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• Instructor Peter Valentino:
Peter is a teacher who really cares about making people better and turning them into professionals in acting and in life. You’re going to be coached in a way that will get you past your current boundaries.

ACTING CLASSES IN LOS ANGELES FOR TV AND FILM

• Instructor Peter Valentino is also a Film Director
• Scene Study Acting for Film and Television
• Classes begin with warmups and improv, then sides (scripts) are passed out and scene partners chosen
• Scenes are performed and blocked
• Comments are made and the scene is repeated

Peter will direct and professionally shoot scenes that are ready.

$10 for first time audit, $30 per class thereafter.

ACTOR DEMO REELS

Having an Actor Reel is ESSENTIAL for an anyone wishing to break into Hollywood.
—Professional Monologue reels are $125 and include: Original script, one rehearsal, pro shooting and audio, editing, plus music.

VOICE LESSONS

Peter has been working with singers for many years. “Singing and acting have a common thread where one discipline can actually help the other. We work on tone, power and range, using exercises and songs of your choice. I also really enjoy helping people with their vocal performances.”

We also have a group vocal performance class Tuesday nights from 7 to 9 PM.

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About

“Peter Valentino is an actor, writer, director, producer, musician and teacher living in Hollywood, California. Valentino was born to a novelist/schoolteacher and a test pilot with his PhD. In college, he studied physics, history, music, and acting.”

Peter studied acting in Hollywood and in NYC. He also had numerous bands as a lead singer and guitarist, playing at all the local venues in LA while he was studying acting. He then moved to New York City and did numerous shows with his band and did live improv at some of the City’s hottest venues, in addition to stage plays. He put out two CDs with his band Y, and three CDs with his band Neon Venus. Peter did numerous gigs and events, and toured for the military in 2004 in the Middle East. A documentary of the tour played on MTV.

Back from tour, Peter moved to Las Vegas where he founded the Neon Venus Art Theatre. He then started a sister theater in Hollywood, California. Peter has done all forms of acting: stage plays, live improvisation, comedy, television and film. He enjoys teaching acting classes in Los Angeles for film and television. Valentino has produced three feature films and has penned scripts for two more. Peter writes and shoots many short films often using his students as actors. He has three feature films under his belt. Peter is in pre-production on his fourth feature film, soon to be announced. Valentino still uses his broad musical capabilities in the soundtracks of his films.

Our Info

Phone: 323-867-7973 call or text

Email: ptrvalentino@gmail.com

Address: 534 N. Orange Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Acting Classes

Acting Classes in Los Angeles

Film Scene Study-All Levels

Classes on Thursdays 7-10 PM, Saturdays 2-5 PM

$30 per class, $10 first time audit

Acting Classes in Los Angeles, Film Scene Study, with Peter Valentino:

—We teach scene study for film and television. We work a lot on script and character analysis. Each actor performs two or three times in class. We supply sides (scripts) from film and television. Scenes are started from cold readings between two actors.
—The instructor will make comments and then the scene is run again with the new direction. The scene will then evolve to being off-book. You will learn to connect with your emotions and bring them up at will and to live in the moment as that person. The character becomes real, their emotions are real, etc.

In my class, some actors are working on reels, some are working on monologues for auditions, others are working on Indy short films or television shows. Some come to class to build their confidence for another arena of their lives, say business or social life. Acting is the shortest way to grow out of an old personality of your own and to come to the realization that you are able to change your personality in basic ways. Peter Valentino

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Demo Reels

Above videos: two actors from class are doing a scene on location at the Studio. These can be edited to favor one or the other.

Monologue actors reel pieces

We will shoot scenes from the acting class when they are ready. Actors in class can also do a monologue reel, such as above, where it is focused on just the one actor with another providing the “shoulder” for an over-the-shoulder shot. This will combine with close-ups to make a professional actors reel piece.

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Films

The movie Sophia is about a 13 year old girl who uses her magical powers to become “Sophia,” the rock idol of millions. It was directed by Peter Valentino and Devon Rachelle and produced by Peter Valentino. It has been released and will soon be available at Amazon.com.