CAMERA
The class no one else is teaching.
4 Weeks · In-Person · $400 Enrollment includes 1:1 Consultation
You've heard it a hundred times. When it comes to on-camera acting, the notes are always the same.
"Smaller."
"Do less."
"Be more natural."
But it's wrong.
On-Camera acting isn't about doing less. It's about knowing what the frame needs from you.
Film and television actors have to be truthful, specific, and technically fluent. The camera reads thought. The lens shapes meaning. The frame turns choies into storytelling.
Most actors are never taught this.
CAMERA does.
WHY CAMERA FEELS DIFFERENT
Most actors spend years learning how to be “good actors” and almost no time learning how acting changes on camera.
Those skills are related, but they are not the same.
The camera has opinions. The frame makes demands. The lens creates subtext. Shot size changes behavior. Eyelines matter. Continuity matters. Your work has to be emotionally alive, but it also has to land clearly on screen.
That’s what this class is built to teach.
Over four weeks, you’ll learn what the camera is actually asking of you and how to meet it — in auditions, on set, and in the edit.
By the end, you won’t just have a better idea of on-camera acting. You’ll understand what’s needed of you to deliver it.
SHOOT IT. WATCH IT BACK. SHOOT IT AGAIN.
This is where everything clicks.
You’ll work a scene from current film/TV material and put the technique into practice on camera — with lights, multiple cameras, real on-set adjustments, and a rough edit delivered to your inbox.
Then we watch it back.
You’ll see what the camera caught, what it missed, where the frame helped you, and where your habits got in the way. Brian gives specific notes on your on-camera technique, and then you shoot again with adjustments.
The next week, you repeat the process: same material, sharper choices, stronger technique, second edit.
Two shoots. Two edits. Two rounds of feedback.
By the end of Week Three, you’ll have a before-and-after you can actually see on screen.
SELF-TAPES, TOO
The self-tape unit works the same way.
We explore how the principles and techniques from set translate to your self-tape auditions. You’ll tape current material, watch it back, get on-camera-specific notes, and tape again.
That means the progress is visible there too — not just in a scene exercise, but in the kind of work actors are actually doing every week.
By the time you leave CAMERA, you’ll have been on camera four times with feedback.
That kind of on-screen feedback loop is something most actors almost never get. You don’t get dailies. You wait months to see the final product (if you ever get footage at all). And even then, you’re only seeing one finished version, not the different versions that teach you what actually changed.
In CAMERA, you do.
YOU'RE READY FOR THIS
CAMERA is for actors who want to build and hone their on-camera technique. If you've completed CRAFT or are enrolled in ongoing class, you're ready.
Camera is for your if:
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You're serious about an on-camera TV/Film career
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You've done theater / improv / scene study but never learned the technical side
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You send off your audition tapes feeling like something was missing
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You long for a repeatable process you can trust
Not sure if you're ready? We can figure it out together. Schedule your Consultation with $50 deposit and if it's not the right fit, we'll refund your deposit after the session.
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4 Weeks · One session per week
In-Person · North Hollywood
10 Actors Max
$400 · $50 deposit holds your spot
4 Sessions · 1:1 Consultation w/ Brian before 1st session
Brian Norris
Saturdays · 2-6:30pm PST
September 2026
BRIAN NORRIS has been a working actor for over 25 years. He is recognized for recurring roles on The Cleaning Lady (Fox), Perry Mason (HBO), Halt and Catch Fire (AMC), Reprisal (Hulu), and General Hospital (ABC). He is also the lead of The Doppelgänger, an indie feature currently on the festival circuit, and recently guest starred on The Pitt, Walker, The Rookie: Feds, New Amsterdam, and many more.
He has been teaching and coaching actors for over 10 years, and has run The Norris Studio for four of them. His approach in the classroom comes directly from his own working process — the same techniques he uses preparing for his own auditions and navigating his own career.
CAMERA exists because we're in an on-camera industry yet very few actors are trained in the art, science and technique of it.
"If you're an actor who has been taking scene study but neglected on-camera work, you need this class. You'll learn the prep it takes to work a self-tape, and you'll apply those skills to real on-set scenarios. I wish I had this class when I first came to LA. Game changer!"
Jennifer Lauren DiBella
CSI: Las Vegas · 9-1-1 · Grey's Anatomy · Career Coach · CAMERA Alumni
READY TO SEE WHAT THE CAMERA SEES?
CAMERA runs with a maximum of 10 actors per session. Reserve your spot with a $50 deposit and you'll be directed to schedule your 1 : 1 Consultation with Brian.
Still have questions? Schedule your Consultation. We'll refund your if it isn't the right fit.