Course Catalogue

Liverpool Screen School

To offer students an opportunity to extend independent preparation and practice and develop advanced skills in a chosen role; To enable students to realise work that will be useful as part of professional portfolio or in accessing further advanced skills training; To further consolidate understanding of developing personal practice in a wider context.

Outline Syllabus:Students may opt to specialise in acting, directing, writing, design, creative production or technical roles or to focus on the area of applied theatre. They will plan and agree a portfolio of activity with their respective tutors which they will lead mostly independently in terms of preparation and realisation but which will be focused through regular workshops and a series of opportunities for sharing the work in a ‘performance’ context – (e.g. lunchtime theatre, new script readings, cabaret, participatory workshop) – in order to receive formative feedback on developing skills. A regular weekly laboratory slot will enable students following different specialisms to come together to work collaboratively and share developments. An actor may work with tutors to develop a series of monologues for audition purposes, take part in a complex ensemble scene, develop work on classical text or transnational characterisation, and work on new script development. As examples; An actor may work with tutors to develop a series of monologues for audition purposes, take part in a complex ensemble scene, develop work on classical text or transformational characterisation, and work on new script development . A director may work to direct a complex ensemble scene, direct scene work relating to specific style or genre, direct a one-act play as lunchtime theatre, work with a writer on new script development/staged reading. A writer may work on developing speeches or lyrics to music; develop extended scene work or through line of a larger piece through exploratory workshops and rehearsed readings; plan the structures of a piece of adaptation. A designer/technician may work in preparing a design/tech spec for a specific text; develop an installation in which design and tech become the drama; and work on the development of a new piece of writing in creative collaboration with director and/or writer. A producer may develop and present a pitch for a full commercial production; organise, administer and present a piece of lunchtime theatre; and manage an applied theatre project. Artists working on applied theatre may create a workshop for a specific group; research and pitch ideas for a specific client and arena; create a short lunchtime piece with a specific target audience. in mind

Module Overview:
This module offers you an opportunity to extend independent preparation and practice and develop advanced skills in a chosen role. It enables you to realise work that will be useful as part of a professional portfolio or in accessing further advanced skills training.

Additional Information:It should be noted that this module, together with the work of the other two level 6 modules in this semester provide not only development of advanced specialist skills and/or knowledge which relates to employability, but also feeds into the two new modules in Semester 2 – Advanced Theatre Practice 2 which culminates in the presentation of a season of work under the LJMU Drama Festival Banner and Theatre Practice Portfolio.