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This module will focus on deepening your knowledge of the broad entertainment industry and the live and screen acting professions in particular. You will explore necessary skills appropriate to working as a freelance artist. Areas covered will include: exploring allied areas in which you may find work, mock interviews, auditions and establishing professional networks. You will be showing excerpts from your professional portfolio at set assessment points in the term and you will be expected to carry out directed and self-directed research into specific areas of the industry that represent particular target markets for you and your skills/abilities. The module also includes significant research time, which is designed to help you further understand the cultural and commercial contexts in which the live and recorded media performance industries operate. You will attend a series of classes, many delivered by visiting professionals, introducing necessary performance, business and self management skills. You will prepare a thoroughly researched critical reflection essay of the career path of the performer. You will have ‘mock-interview’ sessions in which you will be interviewed and/or present auditions and portfolios, and get immediate feedback from industry professionals. You will also be expected to produce a professional opportunities analysis, for which you will research and identify opportunities for your work once you have completed the course. Areas covered will include: The ‘business’ side of acting (agents, accounts, commission etc) -- Effective marketing, including online presence, social media, etc. -- Exploring allied areas in which you may find work -- Self-promotion and networking -- Mock interviews -- Establishing Professional Networks

LO1: Conceptualise your professional practice and its value, effectively locating your practice within the context of the theatre, film and television sectors.
LO2: Exercise substantial autonomy and judgement to plan and execute a significant portfolio project of research that can help you sustain a professional career in theatre, television and other related industries.
LO3: Critically evaluate your skills and approaches to work and set achievable career plans and targets for independent, continual enhancement of performance skills and knowledge