Target group and prior knowledge
The course is aimed at beginners, age 18 and over, with little or no experience in screen acting. Theatre actors curious about transitioning to film/media. Anyone interested in exploring digital acting and screen presence.
Course overview
You’ll learn the essential tools and techniques of screen acting, get a grasp of digital performance, and gain insights into how film and media work from both artistic and technical perspectives.
Whether you’re aiming for work in front of the camera, curious about motion capture and green screen work, or simply want to understand how voice, body, and technology intersect in modern acting—this is the course for you.
Course contents
- Acting skills for the screen
- Text and script work
- Digital acting and media integration
- Voice and dubbing
Masterclasses – industry expertise
Two special sessions will be led by experts in the film and media industries:
- Filmmaking and directing: Understand film as a medium through the lens of a director. Learn to work collaboratively and gain insight into the artistic and technical aspects of directing and film storytelling.
- Camera, lighting, sound and editing: A masterclass designed to help actors understand the technical environment they work in. Learn how camera angles, lighting, and sound influence performance - and how to adjust your acting accordingly.
Course format
This course is taught by professional teachers who collaborate in each session to give you a well-rounded experience. You’ll benefit from dual perspectives—one rooted in acting technique, the other in directing and screen technology. The classes combine practical exercises, theory, and group work. You’ll learn by doing, observing others, and getting direct feedback in a supportive, creative environment.
Practical work and filming
Each participant will work on: performing short scenes in front of the camera, collaborating with classmates and giving peer feedback, experiencing different roles and settings: solo, duo, group.
What you leave with and continuation possibilities
- A foundational understanding of acting for camera and media.
- A chance to try dubbing, motion capture, green screen performance.
- Raw footage of your work (if consented), which you can use for your own development.
- After completing this course, you’ll be ready to continue with Acting for film – Camera on at Balettakademien, where you go deeper into scene work, script analysis, and advanced camera performance.
Kursledare
Samuele Caldognetto
Samuele Caldognetto, director, actor, and teacher. Samuele has taught both Italian and theatre at Folkuniversitetet since Autumn 2009 and is highly regarded by his students. In 2009 he also started the English-speaking theatre company of Stockholm: SEST.
Samuele was born in Milan and grew up in Italy where he studied theatre at the universities of Florence and Milan. He trained as an actor with the theatre group La Compagnia di Proteo and then went on to study directing and began working as an assistant direct in the same group. Samuele has worked with several theatre productions and has been a theatre teacher since 2002.
In 2001 he directed his first play, "La Calza idiota". In 2005 he founded the cultural association "Isenzatetti" where he is still active and for which he is the artistic director, director, actor and set designer. For three years, he directed plays at famous theatres in Milan, among them "Don Quixote & Donna quijota "," Il buio oltre il sogno "and" Happy Days" by Samuel Beckett.
Samuele moved to Stockholm in 2009 and shortly after this founded the Italian theatre group TeaterPi, whose first play "La Signorina Papillon" was performed at Teaterverket in June 2010.
Samuele Caldognetto, regissör, skådespelare och lärare
Samuele undervisar både i italienska och teater på Folkuniversitetet sedan hösten 2009 och är mycket uppskattad av sina deltagare.
Samuele föddes i Milano och är uppvuxen i Italien där han har studerat teater vid universiteten i Florens och Milano. Han började utbilda sig till skådespelare med teatergruppen La Compagnia di Proteo. De följande åren började han studera regi och började arbeta som regiassistent i samma grupp. Samuele har arbetat med flertalet teaterproduktioner och som teaterlärare från 2002.
År 2001 regisserade han sin första pjäs, ”La calza idiota. År 2005 startade han kulturföreningen ”Isenzatetti” där han fortfarande är aktiv och för vilken han är konstnärlig ledare, regissör, skådespelare och scenograf. I tre år har han satt upp pjäser vid kända teatrar i Milano som t.ex. Don quijote & Donna quijota”,” Il buio oltre il sogno” och “Happy days” av Samuel Beckett. Samuele flyttade till Stockholm 2009 och bildade kort därefter den italienska teatergruppen TeaterPi, vars första pjäs La signorina Papillon spelades upp vid Teaterverket i juni 2010.
Paolo Capelli
Paolo Capelli is a video maker and photographer who studied and developed his career in London. He has worked on many projects, including advertisements, short movies, music videos, interviews, fashion, and portraiture photography.
Paolo is a Polyglot and a musician, and he puts them together in songwriting.
Jonas Wallin
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