Course curriculum

    1. SKS Drama Course Workbook

    1. The Business - Intro

    2. The Business - Sub Genre

    3. The Business - Writers/Producers

    4. The Business - Cable Vs Network Vs Streaming

    1. Hallmark 1 - Pot Of Boiling Water

    2. Hallmark 2 - Lasering In

    3. Hallmark 3 - Thoughts

    1. Scene attachments - Notes About The Scenes and What To Prepare

    1. Ch: 1 Tone

    2. Ch 2: Character Function

    3. Ch 3: Arc

    4. Ch 4: Relationship

    5. Ch 5: Tonal Shifts

    6. Ch 6: Specificity of Language

    7. Ch 7: Punctuation

    8. Ch 8: Consider The Shot

    9. Ch 9: Taped Examples of The Private Practice Scene

    1. Ch 1: Arc

    2. Ch 1.5 Find Your Function

    3. Ch 2: Page Numbers

    4. Ch 3: New Truth

    5. Ch 4: Tonal Shifts

    6. Ch: 5 Specificity of Language

    7. Ch 6: Punctuation

    8. Ch 7: Physicality

    9. Ch 8: Eyelines

    10. Ch 9: Consider the Shot

    11. Ch 10: Taped Example of the NCIS scene

About this course

  • $150.00
  • 30 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Welcome to The SKS
Dramatic Bootcamp

Where we uncover tried and true dramatic techniques that will guarantee you a beautifully crafted performance - EVEN if you got the audition 17 hours ago!

We will illuminate clues in the script that are hiding in plain sight!!

We break down the business side of things that should and will inform your acting choices going forward. A smart actor is a working actor.

  • Dramatic on camera acting technique

  • Understanding genre and sub-genre

  • Identifying and embodying tone

  • Script Analysis - understanding your function

  • Making text-based choices

  • The business - how scripted drama has changed and what is currently being produced

Meet Your Instructor!

Colleen Foy

Colleen began studying with Stan in 2007 and credits the SKS technique for helping her bridge the gap between her theatre training and the world of tv and film. She pulls from her direct experience of auditioning, booking, and being written for - and passes that knowledge along to her students. Colleen Foy Studio Director & Lead Teacher Television credits include recurring roles on STATION 19, QUANTUM LEAP, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL, STRANGE ANGEL, and Sundance's THIS CLOSE, guest starring roles on 9-1-1: LONESTAR, CODE BLACK, TACOMA FD, BONES, CSI:CYBER, FRANKLIN & BASH, COLD CASE, CRIMINAL MINDS, CASTLE, and THE CLIENT LIST, among others. In 2007, she made her feature film debut in the Academy Award winning film THERE WILL BE BLOOD, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day-Lewis.