Acting Studio 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 311AS1 | ZK | 2 | 20S | English | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Understanding and realising the valuable resource that actors can be in the realisation of the director’s vision.
Mode of study
seminar
Prerequisites and co-requisites
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Course contents
- INTRODUCTION
• Open introductions
• The Actor
• Theatre v. Film
• The Lens and its relationship to Story
• Script and Interpretation
• Life and Truth
• Experiential revelation, on camera
- CASTING
• Leads and Supporting Roles
• Casting Directors
• Auditions, Self-tapes, Recalls
• Working the Actor
• Non-professionals and Children
- SHOOTING: THE SCRIPT
• The Screenwriter and the Producer
• The Actor and the Screenplay
• The Actor’s Creativity
• Takes
• Positivity v. Negativity
• Experiential revelation, on camera
- SHOOTING: EGOS
• Your own
• An Actor’s Insecurities
• ‘Difficult’ Actors
• Atmosphere on a Set
- SHOOTING: RHYTHM IN THE FRAME
• Rhythm in the Actor relative to the Lens
• In Close-up
• and Wide Angle
• Relaxation and Creative Freedom
• Experiential revelation, on camera
Recommended or required reading
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Assessment methods and criteria
Class attendance, active participation.
Note
Lecturer:
DAVID PENN is an award-winning, UK director (ex-Royal National Theatre and BBC) who’s directed over one hundred hours of television drama; his screen-acting masterclass, ‘The Naked Face’ (www.the-naked-face.com) is in demand throughout Europe
e-mail: david@the-naked-face.com
Schedule for winter semester 2019/2020:
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| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| Mon | 14:00–18:05 | Ondřej ZACH | Room No. 1 Lažanský palác |
Dates: Sept 30, Oct 7, 14, Nov 25, Dec 2, 9 | parallel1 |
Schedule for summer semester 2019/2020:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Photography EN - Bachelor-1920 (optional subject)
- Photography EN - Master-1920 (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Directing-1819 (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Directing_1920 (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting-1819 (optional subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting_1920 (optional subject)