EA002-4-SP-LO:
Acting 2: Approaches to Text
2015/16
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
30 October 2007
Requisites for this module
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CERXW410 Acting and Theatre Arts,
CERXW410ST Acting and Theatre Arts
This module explores classical (eg Elizabethan, Restoration, Jacobean) text and characters. You will begin to establish approaches to textual analysis, building on the work of EA001-0-AU Ritual & Story-Telling. Dramatic connectivity from primitive ritual through to Shakespeare will be explored. You will be introduced to the use of improvisation as a rehearsal tool and will use research and improvisation to assist in the creation of truthful characters based on play texts from Shakespeare and other writers.
The module culminates in an assessed studio-based performance of the scenes to an invited audience of staff and students at the end of term.
Module Content
Use of research
Students will explore the uses of research to stimulate and inform imagination and to help create the world of a play.
Use of improvisation
Students will learn how to improvise truthfully and to give and take with others.
They will learn the value of improvisation as an aid to the rehearsal process.
Approaches to text
This work of this part of the module introduces students to the use of the text to discover information - about the play, its themes and characters.
Approaches to relationships
Focussing on play texts from Shakespeare and others, students will learn how to demonstrate truthfully expressed relationships.
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Students work with tutors in small group practical classes.
Learning also takes place in practical presentations/demonstrations, workshops and supervised rehearsals.
Continuous oral tutor feedback is integral to class work.
Students receive written summative assessment and tutor feedback report at the end of term.
Additional learning is encouraged through improvisation, group discussion and tutor-guided independent study.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Continuous assessment |
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100% |
Additional coursework information
Students must comply with the East 15 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
For further information email east15@essex.ac.uk
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Dr John Freeman
University of St Mark and St John
Teacher
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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