The Actor’s Journey

The Actor’s Journey

Blank Stage Studios uses the works of Joseph Campbell and Christopher Voglar as fuel for intense improv acting workshops.

Actors from across the city are selected and meet up on a weekly basis to workshop and discuss the classic mythos, the character archetypes and complex plot outlines proposed by these two great thinkers.  We apply the structure to various genres and we are discovering new and exciting storytelling elements that we bring back to the screenwriting team here at the studio.  Soon the acting team will be performing for the screenwriter’s themselves and later for investors looking to get involved with the next Blank Stage Production.

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For the actor this is offers a unique opportunity to learn and explore all the different archetypes and experiment with them all.  It can also be a rare opportunity to see how a writer needs to think, how to create real momentum and propel character and story arcs.

Owner of Blank Stage Productions, Brent Brooks has served as a Director and Executive Producer in the film and television industry for well over 12 years with commercial work appearing on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and “Regis and Kelly”.

Art of Suicide, winner of the “Best Underground Film” award at last year’s Indie Fest, is Brooks’ second independent feature film and showcases his talent as an “actor’s director”. Brooks was also honored with a “Davey Award” by the International Academy of the Visual Arts for his documentary The Artisan Resource Center: A Creative Enterprise.

Using the story structure outlined in “Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero’s Journey” Brooks has pioneered a new film brainstorming technique called “ImprovAstorm”. Brent also manages “The Blank Page” screenwriting meetings and the “Under Budget”, producer’s meetings.

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