ACP103 - Foundations of Acting and Performance
Unit details
Year: | 2019 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Trimester 2 Unit Chair: | Kate Hunter |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | ACP177 |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1 hour Class per week and 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week |
Content
Through practical workshops students will develop the essential skills required for acting and performance at a foundation level with specific focus on presence, impulse, energy and imagination. Through the practical application and analysis of two core actor-training methods, particular focus will be placed on questions of the boundaries between self and character, truth and fiction, text and subtext, as well as outside-in versus inside-out methods of constructing a role. Students will explore techniques to prepare a performance to camera as well as live to stage.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Individual) – Research Essay (1600 words or equivalent) – 40%
Assessment 2 (Individual) – Performance Exercise 1 (1200 words or equivalent) – 30%
Assessment 3 (Group and Individual) – Performance Exercise 2 (1200 words or equivalent) – 30%