Two Year Acting for Film Program

Students are introduced to basic acting exercises and techniques to build a solid acting foundation.

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• Using the body as an instrument, including vocal and relaxation techniques.
• Improvisation as a vehicle for harnessing the power of the imagination.
• Spontaneity and collaboration.
• Blocking and the memorizing of lines.
• The basics of acting technique, including finding motivation, and uncovering subtext.

The student is required to prepare and perform a monologue for live performance.

Students will further develop the techniques learnt in the first module to deepen their understanding of textual analysis, acting and performance.

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• How to analyze and perform a scene using the following tools:
  • Overall Objective
  • Scene Objective
  • Obstacles
  • Beats and Actions
  • Place and Fourth Wall
  • Inner Objects and Doings
  • Inner Monologue

The student is required to prepare and perform a scene for live performance.

This module will provide students with an in-depth look at the techniques required to prepare and cast successfully for all types of commercials.

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• Where the actor fits in the commercial world.
• Preparation for a casting.
• The call back and meeting the client.
• On-camera performance.

The module culminates in a ‘Mock Casting’ for the camera.

This intensive module explores and develops the fundamentals of the MEISNER Technique.

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• Repetition
• Point of view.
• Independent Activities and Doors.
• Imaginary circumstances.
• Scene work.

Students prepare and perform a scene for live performance.

This practical module introduces the techniques required to act in front of a camera for film and television.

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• The tools needed to create truthful and ‘engaging’ performances on screen as well as understanding the technical aspects of film production.
• Tools include:
  • Calibrating performances based upon shot size.
  • Adjusting vocal levels for camera.
  • Listening skills.
  • Eye-lines.
  • Emotional and physical Continuity.
  • Hitting a mark.
  • Understanding focal lengths and framing.
  • Strength and Imagination in acting choices.
  • Knowing what to expect on set.

In this module, the student is required to prepare and perform a scene from a well-known film, in a simulated movie set environment.

In this intensive module, students learn how to access their emotions and incorporate them into their acting process.

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• Various techniques to aid students in connecting with their emotions, enabling them to portray the varying emotional states necessary in any given circumstance.
• Techniques include:
  • Sense memory
  • Inner objects
  • Affective memory and emotional recall
  • Alba emoting
  • Substitution / Personalization
  • Tragic flaw

The module culminates in a recording of a live performance to camera.

This module explores all aspects of a film audition. It includes the detailed break-down of an audition script, call backs, acting technique and the practical exploration of the casting process.  

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• How to prepare for an audition.
• Auditioning and cold-reading techniques.
• Listening and taking direction in the audition room.
• The call-back and how to positively influence the producer/director.

The module culminates in a ‘Mock Audition’.

An introductory module intended to give actors the basic ear and speech skills to deliver dialogue in English accents.

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• The skills required to deliver dialogue in the following English accents:
  • Received Pronunciation
  • Working Class London accent (Cockney)
  • Estuary English
• Estuary English in an audition
• Phonetics

The module will culminate in a recording of an appropriate English text.

An introductory module intended to give actors the basic ear and speech skills to deliver dialogue in a Standard or General American sound to serve the US film and television market.

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• General sounds and vocal placement.
• Intonation patterns.
• Standard American in an audition.
• Phonetics

The module will culminate in a recording of an appropriate American text.

The focus of this module is on providing the student with the tools with which to create a three-dimensional character.

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• The mind–body relationship & awakening the senses.
• Developing imagination.
• Shoes and accessories as a route into discovering character.
• An object as a route into discovering character.
• Character and text.
• Private Moments
• Animal work

Students incorporate methods learnt to prepare and perform as 3 contrasting characters.

In this module students learn how to perform for the stage under the mentorship of a director.

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• Stage terminology
• Diaphragmatic Intercostal Breathing and vocal projection
• Textual Analysis
• Blocking and Rehearsal
• Ensemble

Students prepare and perform a scene and/or monologue for live performance.

This module concentrates on applying and integrating theory, tools, techniques, and skills learnt over the year, to a practical film set experience. Students work towards the filming of a short scene, to be edited and screened at Graduation.

The completed scenes may also provide material for the acting student’s show-reel.

This live performance module provides students with an introduction to vocal production as well as what is required to orally interpret and perform a choral poem in groups.

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• Diaphragmatic, Intercostal Breathing.
• Resonance and Articulation.
• Vocal Projection.
• Devising and Performing a Choral Verse.

Students will be required to perform two choral verse poems.

In this practical module, students explore and develop the art of performing ‘short-form’ improvisation on stage.

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• Understanding the ‘rules’ of improvisation.
• Learning the skills and techniques required to perform ‘short-form’ improvisation on stage.
• Exercises to develop the concepts of agreement, active listening, confidence building and collaboration.

Module will culminate in a performance on stage for an audience.

This physical module will provide students with an introduction to various styles of movement

in performance.

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• Expression through the body as the focal point in performance.
• Exploring movement through rhythm, flow, shapes, patterns, silence and suspense, nuances both explosive and subtle.
• The use and exploration of central stories or themes that are developed into flowing and emotionally affecting performance narratives.
• Developing increasing control over limbs, core shapes, expression, and gesture.

Module will culminate in a choreographed performance.

This module will provide students with an introduction to various styles of presenting both recorded and live.

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• Presenting styles and techniques
• Voice and Speech for presenting
• Physicality, body language and energy for presenting
• Writing and presenting links

The module culminates in a recording of a live presentation to camera.