StarTime Studios provides in-school workshops for ages 6-12yrs and secondary schools. From physical theatre to film-making, we provide the right coaches to conduct classes that are in line with the objectives and outcomes as set out in the curricula by the NSW Department of Education.
As each school’s needs is different, we enjoy working together in order to create the best possible program, to suit your budget. All our workshops strive to provide the students and teachers with practical, take-home exercises, that can be used and built upon. We work towards a goal in each workshop, whether that be a performance, short film, dance or song. Students, teachers and parents will be please with the results of the work.
The workshop that was provided for our students enabled them to experience compiling a text type from the initial thought process through to the final filming of their work. Having a specific purpose to construct text gave them an added incentive to be fully involved at all stages of construction. The actual preparing for, and filming, on the day was an experience I encourage others to provide for their students. The students were totally absorbed. They were encouraged and extended in a supportive environment. They learnt much about the film processes. The excitement engendered was motivational in itself and has given our students a broader understanding of the genre of film as well as providing them with some initial skills in this area.
J. Faulkner
Deputy Head Junior School
St Luke’s Grammar School, Dee Why
Drama Workshops
StarTime also designs and delivers a range of Drama Workshops for primary and secondary age children. They are delivered by our pool of talented and passionate performers, who have years of experience working with children and young people. We have designed one off workshops with take home exercises or, as with the musical theatre modules, they can be delivered over a number of weeks, for more comprehensive learning; we customise according to your needs and budget. As always with StarTime Workshops, they are conducted in a fun and inspiring environment that delivers maximum learning.
Primary School
• Character creation
• Play building
• Voice training
• Scene work
• Improvisation
• Physical awareness
• Stage Craft
• Acting for camera
Secondary School
• Meisner and Practical Aesthetics
• Film Making & Script writing
• Improvisation
Casting Workshop
Please call our office on 1300 463 513, for a suggested curriculum.
Film-Making Workshops
Film-making and drama are great ways for teachers to combine many learning outcomes. Why? Because drama and storytelling is the natural way humans learn - especially children. Children are great mimics. They play-act with their parents and friends, so why not let us bring this dynamic learning to your classroom in a modern, relevant context. Drama outcomes will be assessed and integrated with your choice of Key Learning Area or theme topic.
The fundamentals of film-making and digital media will become increasingly vital for students to grasp as it becomes the preferred method of communication. Our professional artists and film makers will help students and teachers alike to apply these fundamentals in a practical, effective and creative manner.
Students will learn how to:
• Script and storyboard their ideas using dialogue, descriptions and illustrations.
• Use fun improvisation exercises to free their imaginations and create characters
• Shoot, Edit and produce their final piece for a film festival showing at their school.
• Explore the different text types including persuasive texts, procedure texts, narratives, reports, recounts and explanations.
• Produce a film, TV Show, documentary, news item, lifestyle program or Current Affairs segment based on your topic of choice from the curriculum.
Here is an example of a short film students from Bourke Street Public produced in Term 3 2010.
For more examples of films produced in our StarTime Film-making workshops click here
Hip Hop Workshops
The latest worldwide dance craze is HIP HOP and the kids are LOVING it! Don't tell them its exercise, and they may not even notice!
StarTime are specialists in hip hop workshops that integrate both fun, freeform dance with fundamental hip hop moves that they can take to a performance level... or just break out on the dance floor!
Workshops are high energy and we use popular songs that the kids know and love!
In our Hip Hop workshops students:
• Learn the basic style and form of hip hop, popping, funk and street dance
• Develop an understanding of storytelling through dance - How to bring a character, attitude and objective to their dance performance.
• Participate in Group dance battles
• Gain confidence in dance and movement
StarTime Krew (by invitation only)
StarTime Krew is our elite group of dancers and performers who compete at national and international levels. It’s not just about being a good dancer, it’s about the love of performing and being part of a team. The Krew ages range from 6 - 13yrs. The emphasis is not on their experience, but on their commitment!
To see our StarTime Krew in their latest performance at Groove Battle click here
Musical Theatre Workshops
School productions are an enormous undertaking that requires a lot of organising and creative energy. StarTime helps realise your vision, and inspire an atmosphere of fun and creativity by providing musical theatre specialists in all areas including technical and lighting design. We also provide workshops to ensure students gain maximum learning opportunities through the production process.
The modules below is approached in a variety of ways. Either as one off workshops dealing with
one particular module, or over a number of weeks. Here, we can go into more depth and cover more modules with the particularly keen students.
• Storytelling in Musical Theatre
• The Ensemble & Chorus
• Stage Craft
• Different Styles of Musical Theatre
• Characterisation
• Personalizing
• Dealing with Performance Anxiety
If you hire one of our Musical Theatre coaches to be a part of your production team they can also cover these topics while working with the various ensembles, albeit in a more ad-hoc fashion. The specialist workshops can be applied to older and younger kids with varying levels of ability.
Physical Theatre Workshops
Our brand of Physical Theatre is impulse based, evolving from the techniques developed by the great Polish theatre pioneers and practitioners, Jerzy Grotowski and Stenyevski: the actor’s ability to fully engage body, voice, mind and spirit - without the use of props, lighting or special effects. Together with the actor’s connection with their fellow actor, ensemble and audience, this form of acting creates a truly dynamic theatre and a great exercise in team building.
In our Workshop students learn:
• The fundamentals of musicality: rhythm and song as a driving force for physical action that underpins and informs storytelling.
• Mutuality forms connections with the self, one’s partner and most importantly, the ensemble.
• There is training in basic acrobatics, freeing the physical body, counterbalancing techniques, song harmonies and how to devise stories and theatre from these techniques.