Intensive Courses
WITH EFFORT PRODUCTIONS
INTENSIVE COURSES
IN CHARACTER ANALYSIS/MOVEMENT PSYCHOLOGY
Intructor: James Kemp
Dates: Saturdays 18th & 25th September 2025, 10AM-6PM
Price: £245
Venue: St. John The Evangelist, Queen's Dr, Finsbury Park, London N4 2LW, United Kingdom
An intensive course covering the same curriculum as our 5 week Beginners Course.
In this programme you will be introduced to a theory and practice which breaks down all expressive movements into their constituent parts and links them to the deep seated psychological impulses which underpin them. From these building blocks ‘character’ can be constructed, either from scratch as a creative act, or from a close analysis of an already existing script as an act of accurate and imaginative interpretation.
This programme is aimed at participants new to this work, by the end of it the attendees will have begun the process of reading the world around them through this work, linking the psychological with the physical and the physical with the psychological.
The work is theoretically complex, but practically very simple, it provides any actor, whether blessed by a surfeit, or struggling with a modicum of talent a way of applying themselves that will invariably improve the depth of their work and provide a stimulating series of physical questions to ask themselves which inspires their histrionic imaginations to greater heights than they knew before.
We will discuss, explore and work on the following areas during these classes:
Action & Effort
The 4 Mental Factors
The 4 Motion Factors
The 8 Working Actions
The 6 Inner Attitudes (Character Types)
The 4 Externalised Drives.
This series of classes serve as an introduction to the 'Yat Book', it entails an explanation of the core principles of the work and how they are applied to the actor's craft.
"I am a strong believer that even a little knowledge of the work can go a long way, and that anyone should be able to take something from the classes which they could immediately apply to their work on stage or off, in front of the camera or behind, or for that matter as a member of an audience watching actors and drama.
At the heart of the work is the concept that we think with our bodies.
That our bodies are revelatory of our inner workings, our psyche, of our thoughts and feelings. Therefore if we could learn to harness and manifest our inner sensations and in a precise way control and express them through our bodies we would be able to share every inner desire, want, thought or emotion wtih a watching audience. And in turn that audience would be able to 'read' our thoughts, to 'read' our character and be thoroughly engaged in our dramatic lives."
— JAMES KEMP