EA113-4-SP-LO:
Actor and Text
2020/21
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Sunday 17 January 2021
Friday 26 March 2021
15
22 September 2020
Requisites for this module
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BA W441 Acting and Contemporary Theatre
You will work in small groups, each of whom will study a modern classic, usually British or American, exploring a depth of human psychology, for example the plays of Sheila Delaney, John Osborne, Edward Bond, Caryl Churchill, August Wilson, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, David Mamet, among others, will be the material through which you will consolidate your understanding of another person's existence and how to recreate it convincingly. Scenes are chosen that will test and develop your ability to find the means in your methodology to 'live in the moment' and to react spontaneously within the course of action pre-determined by the author, just as in an improvised piece in which you knew neither the outcome of an action or what reaction would be provoked. Through practice-based learning and research you will develop the courage to take risks in your character creations, and expression of emotional life.
Module Aims:
To encourage students to:
• Use research, textual analysis and integrated skills to create truthful characters
• Use their creative imaginations with spontaneity and discipline
• Demonstrate well- developed and truthfully expressed relationships and emotions
• Work effectively in an ensemble.
• Show a willingness to become involved in all aspects of production work, not just in their own performance
• Relate form and style with the content of a play
• Develop and sustain a believable character
• Understand and accurately interpret language, plot and style
• Sustain improvisation with discipline, spontaneity and creative imagination
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this module you will be able to demonstrate ability to:
- Find and communicate connection between text, character & situation.
- Creative Inventiveness: Sustain creativity through fresh responses to material & fellow actors.
- Transform into character through rehearsal choices.
- Take and build on Director’s notes: Accept, understand & act on criticism.
- Exercise flexibility & sensitivity to change within the process.
- Show commitment, positive attitude, discipline, contribution and focus.
- Communicate character through voice, speech, physicality & movement.
- Show breadth & relevance of research material from a variety of sources.
- Integrate research into the work.
- Accomplish individual & personal goals.
- Extend range, confidence & realisation of professional potential.
- Ensemble Acting: adaptability, generosity, awareness of relationships
- Objective self-assessment: awareness of own strengths and weaknesses as an actor, ability to accept criticism and act upon it
No additional information available.
Learning and Teaching Methods:
- Students work with tutors in group practical classes.
- Learning also takes place in workshops, supervised and unsupervised rehearsals and performances.
- Key improvisation exercises are set throughout the course with feedback from tutors and peers
- At the end of the module students will show scenes to staff and peers. Formative feedback is given by the tutor
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Additional coursework information
Assessment:
- Compliance with Professional Code of Conduct
- Continuous assessment through observation of contribution to rehearsal and performance. Students receive a written report of summative assessment and tutor comments at the end of Term Three.
- Students must achieve a minimum pass mark of 40 in order to progress to the next stage of the degree programme
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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Ms Joyce Henderson
Joyce Henderson
Freelance Theatre Maker
Mr Anthony Richard Clark
Prof Robert Gordon
Goldsmiths University
Professor
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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