Creating Compelling Characters
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What you'll learn
Course content
Course Description
Tailor your acting career path with our Career Strategy Sessions. Choose from 20 or 40-minute sessions to discuss potential auditions or broader career strategies, receiving tailored advice that aligns with your personal goals and industry trends.
Personalized advice to shape your acting career, from auditions to long-term strategies.
your teacher
Greg Apps celebrates 52 years in the film industry this year. As an actor, he worked across stage, radio, television, and film, appearing in Sunday Too Far Away, Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, and Mad Dog Morgan alongside Denis Hopper. On stage, he played Brad in the original Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show—and claims his legs still look great in fishnets.
As a casting director, Greg has cast over 85 feature films, including Chopper, Romper Stomper, Mission Impossible II, and Knowing. He served on the Australian Film Institute Board for seven years and was named one of the 20 Most Influential People in the Australian Film Industry by IF Magazine in 2004. He was also the inaugural President of the Casting Guild of Australia.
A passionate educator, Greg has taught at NIDA, WAAPA, QUT, VCA, Flinders Uni, and more. He has pioneered a unique approach to actor self-tapes, blending digital tools, social media, and his deep expertise in acting, casting, and auditioning.
What do they say?
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I learned so much about the audition process. Greg’s tools and enlightening observations from a CDs pov, helped release blocks I had remembering lines. I found Creating Compelling Characters course invaluable. Not only on screen, but I also learned to promote myself in the cyber world too. Very empowering.
Greg’s guidance, constructive feedback and generosity is second to none.
The structure of this course kept me inspired and challenged. Greg’s encouragement to break ‘the rules’ and create the freedom to build my characters for the auditioning space was liberating.
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The Creating Compelling Characters course has been a game changer for my career. Both Robyn and Greg’s guidance and encouragement are second to none and I have learnt more in the last 6 weeks than I have in years of acting classes. I am now eagerly awaiting Self Tape School and urge anyone who is considering signing up to get to it ASAP!
A very well organized, structured and delivered course. Giving you clear goals and how to's towards development & capturing Compelling Characters. The feedback provided by Greg Apps is personalized, supportive and constructive. Greg Apps years of experience and expertise is evident as he efficiently delivers vast useful knowledge.
