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Veenu Sandhu

Sessional Instructor

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Bio

Veenu Sandhu is an actor, writer and director originally from Dawson Creek, B.C., which is the ancestral land of the Cree, Dane-Zaa, Saulteau, Sikanni and Slavey First Nations. She has been acting on stage, in film and TV since 2007, and is also a Senior Instructor at Vancouver Film School.

24/25 Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Film + Screen Arts FMSA 220 26/SP

Description

Acting is foundational to most dramatic live action and animation media creation. This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to acting, improvisation, and technical basics for students working with film, media arts, animation, performance and/or interdisciplinary forms. The course highlights the creative impact of performance and its capacity for transformation and puts the student in the role of actor as creator. Through immersion and experience as actors, students will explore improvisation, physical movement, body language, and voice development to generate character creation and development. Students will learn and apply language and techniques to create and improve performance, audition and rehearsal procedures. Teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations, class exercises, workshops, scene study and games.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Animation ANIM 221 26/SP

Description

This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to acting, improvisation, and technical basics for animation students. This course puts the student in the role of actor as creator. Acting is foundational to most dramatic live action and animation media creation, as it highlights the creative impact of performance and its capacity for transformation. Through immersion and experience as actors, students will learn language and techniques to improve performance, audition and rehearsal procedures. Improvisation, physical movement, body language, and voice development will be explored in character creation and development. Teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations, class exercises, workshops, scene study and games.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.