunting". The script for "Good Will...

Yesterday was our first session and it was a great success.  We worked on a scene from Todd Solondz' screenplay "Happiness". I've used this scene before in on-camera workshops and am always impressed by...

Only six days until the first workshop. The group for the On-Camera and Cross-Training workshops is small, so we've decided to not only do everything we were going to do, but also create a...

Dan Cordle was the instructor, director and cinematographer of this year's Chekhov Film Project at the Graduate Acting Program, New York University. The purpose of the project was to instruct actors in on-camera acting and...