EA316-6-AP-LO:
Voice, Movement, Music and Singing
2024/25
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Autumn & Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 21 March 2025
15
04 April 2024
Requisites for this module
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BA W411 Acting,
BA W411MV Acting,
BA W83A Acting (International)
By the final year of the course students are considered to be performers and actors.The work of skills classes in Terms One and Two of the final year focuses on students’ professional development. Classes will involve the preparation of your shows, audition pieces, preparation for the final Showcase performance and weekly classes to deal with any on-going problems and issues arising. Students continue to develop and practice warm-ups and preparation for rehearsal and performance. The final year work allows you to establish patterns and pathways for creative well-being to follow throughout your working life.
The aims of this module are to provide students with the means to
- Select personal warm-ups appropriate to specific individual needs (physical, mental, and spiritual) and technical skills (voice, movement, music and singing)
- Develop and maintain an aligned and energised body that is physically and technically able to meet the challenges of a range of performance styles
- Apply learned skills techniques both as a performer and in self-created work
- develop a varied repertoire of suitable audition songs that will enhance their employability in the profession.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
Voice
- Technical integration of voice skills
- Professional development
- Objective self-assessment and progress
Movement
- Ability to assume full responsibility for the development of own movement work
- Developed an understanding of the expressive qualities of the body
- Developed awareness of “character transformation”
- Self-reliant and developed ability to work in ensemble
- Ability to present a fully-realised physical characterisation
Music and Singing
- Technical ability – Quality of voice (clarity of sound, avoiding constriction)
- Pitch (maintaining intonation throughout the song)
- Harmony and Listening Skills (support, voice care, breath control)
- Communication (intelligibility and emotional contact)
Students work with tutors in group practical classes. Learning also takes place in workshops, tutorials, and whilst students are being coached for performance. Verbal feedback is given throughout class and rehearsal. Students receive termly formative assessments in written reports with tutors' comments Students will be expected to practice their voice, movement and music & singing skills in independent study.
Students work with tutors in group practical classes.
Learning also takes place in workshops, tutorials and whilst students are being coached for performance.
Verbal feedback is given throughout in class and rehearsal.
Students receive termly formative assessment in written reports with tutors' comments
Students will be expected to practice their voice, movement and music & singing skills in independent study.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Practical |
Movement |
|
35% |
| Practical |
Music & Singing |
|
30% |
| Practical |
Voice |
|
35% |
Additional coursework information
Continuous assessment through observation of contribution to class work and application of skills to performances. Assessment is based on performance work and on the process of achieving public performance.
Voice and dance/ movement will be assessed based on all three terms. Music will be assessed based on terms one and two, when the bulk of the work is done.
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
No
No
No
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
* Please note: due to differing publication schedules, items marked with an asterisk (*) base their information upon the previous academic year.
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