Have you known for a long time that you want to be an actor r actress and you don’t know how to achieve it? Don’t you know how to prepare yourself?
Don’t you know how to prepare yourself? Don’t worry, because in this article we will guide you about the studies you need to become an actor or actress , the best way to prepare yourself and enjoy the magic of acting at the same time. Acting is totally vocational. If you know or suspect that this is your passion, don’t miss the following tips.
Studies required to become an actor or actress
The necessary and effective studies to become an actor or actress are those that train you in the 3 disciplines. Acting, singing and dancing. You can study a degree in Performing Arts, although if it is the textual specialty you would lack the knowledge to be a complete actor or actress.
On the other hand, if you opt for the dual degree in Dramatic Art and Performing Arts at ESAEM, specializing in Musical Theatre, you will undoubtedly end up prepared to tackle any type of character and format. In addition, you will obtain an officially recognized higher degree.
Photography: student of the ESAEM Degree in Dramatic and Performing Arts.
With the experience you will acquire studying this degree, you will be able to develop your work as an actor on the sets of the best audiovisual productions and on the stages of the most prestigious theatres of textual and musical plays.
In addition, the official higher degree will accredit you to access to work as a teacher in higher schools of Dramatic and Performing Arts, both public and private ones. The Degree in Dramatic and Performing Arts consists of 4 academic years, and theoretical subjects such as Dramatic Literature, History, Costumes, Theory of Performance or Dramaturgy.
It also includes practical subjects, such as Interpretation Techniques, Audiovisual Interpretation, Musical Interpretation, Music, Stage Direction, Singing, Vocal Technique, Flamenco, Classical Dance, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz, etc.
Do not worry about the preparation for castings, in ESAEM we also take care that our students of the dual degree are properly trained and to give everything in the casts for the characters that they are summoned for. The school also chooses its best students to present to the castings of the best series, movies and musical and textual plays.
In order to be prepared for the Dual Degree in Dramatic and Performing Arts (AD + AE) ESAEM offers its Baccalaureate of Performing Arts. However, this line of official education is also accessible to students who wish to pursue other university studies after obtaining their Baccalaureate certificate.
Photography: students of the ESAEM Degree in Dramatic and Performing Arts during a shooting.
The Baccalaureate of Performing Arts is also official, and ESAEM is the only private centre in Andalusia which offers it. The main subjects studied in this line of education are Audiovisual Culture, Music, Performing Arts, Artistic Foundations, Literature, Language, English, French, History, Philosophy and Physical Education.
ESAEM’s Baccalaureate of Performing Arts students have exclusive access to the preparatory line of training, a line of training that allows them to reach the dual degree with a foundation in certain subjects to better develop their skills. Acting, singing and dancing. The work on acting technique in front of the camera, among other subjects, is a discipline that is worked on in depth in this line of teaching, which is offered along the first and second years of Baccalaureate.
If you want to start at an early age enjoying and developing your talent in the Performing Arts, it is best to start your training as soon as possible.
The youngest children have their first contact with the Performing Arts through this training, especially through games. There are children who start being actors and actresses at a very young age, as is the case of some ESAEM students, who after studying at the school have played characters in musical theatre, film and television.
Photography: short film by students of the ESAEM Degree in Dramatic and Performing Arts.
Other recommended studies to become an actor or actress
You can also keep learning in order to become an actor or actress and train in the Performing Arts Summer Camps. These courses will allow you to make contact with the Performing Arts for the first time or to perfect your technique in acting, hip hop, flamenco, ballet, singing, etc. And above all, having an incredible time, having fun in Malaga, next to the beach, which is the area where ESAEM is located.
You will meet a lot of friends from all the cities of Spain and some from other countries, and you will share this unforgettable adventure. You will also meet people like you with whom you will share the dream and passion to become a great actress or actor. Who knows, maybe in a few years you’ll end up working together in a series in trend. Dreams come true at ESAEM! Here you will have all our teachers at your disposal to help you.
Photography: musical students of the ESAEM Degree in Dramatic and Performing Arts.
Do you need different studies to be a film actor than a theatre actor?
Many young people wonder what they have to study to become an actor or actress in cinema, and whether this training is the same as that recommended to work in theatre.
Obviously cinema and theatre are different means of expression, and as such, to work in one or the other field the technique that needs to be learned is different. However, this does not mean that the studies required to become a cinema actor or actress must be taken in a school different from the one that provides training for performers who want to work in theatre. It is important for you to know that the same centre can teach both types of interpretation.
Photography: short film by students of the ESAEM Degree in Dramatic and Performing Arts.
The ideal thing is to enroll in aschool that works on stage acting for theatre and in front of the camera. That is, audiovisual interpretation to learn how to perform acting in cinema or fiction on television and platforms such as Netflix and HBO, which today are becoming more and more popular commercially. What’s more, the ideal school is the one that teaches acting for any medium, dance and singing, and that trains its students by integrating these 3 disciplines.
Studies to become a dubbing actor
If you have doubts and millions of questions about the required studies to become an actor or actress, the necessary training to work as a dubbing actor has probably also caused you more than one headache.
It is logical, because finding out what you have to study to become a dubbing actor or actress can be even more difficult, since it is a more unknown field. To become a great dubbing actor or actress, it is necessary to educate your voice. Modulate it, know how to place it, and above all concentrate the interpretation on your voice without expressing yourself with your body, because obviously the spectator can not see it. All the emotional, dramatic and comic charge must be expressed only with the voice in order to arouse emotions through it.
Photo: voice lessons with the vocal coach of “Operación Triunfo” Mamen Márquez at ESAEM.
You do not have to worry about the studies you need to become a dubbing actor or actress if the school you choose to train is a good one, because these studies will be integrated into the academic program. Just make sure that the curriculum includes subjects that work on the voice, such as vocal technique or singing. And of course, as mentioned before, make sure you are in the hands of teachers with solid previous professional experience.
Come and study at ESAEM to become the actor or actress you dream of.
If you want to enroll in the best school that provides the necessary studies to become the actor or actress you dream of, ESAEM can help you. In addition to teaching the disciplines of acting, singing and dance integrated into the same academic program, our institution has the best professionals in the entertainment industry, musical, textual and audiovisual theatreso that our students receive the best training.
ESAEM has also become an international artistic reference, building bridges for its students to work in top level productions both nationally and internationally.
Photography: ESAEM dancers at the Goya Awards Ceremony
ESAEM students have worked in shows as important as the Goya Awards ceremony, musical theatre plays in the Gran Via in Madrid, London, or the Soho Theatre of Antonio Banderas, one of the mentors of the school who is often seen in our classrooms and hallways, or casting in the ESAEM theatre.
Our students also work in some of the most recognized Netflix series worldwide, national television, cinema and even advertising campaign shoots. In ESAEM it is also common for our students to shoot video clips for renowned artists with our choreographers Lena Zafra and Borja Rueda, who combine their teaching at the school with work in the industry and tours with international artists. If you are looking for a school that allows you to fulfill your dreams, do not hesitate and contact us. We are waiting for you :)))
I have more than twenty years working in the communication sector. I know very well the functioning of radio, press and television. I have directed, supervised and presented radio and television programs of different kinds, interviews, musicals, magazines, etc. In recent years I have been in charge of writing and distributing to national and international media all the written and audiovisual content generated by the Escuela Superior de Artes Escénicas de Málaga (ESAEM).
Together with a great group of professionals at my side, I have been in charge of the news that have emerged through the large number of artists who have been protagonists of our shows (Rosalia, Antonio Banderas, India Martinez, Madonna, Pastora Soler, Ruth Lorenzo, etc …) and all events that have happened in this school. This has always generated great media interest, thanks not only to the good work of this school, but also to the close relationship that this school has with Antonio Banderas. Castings, press conferences, interviews, recordings, etc. of numerous artistic works of the most international actor from Malaga have taken place here.
