Forms of Acting 1

Subject guarantor:

Zuzana SÍLOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Zuzana SÍLOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To introduce students to forms of individual acting styles and manners of creating a character in the a line of Czech and world acting figures.

Capturing and recognizing development through the analysis of individual performance.

Comparison with one's own experience, reviewed in an inquiry of the psychology of acting.

Mode of study:

Analysis of acting performance based on the viewed performance, film and other video or audio recordings.

Description and analysis of acting tools.

Ranking in a historic context.

Survey of acting issues.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Empathy and subsequent analysis skills at the entrance exam level.

Recommended optional programme components:

Continuous monitor of the most notable acting performances in theatre and film.

Course contents:

Tying in with the main „Acting“ and „Stage Design“ courses and the lecture cycles „Theatre in Czech Culture“ and „Theatre in the Context of the Development of Western Culture,“ the seminar „Forms of Acting“ gives an opportunity to observe, recognize and reflect on the problems of the studied field. From the very beginning, with their practical work and growing experience, students are led to systematic analysis and deeper reflection on the questions of acting in two ways: through self reflection (a survey focusing on the psychology of acting) and through analysis of „historic examples“ comparable with the present-day form and quality of acting. Confronting their own experiences with „models“ - important representatives of individual creatives styles - allows a dual view of acting work: externally through observing, describing and analyzing creative approaches of another, and internally through attempts to map out and identify problems the students encounter during their own preparation for a role and finally in the course of rehearsing a production. Personal confessions going beyond factual comments and ideas are directed towards analysis of more general problems: professional relations between acting partners, the actor-text (original) relationship, actor-director, dramatic character-acting character, cooperation in a production team.

Recommended or required reading:

Viewed theatre staging, selected film, television and other video or audio recordings.

Documentation for individual works including photographic material, period viewpoints and personal recordings of creators (memories, journals, interviews)

Vostrý, Jaroslav, O hercích a herectví, Achát 1999

Lukavský, Radovan, Stanislavského metoda herecké práce, Praha 1978

Čechov, Michail, O herecké technice, Praha 1996

Adler, Stella, The Technique of Acting, New York 1988

Čechov, Michail, Hercova cesta, Praha 1990

Olivier, Laurence, Hercova zpověď, Praha 1982

Brando, Marlon, Písně, které mě naučila matka, Praha 1996

Ullmannová, Liv, Proměny, Praha 1989 (nebo Bjornstad, Ketil, Liv Ullmannová, Praha 2007)

Donnellan, Declan, Herec a jeho cíl, Praha 2007

Rozhovor s Michailem Čechovem, Divadlo 8, říjen 1963

Lukavský, Radovan, Hamlet - Pracovní deník, DÚ Praha 1965

Radovan Lukavský Být nebo nebýt hercem - monology o herectví. Praha 1981

Lukavský, Radovan, „Viděno z druhé strany rampy“, in: České divadlo - O současné české režii 1, 1982

Jan Werich: Klauni, in: Úsměv Klauna, Praha 1984 a další vydání

Vostrý, Jaroslav, Zdeněk Štěpánek. Herec a dějiny. Achát, Praha 1997

Scheinpflugová, Olga, Byla jsem na světě. Praha 1994

Kohout, Eduard, Divadlo aneb Snář. Odeon 1976

Hedbávný, Zdeněk, / Pešek, Ladislav, Tvář bez masky, Praha 1987 a další vydání

+ vybrané herecké monografie - podle probíraných témat

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture combined with classes.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Evaluation is based on the assigned written paper made up of two parts: 1. analysis of a selected character; 2. survey regarding acting.

Course web page:

http://casopisdisk.amu.cz/cs/pro-studenty/o-hercich-a-herectvi

Note:

Further information:

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (compulsory subject)
• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Theory and criticism (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (compulsory subject)