Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Practical
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
4517ACT-SEP-PAR
Aims
This module aims to serve as one of the core technique classes in the study of acting in order to develop a fundamental and pragmatic understanding and application of the necessary skills required of a Stanislavski-based approach and the formation of an independent methodology utilising improvisation, textual analysis practical realisation of contemporary and reflective evaluation.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Comprehend fundamental strategies in textual analysis, contextualisation and utilisation of a practical vocabulary
2.
Employ the core principles of naturalistic technique, considering psycho-physical methodologies
3.
Identify collaborative working methods, adaptation to group dynamics and recognition of practical solutions
4.
Examine the relationship between theoretical approaches and its practical application
5.
Distinguish practitioner approaches in the realisation of character and scene
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Initial investigations during the semester will focus on detailed examinations of practitioner techniques, alongside classes that identify the importance of improvisation, freedom and play through imagination, loss of self-consciousness, individual and group exercises. Specific practitioners studied include Constantin Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov and Sanford Meisner, with influence from additional 21st Century exponents of The System.
In the second half of the semester, you will apply learned principles and techniques in the practical realisation of a psychologically driven, naturalistic contemporary text. You will consolidate and evidence this understanding in a practitioner study, examining your discoveries and application of the technical principles of acting.