EA315-6-SU-:
Final Productions
2024/25
East 15 Acting School
Summer
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Friday 27 June 2025
30
30 January 2025
Requisites for this module
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BA W411 Acting,
BA W411MV Acting,
BA W83A Acting (International)
The final term of the BA Acting culminates in productions (theatre or short film) that are designed to identify, extend and consolidate your strengths as a professional actor.
Plays and film scripts are chosen to show students' abilities to best advantage and to provide opportunities for full-scale ensemble work in public performance or a five to eight-minute short film.
The variety of selected plays extends students' acquired knowledge and familiarises them with further aspects of drama and of playing to a varied public.
Final productions may be chosen as a result of student feedback or at the suggestion of directors and will take into account the male/female profile of the ensemble. Productions will include all the final year students in an ensemble work often including music and dance to enable talented students to show their versatility. Final productions are given a run of shows normally in the Littlewood Theatre or screening in a central london venue.
The aims of this module are:
- Provide students with opportunities for full scale ensemble work in either public performance or short film
- Identify, extend and consolidate students` strengths as professional actors
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Performed to a professional standard
- Demonstrated professionalism in all aspects of rehearsal and production
- Shown awareness of their own individual strengths and weaknesses as actors
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via:
- Rehearsals with directors' notes
- Students will be individually tutored according to their particular performance needs
- Learning also takes place in workshops, presentations, specialist classes and independent study
- Verbal feedback and formative assessment are given throughout the process of performance preparation
- Students will receive written reports at the end of the year with summative assessment, directors' and tutors' comments.
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Merlin, B. (2014)
The complete Stanislavsky toolkit. Rev. ed. London: Nick Hern Books. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1725505.
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Benedetti, J. (2008)
Stanislavski: an introduction. 4th rev. ed. London: Methuen Drama. Available at:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=140700.
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Caldarone, M. and Lloyd-Williams, M. (2004)
Actions: the actors' thesaurus. London: Nick Hern. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5149866.
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Demidov, N.V. (2016a)
Nikolai Demidov: becoming an actor-creator. Edited by A. Malaev-Babel and M.N. Laskina. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Available at:
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315621685.
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Chekhov, A.P., Hercher, J. and Urban, P. (2011)
Chekhov on theatre. London: Nick Hern. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5286985.
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Davies, O.F. (2019)
Performing Shakespeare: [preparation, rehearsal, performance]. London: Nick Hern Books. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5965209.
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Benedetti, J. (2005)
The art of the actor: the essential history of acting, from classical times to the present day. London: Methuen. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1074537.
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Demidov, N.V. (2016b)
Nikolai Demidov: becoming an actor-creator. Edited by A. Malaev-Babel and M.N. Laskina. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Available at:
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315621685.
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Annett, M. (2004)
Actor's guide to auditions & interviews. 3rd ed. London: A. & C. Black. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6160017.
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Bishop, N. (2009)
Secrets from the casting couch: on camera strategies for actors from a casting director. London: Methuen Drama. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=692114.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
Coursework / exam |
Description |
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Coursework weighting |
Coursework |
Continuous Assessment |
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Additional coursework information
- Continuous assessment of students’ contributions to rehearsal and performance
- Summative assessment is based on the extent to which students are able to demonstrate the module Learning Outcomes.
- Account is also taken of students’ overall contribution to the project as a whole as well as to their work on their own characters
- Compliance with Professional Code of Conduct
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
East 15 teaching staff and visiting Directors
No
No
No
No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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