Starts July 26, 2026
This six-week intensive is designed for actors of all levels, from beginners to working professionals who are new to the studio.
The class focuses on building a strong on-camera foundation through clear, practical technique while developing confidence, connection, and truthful behavior in performance.
In class, actors work on audition technique, cold reading, scene study, and monologues, with an emphasis on breaking down material and working moment-to-moment with a scene partner.
Students also gain a clear understanding of the business, including headshots, resumes, casting platforms, and how to approach auditions and self-tapes with professionalism.
Denver
Fundamentals +
Actors & Filmmakers with Extensive Experience
Currently Not Offering
This six-week intensive is tailored for actors with considerable on-camera experience and filmmakers with significant behind-the-camera expertise who are new to our studio.
The class is structured to refine and target the artist's toolkit and instrument, shaping their professional narrative and sharpening their artistic goals.
From headshot evaluations, self-taping principles, demos, agency relations, scene work, monologues, and improvisation, to breaking down the scene and character design.
The goal is to bring more clarity, consistency, and professionalism to both the work and how the actor approaches their career.
Introduction to Voice Acting
Starts July 18, 2026
This six-week intensive is a hands-on introduction to voiceover, designed to build a strong foundation in both performance and technique.
Actors develop mic technique, breath control, and vocal control while working across key voiceover genres, including commercial, animation, and narration.
Each week, students work in the sound booth, gaining experience behind the mic while receiving feedback to strengthen their skills and confidence. Students also receive weekly recordings of their work to track progress and refine their performances outside of class.
Denver
Scene Study
Ongoing
Mixed Levels
This class is for beginner actors and those new to our studio, providing a solid foundation to build your craft. You’ll learn core acting techniques, studio terminology, and our unique approach to training.
Students will work on assigned scenes, bringing scripts to life through practice and performance. In a supportive environment, you’ll discover your potential, build confidence, and develop a toolkit for your acting journey.
This class is required before advancing to Todd Babcock’s Intermediate/Advanced Scene Study. Kim will evaluate your progress, ensuring you’re ready for the next level.
- Ongoing, month-to-month class
- Kim assigns scenes specifically to the actor and what they are working on from material from film and television.
- Students are expected to conduct themselves as professionals, rehearse outside of class, bring all necessary items for their scenes, and be off-book.
Denver
Advanced Scene Study
Intermediate / Advanced
Ongoing
This class is for actors with varied levels of experience from the pro to those in the early stages of building their process and career. The framework of the class is designed to build the actor’s internal language and then to translate that language into action where it’s lived in the body.
Class is structured in the form of scene study as a way to deliver exercises, instruction, directing, and personal revelation in order to develop each actor to doing their best work.
This class creates a nurturing environment where students learn their own internal process, and begin to construct a system through guidance and encouragement.
- Ongoing, month-to-month class
- Todd assigns scenes specifically to the actor and what they are working on from material from film and television.
- Students are expected to conduct themselves as professionals, rehearse outside of class, bring all necessary items for their scenes, and be off-book.
Denver
On-Camera Acting
Intermediate / Advanced
Ongoing
This on-camera acting class is similar to our scene study classes, though with an extra "eye" towards the camera. Preparation, analysis, and emotional truth are explored within the confines of the camera frame.
Students will view classes live and on monitors as shot sizes, angles, and direction change with each take and adjustments are made. This ongoing class examines how the truth translates to all formats but gives on-set training for honing it specifically for the lens.
- Ongoing, month-to-month
- 3 Cameras
- Monitors for class observation
- Lighting
- Sound
- Digital Copy Of Coverage
- Todd assigns scenes specifically to the actor and what they are working on from material from film and television.
- Students are expected to conduct themselves as professionals, rehearse outside of class, bring all necessary items for their scenes, and be off-book.
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Scene Study with Todd Babcock - Minimum 6-months
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Todd must approve your placement into the class.
Masters Film Production
Advanced/Working Actors
Invitation Only
This invitation-only project is an ongoing experiential workshop fusing acting and content creation. Using only original scripts written and developed by the actors. In this workshop, not only will students perform but learn the various disciplines of production.
Each 15-session cycle will create a short film or web-based project focusing on performance. Actors will then have experience along with content for their reels, festival submissions, and a starting point for creating their own media channels.
This workshop will evolve and develop over time and experience with the primary purpose of the actors creating content for themselves, learning to be self-starters, and becoming a part of a creative and productive artistic community.
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INVITATION ONLY -
Established studio members
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Acting With Autism (AWA) Adult Workshop
Currently Not Offering
Babcock Studios' media workshop for students on the autism spectrum / developmentally disabled is an interactive, collaborative, and creative endeavor designed to integrate its member's natural talents as well as cross them over into other aspects of storytelling.
The workshop is multimedia and utilizes the many different skill sets and interests of the students. Incorporating writing, animation, drawing, voice-over, puppetry, digital FX, improvisation, and classic acting principles. The final projects reflect the unique voices of the individuals that create them.
The AWA workshop is designed to be limited in size in order for each student’s voice to be heard and developed.
Todd was the ‘Acting Specialist’ at FACT Family/adults with autism program in Los Angeles for 3 years.