How to act with gesture and mimic

Course unit code:

309MGMH

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zápočet

Range:

26/S

Type of course unit:

Study plan Animovaná tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Animovaná tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Režie - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Režie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Kamera - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Kamera - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Produkce - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Produkce - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - bakalář – optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování – compulsory optional subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

předmět nemá určen ročník studia

Semester when the course unit is delivered

letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Štefan CAPKO

Name of lecturer(s):

Štefan CAPKO

Study Objectives:

The aim of the course is to explore and become aware of the power of gesture and its particular expression potential. An art theory and practice where the main emphasis is on the acting figure and his ability to abstract from reality expressive signs and present them in powerful simple forms.

Mode of delivery:

An intensive instruction module taking place at UVS Poněšice. Part of the instruction is practical physical exercises. Appropriate exercise clothing without printing and in neutral colors is necessary.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

This course provides a basic glimpse into acting from an anthropological point of view. No special preparations are necessary.

A maximum of 15 students may register for the module.

Recommended optional programme components

No prerequisites.

Course contents:

Gesture and mimic acting is in a group with pantomime and animated film.

Curriculum:

Parts of the acting body and their use.

Creating a figure.

Abstracting from the observed in reality.

The figure as the basis for creating character and the figure as an expression of emotion. Theory of the genesis of gesture and its function.

Human non-verbal communication. It's nature and particulars. Why body language is the fundamental expressive ability of humans.

Through etude studies, to expand the awareness of movement expression from the acting viewpoint. Creating gestures in space and time. Study of characters and their main traits, body, gesture and mimicry structure. Classification of figures and gestures according to characters, emotions and their use in playing a situation.

Originality in acting.

Study materials:

O. Vávra: Mluvíme beze slov

J. Švehla: Tisícileté umění pantomimy

V. Veber: Příběh pantomimy

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Active approach to physical exercises which guide one toward the understanding of the basic relations of the human body.

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

Movement expression is a characteristic of every human being, therefore movement is the first expression of life. Everyone can become an actor who WANTS to. Understanding the function of gestures and mutual relations of individual parts of the body is an adventurous process based on the performance of systematic physical exercises. The pantomime principle of acting (embodiment) is the basis for any type of acting expression. A maximum of 15 may register for the course.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
27.02.2012		–	CAPKO Š.	UVS AMU - Poněšice Poněšice		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Animovaná tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
Dokumentární tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
Animovaná tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (optional subject)
Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Režie - bakalář (optional subject)
Režie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Kamera - bakalář (optional subject)
Kamera - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Produkce - bakalář (optional subject)
Produkce - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Audiovizuální studia - bakalář (optional subject)
Střihová skladba - bakalář (optional subject)
Střihová skladba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Zvuková tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
Zvuková tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Fotografie CZ - bakalář (optional subject)
Fotografie CZ - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Audiovizuální studia - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování (faculty subject, optional subject)