Séamus McNally / On Camera Workshops
Seamus McNally is a New York/Berlin-based filmmaker. He coaches/teaches actors and advises directors for Feature Films and Television worldwide. Recent projects include : Orange is the New Black, The Night Of, Roots, Black Mirror,
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, American Rust, Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Guy Ritchie), Book of Clarence (Jeymes Samuel).
Seamus co-directed the feature film Intet (Nothing) with Trine Piil, nominated for two "Roberts" (Best Youth Film and Best Adapted Screenplay) by The Danish Film Academy.
His short films including: To Paint the Portrait of a Bird, The Hypnotist, Sketches of Honey, Good Old Days, Exchange Place, and an excerpt from Mike Leigh’s Ecstasy, have premiered at Cannes, Montreal, Woodstock, Mill Valley, and won Best Short Film at the final NY/Avignon Film Festival.
He is currently in post-production in Berlin, with both a feature film he's written and directed, called: Tour One (cast primarily with actor's from his workshops), and a documentarywhich he's been making for seven years, called: Kokorev's Trial.
Séamus is almost on a daily basis called upon to serve actors (and directors) at the top of their field in delivering some of their most convincing, nuanced work, often with very little time to prepare.
His on-camera scene study intensive is designed and proven to provide working actors with an effective, clearly defined system for creating specific, high-stakes, inspired scene work. This objective is achieved with great economy to meet the challenging demands of today’s industry.
Actors are first guided through carefully chosen scripted material, applying a complex but accessible system of analysis. For the first days of his Workshops, Séamus examines the needs of the material and how each actor may best serve them, with an emphasis on Actions. On the final day, the scenes are captured on camera under Seamus’ direction, and then played back. Actors receive constructive, illuminating feedback on their work.
Ultimately actors participating in his workshops leave with a solidified and elevated connection to their craft, and a refreshed confidence in their ability to deliver exceptional work on set.
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