There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

The workshops in this module will focus on practical collaborative exploration, and on learning from both doing and evaluating. Through a series of chosen scenes and exercises you will learn to work under direction as part of a team, with fellow students, and on your own to develop complex, believable scenes that will test your imagination and ability to make strong choices and to sustain them in performance. The class time will be split equally between screen technique and stage technique each week. You will be exploring the similarities and differences in performance for stage and performance for screen, and will be applying your performance skills and knowledge in both contexts. Over the course of the class you will be faced with lengthier and more challenging scripted and unscripted exercises, which require rehearsal both in and out of class, demonstrating rehearsal techniques and working fruitfully and responsibly with your fellow actors. You will also be showing your work in class regularly and learning to respond critically and responsibly to what you see. You will be expected to provide a character portfolio for your final performance piece(s) that will encompass research and objective and subjective analysis for your chosen character(s). You will perform an extended scene for the stage element and a short film scene for screen.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Integrate vocal and physical skills in complex expression in both live and recorded performance.

LO2: Articulate a theoretical approach to preparing, executing and sustaining performance choices in both live and recorded media, and to articulate the similarities and differences in working between the two.

LO3: Demonstrate understanding of dramatic conflict and how you can use it to develop and communicate elements of character, emotion, and narrative to an audience.

LO4: Evidence knowledge of a range of approaches to deepening imaginative and emotional connection to text in performance, and an ability to articulate the approaches to your peers in a chosen scene.

LO5: Clarify thought, test and embed knowledge developed from research and analytical thinking.