ACP103 - Acting Studio

Unit details

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2021 unit information

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Last updated: 4 June 2021

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Merophie Carr
Trimester 3: Gorkem Acarglu
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

ACP177

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Trimester 3: Intensive seminar over 10 days in weeks 10 and 11*

9.00am-12:30pm, (3.5 hours) - MONDAY*
9.00am-12:30pm, (3.5 hours) - TUESDAY*
9.00am-12:30pm, (3.5 hours) - WEDNESDAY*
9.00am-12:30pm, (3.5 hours) - THURSDAY*
9.00am-11:30am, (2.5 hours) - FRIDAY*


*Actual days and weeks of delivery may be subject to change

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.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Engage critically with contemporary approached to acting through applying historical, cultural and theoretical knowledge along with technical and interpretive skills to performance

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Critically engage with theories relating to contemporary acting techniques to communicate ideas in performance and theatrical creation through multiple forms of expression

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Evaluate ideas, concepts and processes related to acting through creative, critical and reflective thinking and practice

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

Employ appropriate acting/performance methodologies to identify and develop solutions to performance problems

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO5

Effectively negotiate interpersonal, creative and collaborative relationships with peers and leaders

GLO7: Teamwork

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Performance Exercise 1 1200 words or equivalent 30% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 - Research Essay 1600 words or equivalent 40% Information not yet available
Assessment 3 (Group of 4-5 students and individual) – Performance Exercise 2 1200 words or equivalent
(5-8 min duration)
30% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ACP103
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.

Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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