ACP103 - Foundations of Acting and Performance

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
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%