Details for DRA202 Performance Skills

Enhancing performance skills is essential for any aspiring actor seeking to captivate and communicate effectively on stage. This subject provides a thorough foundation in vocal and physical characterisation, equipping students with the techniques to master pitch, pace, tone, and more. Participants will learn to deliver engaging monologues and evaluate performances using a theoretical framework.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: DRA202
• Credit points: 10

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Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Demonstrate knowledge of how the voice produces sound;
2. Demonstrate understanding of technical terms relating to the use of voice in performance;
3. Present and sustain a defined vocal characterisation in performance demonstrating control of vocal dynamics; pitch, pace, articulation, tone, projection, timing, cues and rhythm;
4. Present and sustain a defined physical characterisation in performance that demonstrates complexity, belief, control, energy, conviction, clarity and focus;
5. Present a coherent monologue that uses performance elements to convey an interpretation, establish an actor audience relationship and uses the given performance space;
6. Evaluation and critique of performances that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of a specific theoretical approach to acting from a Christian worldview and identifies the creative process of experimentation and application of a specific approach to acting.

Subject Content

• Introduction to acting within a Christian worldview
• Introduction to Voice
• Introduction to Sanford Meisner’s approach to acting
• Freeing the voice
• Introduction to the viewpoints approach to acting
• Developing the voice
• Introduction to Jacques Lecoq and his approach to acting
• Applying the voice to text; caring for the voice; the vocal warm up
• Uta Hagen’s approaches to acting
• Michael Chekov’s approaches to acting
• Bertolt Brecht’s approaches to acting
• Viola Spolin’s approaches to acting

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to Face (onsite)
• E-learning (online)
• Intensive
• Extensive

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Voice Theory Quiz (20%)
• Presentation (40%)
• Acting Performance Essay (40%)

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