EA316-6-AP-LO:
Voice, Movement, Music and Singing
2017/18
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Autumn & Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2017
Friday 23 March 2018
15
04 June 2007
Requisites for this module
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BA W411 Acting,
BA W83A Acting (International)
By the final year of the BA Acting/BA Hons Acting course students are considered to be performers and actors. The work of skills classes in Terms One and Two of the final year in this compulsory module 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.
Voice
You will learn how to make sensible use of the voice coach through the support you receive for your roles in production work. You will be given opportunities to practice changing vocal quality for the purpose of dramatic characterisation. You will work on a variety of accents and vocal requirements for different performance spaces and for your audition pieces. You will lead vocal warm-up workshops and exercises prior to performances. The module content is deliberately flexible to allow for individual students' progress and needs.
Movement
Classes will focus on movement for the performing actor, building on students' previously acquired absorption and internalisation of the principles and practice of the actor's movement work. The format of physical warm-up becomes integral to students' performance preparation. In the final year you will extend and further develop movement techniques in the challenge of character transformation and be encouraged to explore your artistic creativity in an independent environment. Independent choices are encouraged to prepare students to meet a range of theatrical challenges and styles in rehearsal and performance with confidence and ease. You will acquire an experienced understanding of your body as expressive instrument and will be able to use that understanding in your work as an actor. The module encourages students to integrate their personal movement work into rehearsal and performance. You will apply learnt movement vocabulary to production challenges and learn to work with clear intention in performance. You will work on maintaining stamina in specific movement tasks and over longer periods of work.
Music & Singing
With guidance from your tutors you will continue to source suitable material for the accumulation of appropriate repertoire. You will use your expanded sense of vocal identity to apply self-regulated and purpose-designed warm-ups. You will be given opportunities throughout the module to perform songs and/or to sing in shows and performances. The module contains opportunities for you to attend master classes to prepare you for professional auditions. Classes are based on students' participation in musical productions and the application of technique in performance. You will be given opportunities to perform songs in front of an audience of East 15 Acting School staff and students as well as performing in acting projects and performances. Individual tuition will focus on ensuring that students are confident in the material offered at professional audition and have confidence in their own vocal, emotional and stylistic parameters. Particular emphasis at this level is placed on the dramatic context of material and students will receive individual tutorials to support this.
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Students work with tutors in small 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 |
Continuous Assessment |
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35% |
| Practical |
Continuous Assessment |
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35% |
| Practical |
Continuous Assessment |
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30% |
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
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Ms Caroline Thorne
University of the West of England, Bristol
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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