Forms of Acting 1

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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.

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:

Viewing theatre stagings, selected films, TV and other video or audio recordings.

Documentation materials for individual works including photographic. Period professional reviews and personal recordings of well-known artists (memories, journals, interviews)

Basic professional literature on drama acting:

Vostrý, Jaroslav, O hercích a herectví, druhé, rozšířené vydání, Praha 2014 (selected chapters)

Čechov, Michail: O herecké technice, Praha 1998

Lukavský, Radovan: Být nebo nebýt. Monology o herectví, Praha 1985

Lukavský, Radovan: Stanislavského Metoda herecké práce, Praha 1978

Vostrý, Sílová: Je dnes ještě možné herecké umění? (Příspěvek ke scénologii herectví), Praha 2008 (selected chapters)

Zich, Otakar: Estetika dramatického umění, Praha 1986: 89–131 (V. drama figurs, acting)

Actor monographs and memoirs

Kohout, Eduard: Divadlo aneb Snář, Praha 1975

Pešek, Ladislav: Tvář bez masky, Praha 1977, 1998

Scheinpflugová, Olga: Byla jsem na světě, Praha 1994 (second authorized edition)

Fabianová, Vlasta: Jsem to já?, Praha 1993

Valtrová, Marie: Kronika rodu Hrušínských, Praha 1994

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

Vostrý, Jaroslav: Petr Čepek. Talent a osud, Praha 1996

Sílová, Zuzana: „Vlastimil Brodský a generace 1945“, Disk 22 (prosinec 2007): 86–99; též v knize Generace a kontinuita, Praha 2009

Čechov, Michail, Hercova cesta, Praha 1990

Olivier, Laurence, Hercova zpověď, Praha 1982

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

Brunelin, André: Gabin, Praha 1995

Bonal, Gérard: Gérard Philipe, Praha 1997

+ other boods and article by personal choice related to figures of interest whose films will be shown.

Topic „O hercích a herectví“ in the magazin Disk – viz the list at the web address:

http://casopisdisk.amu.cz/cs/pro-studenty/o-hercich-a-herectvi-1

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:

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

	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
Wed
Thu	room S201 Hallerův sál (Karlova 26, Praha 1) SÍLOVÁ Z. 10:30–13:15 (paralelka 1)
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	10:30–13:15	Zuzana SÍLOVÁ	Hallerův sál Karlova 26, Praha 1		paralelka 1

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (required subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (required subject)