The master's program is structured to guide the actor from text analysis to performance on a real set. First, you will understand the script, then learn audiovisual technique, later develop your professional strategy, and finally put everything into practice in real film shoots. Each module builds upon the previous one, ensuring a coherent, progressive, and market-applicable learning experience.
1st) Analysis and Breakdown of Film Scripts for Actors
Professor: María Ripoll. Spanish film director. Her movie Ahora o nunca, was considered the second most viewed Spanish feature film directed by a woman in the history of Spanish cinema.
María Ripoll was nominated in 2000 for the Goya Award for Best New Director, in 2021 she was nominated for the ALMA Award for Best Film Director and won the Best Supporting Actress category in the same event, and won the 2014 Gaudí Awards for Best Picture (Rastros de sándalo) among other professional achievements.
Duration: 27 h – 9 sessions
Main content: narrative, objectives, obstacles, character arcs, subtext, beats, emotional continuity, sequence analysis, and the relationship between script and camera.
2nd) Audiovisual Acting Module
Professors: Assumpta Serna and Scott Cleverdon
Assumpta Serna is a Spanish actress and international film acting teacher. She has received over 25 international awards for her roles in 115 films and 47 TV characters over the past 43 years... 27 leading roles, in 6 different languages.
She has worked in 20 countries with prestigious directors such as Pedro Almodóvar, Jorge Grau, Carlos Saura, Pilar Miró, Pedro Olea, Scott McGehee, Sam Fuller, David Siegel, Andrew Fleming, Oliver Hirschbiegel, or M. Luisa Bemberg. In 2019, she was recognized as a Honorary Member of the Catalan Film Academy.
Scott Cleverdon was born and raised in Edinburgh, where he attended Broughton High School. He later studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, one of the UK's most prestigious institutions for the performing arts.
In 1994, he provided the voice for Cletus Kasady / Carnage in the animated series Spider-Man, an interpretation that marked a milestone in his career. In 2008, he starred in the movie Ecstasy, a film adaptation of The Undefeated, a story included in Irvine Welsh's successful novel Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.
From 2011, he portrayed Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba in the international series Borgia.
Duration: 66 h – 11 sessions
Content: interpretative theory and practice, audiovisual techniques, scene analysis, demo reel, professional presence, audiovisual ethics, AI applied to actors, film shoots, and performance analysis.
3rd) Personal Branding for Actors
Professor: Cristina Brondo
Cristina Brondo is an actress with a successful career; she started working in advertising at the age of 14 and made her television debut at 16 in Poblenou (TV3), where she became popular as Claudia. She later starred in 16 dobles and trained at Nancy Tuñón's school, in addition to studying under Manuel Lillo and Eulàlia Blasi.
In film, she debuted as an actress in La camisa de la serpiente and appeared in El far, Entre las piernas, and Lola vende cá, a role for which she did intense fieldwork in the La Mina neighborhood. She also appeared in the international production Una casa de locos. In 2004, she starred in Hipnos, playing a young psychologist in a psychological horror thriller.
Duration: 27 h – 9 sessions
Content: professional identity, positioning, demo reel, social media, networking, self-production, professional communication, and individual action plan.
4th) Casting
Professor: To be determined
Duration: 18 h – 6 sessions
Content: casting process, self-tapes, improvisation, director communication, audition preparation, common mistakes, languages, and real simulations.
5th) Final Project and Filming
Duration: 18 h – 6 sessions
Content: preparation, professional shoot, technical planning, emotional continuity, material analysis, and final presentation to instructors.
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