Course
“Actor: The Art of Performing”
Course
“Actor: The Art of Performing”
Mastering the craft of acting is not a talent or skill that comes naturally to most people, especially when it comes to acting for film. After all, giving a convincing performance take after take while dealing with a crew is not a simple task and it is truly only the best acting schools that can help imbue aspiring actors with the necessary talent to do so.
Though each acting program boasts a distinct curriculum, students enrolling at the Acting School can expect to take at least some if not all of the following acting courses:
- Voice and Speech
- Acting for Film
- Stage to Screen
- Movement on the Scene
- Scene Study
- Monologues
- Shakespeare
- Sketch Comedy
- Filmcraft
- Cinema Studies
- Improvisation
- Business of Acting
- Writing for Actors
- Acting for Film
- TV Collaboration Workshop
- Voiceover Workshop
- Advanced Stage Projects
- Producing the Short Film
- Thesis Film Production
- Characterization for the Stage
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Discuss film as a visual art;
- Break a scene down into beats and assign an action to each beat: create an emotional arc;
- Establish an objective and develop strategies to overcome obstacles to achieving the objective;
- Play an action;
- Modulate a performance to fit the framing of shots, from establishing to close-up;
- Put to use dramatic action, observation, and characterization through scene work;
- Apply text analysis to scripted material;
- Prepare two contrasting monologues;
- Connect the body and voice to scripted material;
- Increase flexibility through body awareness and physical exercises; refine listening skills and ensemble playing through improvisation;
- Recognize the essential choices needed for effective execution of cold readings, making effective use of physical and emotional life;
- Examine the roles of the director and cinematographer with an emphasis on how these roles effect the choices an actor makes in performance.