EA352-6-AP-SO:
Performance Projects
2017/18
East 15 Acting School
Southend Campus
Autumn & Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2017
Friday 23 March 2018
30
15 January 2008
Requisites for this module
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BA W412 Acting and Stage Combat
This is a compulsory module for the BA Hons Specialist Performance Skills: Stage Combat. The objective of the module is to give you the chance to utilise all your previous training: acting, movement, voice, fighting, costume work and contextual studies, in performances. The work is practice-based and the majority of sessions will be in rehearsals. As in the Foundation degree, assessment will be based on the processes of performance preparation in class, rehearsal and research but in this final year module considerable emphasis is placed also on the quality of the performances themselves.
There will be four performances projects aimed at introducing you to a further level of professional standards. These projects will be:
Physical Theatre Performance
Public Performance of a Classical Text
Public Performance of a Text based Project
Public Performance of Devised Work
The text for the performances may be a full script / edited script / selected scenes, connected by a theme or story-line - selected by the unit director and Head of Course.
You will gain expertise in a specific discipline of physical-orientated theatre and receive the chance to perform to your peers. This unit is intended to widen your repertoire of performance styles.
You will develop your ability to speak verse and prose with equal ease and clarity. You will be encouraged to make bold and clear character decisions and will experience the demands of a large-scale production. The research and processes students undertake will provide opportunities for you to begin the work of preparing your final Graduation Project.
For the Devised Performance Project you will work in an assigned group to devise a performance project, focusing on an assigned theme. If appropriate this may include multi-media elements. Much of the work will be carried out independently, under the supervision of the unit director. The unit will call upon the acting, research, and stage combat skills that have been developed over the three years. The unit may provide opportunities for students to experiment with filming techniques in preparation for their Graduation Projects.
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Practical sessions, supervised and unsupervised rehearsals, independent research.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Practical |
Text-Based Performance Project |
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50% |
| Practical |
Devised Performance Project |
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50% |
Additional coursework information
Students must comply with the Professional Code of Conduct in order to pass the module
Students must achieve a minimum pass mark of 40
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
Mr Nick Hall, email: halln@essex.ac.uk.
Nick Hall, Chris Main, Visiting Directors
For further information please email halln
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Mr Philip D'Orleans
British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat
Physical Skills Instructor
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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