School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Extending and Exploring Acting Techniques Through Character and Screen
  • Unit Code

    ACT2108
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Glenda LINSCOTT

Description

The purpose of studying Acting for Camera is to take the skills the actors have learned in their theatre classes and apply them to the art of visual storytelling for film and television. Preparing to perform on stage and preparing to perform on set are very different tasks. This unit prepares actors to work on set of professional films and television shows.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ACT2008

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Successfully transfer stage acting techniques to screen performance.
  2. Research character for film and television performance through observation and transactional acting.
  3. Utilise improvisational techniques specific to working "in the moment" as a pathway to spontaneity in screen performance.
  4. Develop emotional subtext in screen performance by exploring instinctual improvisational techniques specific to "working off" a scene partner.

Unit Content

  1. Film and television scene studies.
  2. Text analysis.
  3. Spatial relationships on camera.
  4. Rehearsal processes for film and television performance.
  5. Investigation of screen acting style through performance and playback recording.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered6 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will further evolve their basic acting skills and techniques through studio and public performance activities, formal classroom and one-on-one sessions. They will undertake field research for self-devised work, self-directed library research and film viewing, and will engage in ensemble work.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkFilm recording of scene work50%
PerformanceOngoing class assessment by lecturer40%
PortfolioPortfolio of written materials10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Extending and Exploring Acting Techniques Through Character and Screen
  • Unit Code

    ACT2108
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Glenda LINSCOTT

Description

The purpose of studying Acting for Camera is to take the skills the actors have learned in their theatre classes and apply them to the art of visual storytelling for film and television. Preparing to perform on stage and preparing to perform on set are very different tasks. This unit prepares actors to work on set of professional films and television shows.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ACT2008

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Successfully transfer stage acting techniques to screen performance.
  2. Research character for film and television performance through observation and transactional acting.
  3. Utilise improvisational techniques specific to working "in the moment" as a pathway to spontaneity in screen performance.
  4. Develop emotional subtext in screen performance by exploring instinctual improvisational techniques specific to "working off" a scene partner.

Unit Content

  1. Film and television scene studies.
  2. Text analysis.
  3. Spatial relationships on camera.
  4. Rehearsal processes for film and television performance.
  5. Investigation of screen acting style through performance and playback recording.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered6 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will further evolve their basic acting skills and techniques through studio and public performance activities, formal classroom and one-on-one sessions. They will undertake field research for self-devised work, self-directed library research and film viewing, and will engage in ensemble work.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkFilm recording of scene work50%
PerformanceOngoing class assessment by lecturer40%
PortfolioPortfolio of written materials10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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