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Acting Motivation
With the ever-growing demand for media content on various platforms, a career in acting or filmmaking is a more realisable than ever before. This platform encourages aspiring actors and filmmakers to develop their own worldview and to become its student and practitioners for life.
This course introduces the fundamental techniques used by actors to create emotionally engaged and narratively effective performances for film, video, and digital media.
Course Information
Course Objectives
- The primary goal of this course is to increase understanding of yourself and others; more specifically, you will learn to communicate with others using dramatic form; make creative and artistic decisions; develop problem solving skills; build positive self-concept, and interpersonally relate with your peers.
- Students prepare mentally and physically for the rigorous year ahead. They learn to open up to the possibilities for acting by exploring core concepts, such as trust and play.
- This course focuses on building self-awareness through trust and play exercises. Instructors stress honesty in engaging and committing to others
- Students learn that authenticity in pursuit of scene objectives is the key to success when acting for the camera.
- To be able to be expressive and present as an actor, students need to be in a healthy and exciting relationship with themselves, especially their voiceThis course is the first step in students' journeys towards developing the courage and trust necessary to risk exploring a new relationship prevent them from reaching acting goals in this industry.
Course Outline
- Acting Journey
- Talent & Skills
- Motivation (Introduction to Acting)
- Actor's Tool (Body & Voice)
- Imagination
- MAGIC IF and Given Circumstance
- Concentration
- Characterization and Action
- Motivation
- Acting Techniques
- Emotional Recall
- The Inner Creative Stat
Methodology
This course will cover skills in observation, listening, mime, characterization, improvisation, dialects, monologue and scene delivery, auditioning, script reading, writing, memorization, and acting, by way of acting exercises and games. Acting is a wonderful, rewarding pursuit. Its study can open the mind, sharpen the wit, and free the heart. Take advantage of this opportunity to discover your hidden talents
Students prepare a business plan in order to support the transition from student to professional actor, and to develop the skills to navigate the industry from a business perspective.
Through this course, students continue to develop ease, confidence and trust in themselves as an “actor who sings”, readying them to take on more challenging stories.