ADVANCED ACTING

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THE IDEAS

  1. Four Major Presentations
  2. Simple Action Scene
  3. Monologue
  4. Film Scene
  5. Final Scene
  6. Alexander Technique
  7. Meisner Technique
  8. Monologue Techniques
  9. Film Techniques

THE UNITS

  1. Prologue
  2. Ensemble Building
  1. Act One: Simple Action Scene
  2. Introduction to Alexander Technique
  3. Return to Meisner Technique
  4. Big As-Ifs (Hitting the Pillow)
  5. Simple Action Scene
  1. Act Two: Monologue with Emotional Preparation
  2. Meisner Preparation
  3. Personalizing Your Work
  4. Working with Text
  1. Act Three: Film Acting
  2. Technical Aspects
  3. Preparing Your Scene: Doing Your Actor Homework
  4. Internalizing and Scaling it Down
  5. Looking and Listening
  1. Act Four: Final Scene (Shakespeare? Chekhov?)
  2. Preparation
  3. As Ifs and Personal Connections
  4. Provocative Phrases
  5. Key Facts
  1. Epilogue
  2. Assembly and Scene Night
  3. Self-Assessment and Next Steps

THE DAILY ROUTINE

Warm-up

Technique Work

Scene Rehearsal

Journaling

ATTENDANCE

  1. Class starts promptly. If you arrive after we have started warm-ups you will need to go back and get a late note.
  2. Your presentations will be presented according to the sign-up sheet. You don’t want to miss your scheduled day because you will put the entire class behind schedule.
  3. Because acting takes place on a stage in front of others, any time you miss class, whether excused or not, your work and others will suffer. Being fully present for each class is imperative.

JOURNAL ENTRIES

You will be asked to keep a paper journal in which you take notes, jot down your brilliant ideas, and chronicle your work in this course everyday we have class. Like an artist’s sketchbook, it will include lots of rough ideas you want to try in your rehearsals. I will check in and respond to your entries periodically, and they will be considered in your quarterly assessments.

PRESENTATIONS

You will present your work often in this class. Please prepare thoroughly so you don’t waste everyone’s time.

WRITTEN ASSESSMENTS

You will need to create a google doc folder in which you will put your 6-steps and written quarterly assessments, which will discuss what techniques have helped you the most, which techniques you feel most confident in using, and which techniques still elude you.

You will also write 6-Step Rehearsal Entries for each of your four presentations.

PARK PRODUCTIONS

All acting students will attendthe fall musical. Get in free by ushering!

ASSEMBLY AND SCENE NIGHT

Your major exams for this course will be performing scenes and monologues during Assembly on Wed. Jan. 24 and scenes at Scene Night on Friday, Jan. 9, 7 – 8:30.

MATERIALS

Bring yourpaper journal and something to write with every day. Any scene or monologue materials. Appropriate dress and props for your scenes.

ATTIRE

Wear clothing you are comfortable moving around in. We will be doing a lot of physical work in this class. When presenting scenes or exercises as actors you must wear clothing suitable to the character and situation.

ASSESSMENT

  1. Participation 40%
  2. Attendance
  3. Timeliness
  4. Focus
  5. Commitment
  6. Engagement
  7. Ensemble – Trust and Respect of others
  8. Risk-taking
  9. Presentations 40%
  10. Preparation – props, costumes, sets, lines, staging when called for
  11. Application of techniques
  12. Written Assessments 20%
  13. 6-steps
  14. Self-assessments