The advanced module provides the student with an understanding of and direct experience of the acting skills required for participation in a fully staged, public professional standard presentation of a play. Semester one will provide the research and pre-script work on the production. Semester two will comprise rehearsal and presentation of the play.
1. To provide the opportunity for students to research and analyse a play which they will perform. 2. To continue to develop performance skills acquired in years 1 and 2, with particular application to a specific production of a play. 3. To provide an opportunity for the student to integrate ensemble and individualised acting processes within the context of a professional standard production of a play. 4. To provide an opportunity for the student to consider the many technical and artistic elements required for the presentation of a live public performance.
Module content: Students will engage with the following aspects of live performance in the context of an entire play.
- Script analysis
- Research
- Audition Workshop and Auditions
- Building the ensemble
- Creation of character
- Rehearsal process
- Scene development
- Integrating performance with other aspects of production i.e. set, costume, prop and lighting and sound/music elements
- Working with a director, designers and stage management.
- Performing a run of a play in a theatre with a public audience
This course will be taught with lecture and workshop/discussion format in semester one. Rehearsals and performance will constitute contact hours in semester two.
| Module Content & Assessment | |
|---|---|
| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |