Three years for Life
At Panorama Academy your learning progress is cultivated in tree exiting steps, each providing you with 12 months of new skills, divided into two semesters and preparing you for what’s to come. Every hour is created in a positive atmosphere and in an actors’ environment in which you can feel free, thrive, grow, and dream – whilst pushing your talent towards new horizons.
Acting is giving and getting even more back in reply. Taking part, we expect you to invest your passion, dreams and professionalism – and show courage, discipline and focus. We have room for diversity. We provide studio training, we lead the way to a strong teamwork environment for all our students, and we believe in elevating each other instead of competing. Being an entrepreneur by heart, you will not only raise your own bar, but also the performance of your fellow actors.
The school prides itself on small class sizes allowing for individual attention.
The whole program at a glance
Panorama Academy offers a Three-Year ongoing program that provides an in-depth acting training tailored to develop your vocal, physical, mental, emotional range and reach the level of professionalism the industry requires.
Year 1: FOUNDATION – Build a base.
Year 2: EXPANSION – Amplify your skills.
Year 3: CREATION – Make it real.
Each year offers workshops with guest teachers aimed at actors, directors and scriptwriters within the film and TV industry.
First Year: FOUNDATION – Build a base.
Gain experience. The first year is created for discovery and exploration – enabling you to enhance your creative center. We will be focusing on acting technique, training technique, stunt & stage fight, dance & movement, and how to set your goals. Also, you will be participating in workshops within mask work, genre & character development, improvisation & comedy and an introduction to Personal Ledership.
As a part of this year, you will be introduced to the Ivana Chubbuck Technique by certified teachers, working on enhancing vocal and physical skills as well as developing confidence in camera training and in your private life.
First Year Curriculum
- ACTING TECHNIQUE: THE CHUBBUCK TECHNIQUE – THE 12 STEPS, ACTING & TRAINING
- WORKSHOP: DANCE & MOVEMENT WORKSHOP: STUNT & STAGEFIGHT
- WORKSHOP: GENRE & CHARACTER WORKSHOP: MASK WORK
- WORKSHOP: IMPROVISATION & COMEDY
- WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTINON TO PERSONAL LEDERSHIP
Second Year: EXPANSION – Amplify your skills.
Building on the great experiences of year one, this second year will add professional preparation in real-life situations. Here you will benefit from acting training, a selftape workshop, classes in personal leadership, voice & dialect, insights into business affairs & know your business.
During the year, you and your fellow students will also be assisted by Martin Strange-Hansen in creating and acting in a web series of short films ‘From Idea to finished Film’. Martin is one time Oscar Academy Award winner and two times Oscar Academy nominee (director and scriptwriter).
Focusing on actors and writers you are encouraged to develop an interest in pre- and postproduction, screenwriting, camera work, and basic editing to enhance their overall understanding of the industry.
The series of shorts will help each student create or expand his/hers showreel. The films will be promoted on Social Media and via Panorama Academy’s annual ‘Online Film Festival’. A selection of the films will be submitted to festivals worldwide.
Also, as mentioned, in year two you will become part of a workshop in creating Selftapes & Networking (with Lene Seested – an honored member of The Oscar Academy), learn how to navigate in the professional film & TV industry as an working actor, and how to do a ‘Wauw-meeting’ in the room or online with agents, casting directors, directors, and producers.
Second Year Curriculum
- ACTING TECHNIQUE: THE CHUBBUCK TECHNIQUE – THE 12 STEPS, ACITNG & TRAINING
- A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS, assisted in creating and acting ‘From idea to finished films’ with Martin Strange-Hansen (one time Oscar Award winner and two times nominee)
- ACTING ON CAMERA
- SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
- READTHROUGH & REHEARSALS
- EDITING
- VOICE & DIALECT
- WORKSHOP: PERSONAL LEADERSHIP
- WORKSHOP: SELFTAPE & NETOWRKING
- WORKSHOP: BUSINESS AFFAIRS / KNOW YOUR BUSINESS
Third Year: CREATION – Make it real.
In year three we make it real by moving from group work to individual work. You will be creating your own short film.
A workshop and production are put into a working professional context, and you will be introduced to a leading professional in the industry (workshop / speech).
During the year you will be creating and producing you own short film ‘In Depth from idea to finished Production’. You will be directing & acting, or scriptwriting & acting. You will be working with your own network of professionals or upcoming ‘above the line’ industry people to shoot, edit, etc. the film.
The goal is for the film to be submitted to apply at other institutions such as Filmværkstedet, Super 16 + 8 and The Danish National Film School, etc., and a selection of the films will be submitted to festivals worldwide. Besides this the films are showreel material.
Third Year Curriculum
- ACTING TECHNIQUE: THE CHUBBUCK TECHNIQUE – THE 12 STEPS, ACTING & TRAINING
- IN DEPTH SHORT FILM PRODUCTION ‘CREATE & PRODUCE YOUR OWN SHORT FILM’
- ACTING ON CAMERA
- SCRIPT WRITING
- PRODUCING TOGETHER WITH YOUR NETWORK OF PROFESSIONAL OR UPCOMING INDUSTRY PEOPLE
- DIRECTING & ACTING – OR SCRIPT WRITING & ACTING
- NETWOKING, PRODUCING & TEAM WORKING WITH YOUR NETOWORK OF INDUTRY PROFESSIONALS AND / OR UPCOMING ‘ABOVE THE LINE’ PEOPLE
- SHOOT
- EDIT
- SOUND
- LIGHT
- CREDITS
- VOICE & DIALECT WORKSHOP: DESIGN, IMAGE & BUILD YOUR PACKAGE
- WORKSHOP: GOALS, NETWORKING & NEXT STEPS
- WORKSHOP: BUSINESS AFFAIRS / KNOW YOUR BUSINESS
- WORKSHOP: PERSONAL LEADERSHIP
- WORKSHOP: LEADING INDUSTRY PERSON (PRODUCER OR DIRECTOR)
Sometimes, the teaching content will be changed. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
