Preconditions of Acting 2
- Course unit code:
- 201PHE2
- Course unit title:
- Preconditions of Acting 2
- Mode of delivery:
- zápočet
- Range:
- 2/T
- Type of course unit:
- compulsory subject
- Level of course unit:
- Year of study
- 1st year
- Semester when the course unit is delivered
- letní
- Number of ECTS credits allocated:
- 1
- Garant předmětu:
- Lukáš HLAVICA
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Lukáš HLAVICA
- Study Objectives:
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The aim of the study is to introduce the students to the basic forms of modern acting with an emphasis on working on the actor in one's self. Besides this, a cultivation of the internal-tactile sense contained in acting preparations for the rehearsal process and creating a dramatic character.
- Mode of delivery:
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Course and practical exercise.
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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1) Creative abilities: internal-tactile feeling, spatial imagination, sense of dramatic situations.
2) Knowledge of the history and types of theatre culture.
3) An orientation in Czech and World drama literature
4) Mastery of basic theatre terminology.
- Recommended optional programme components
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Monitoring Theatre news, progressive stagings and films, excellent acting performances.
- Course contents:
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Curriculum:
1)Introduction to the subject, terminology.
2)Changes to acting style during various historical period.
3)Modern acting schools.
4)Acting in the structure of a production.
5)Prerequisites for acting: talent, performing ability, mental, physical.
6)The internal and external technique of acting.
7)Ethics of the acting profession.
Syllabus:
The course's content is learning the basics of theory and practice of acting, its specific features and psychological, anthropological and social elements. Practical exercises are an important part of the course. Students of directing and dramaturgy write their own short texts with dramatic situations, interpret them, and rehearse them, acting in each other's works. They then reflect collectively on each exercise, and they combine practical learning with theoretical conclusions. Instruction includes writing on assigned topics concerning the problems of acting.
- Study materials:
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Jaroslav Vostrý: O herectví a hercích
M.Mistrík: Herecké techniky 20.storočia
Jan Hyvnar: Herec v moderním divadle
K.S.Stanislavskij: Moje výchova k herectví
Jan Grossman: Analýzy
Michail Čechov: O herecké technice
Jan Kopecký: Antoin Artaud
Z.Bratršovská, J.Hrdlička: Zpráva o bílém divadle
Declan Donnellan: Herec a jeho cíl
Louis Jouvet: Nepřevtělený herec
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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This course supplements acting training with an investigation of creative suppositions and understanding of various acting theory and practical training methods. Development of the ability toe create a drama situation, through improvisation and from text excerpts. This process is completed with a written reflection upon it and moderated debates.
- Assessment methods and criteria
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The activity of the student is evaluated in the course, their imagination and dramatic sensitivity. The main emphasis is placed on the ability to recognize and create drama situation and implementing it through a character's behaviour in a space.
- Language of instruction:
- Czech
- Work placement(s):
- Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
- Course web page:
- Note:
- Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- Schedule for summer semester 2010/2011:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Fri Thu Fri - The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Herectví činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)