Character Creation for Gaming & Motion Capture w/ Trine Jensen & Michael Orenstein

$325 Online Class

About This Workshop:

In this 3-week class Michael Orenstein and Trine Jensen join forces for a fun ride into character creation for mocap.

You will be using your body as a quick and instinctual path to finding the unique physicality and voice of a variety of characters and creatures resulting in solid character creation. You’ll be introduced to some stable acting methods such as Strasberg and Alexander technique applied to the new medium of motion and performance capture.

** Cameras are mandatory for class intros

About Your Instructor:

Michael Karl Orenstein is an actor, voice over artist, writer and stand-up comedian. He studied acting and dance at the University of Michigan. Michael has toured throughout North America as a comedian, working with such notables as Tim Allen, Drew Carey and Adam Sandler. He taught improvisation and character creation for several years at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles. Aside from voicing numerous commercials over the past 15 years, his voice can be heard in popular games, including World of Warcraft, Grand Theft Auto, Payday 2, World War Z, Smite, Heroes of Newerth, and Desperados III.

Trine Jensen teaches workshops in the US and Europe on acting in new technology such as voiceover for games and animation. She is known for approaching character creation from the body and how to create context when none is given for voice over in Games. Trine is an experienced voice over and theatre director, and occasional performer. She holds a BFA in Theatre from New World School of the Arts. In addition to directing and performing, Trine brings her many years as a healer to her acting coaching, helping actors achieve breakthroughs in their performances.

Class is limited to 10 students. 18 and over. Reserve your spot now! 

See you online!

*** This online workshop will be hosted and recorded in Zoom. You will receive a link to the video of the workshop the following day. If for any reason you can not make the date/ time you will still be able to view the entire workshop with the recorded video. Due to limited seats, payment is only refundable up to 72 hours before the event. Up to 48 hours before the event payment is nonrefundable, but may be rolled over to the next date of the same class, or another currently scheduled class. Any cancellation less than 48 hours before the event, payment will be forteited.