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DRAM 238 Elementary Acting Units: 3.00
An introduction to the fundamental skills and techniques of professional acting. Students will analyze text, develop a character and engage in work that requires connecting with themselves and their scene partner.
NOTE Transportation/Live Performance: estimated cost $55.
NOTE Transportation/Live Performance: estimated cost $55.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Laboratory, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Level 2 or above and registration in a COCA, DRAM, MAPP, or MUSC Plan) or registration in the MUTH Plan.
Exclusion Maximum of 6.0 units from: DRAM 237/3.0; DRAM 238/3.0; DRAM 239/3.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Develop an understanding of the various skills that make up the art of acting and by developing these skills through participation in class exercises on topics such as emotional recall, sensitivity, vocal and physical characterization and text analysis.
- Develop an understanding of the interdependence of the actor's internal life, thinking and feeling and its physical manifestation.
- Begin to develop one's own professional practice, including how to warm up and how to get into a character.
- Develop communication and collaboration skills by sharing personal observations with others in the class and by actively participating in group exercises and presentations.
- Further develop a critical perspective about the world in which we live and in which we create by sensitively observing and responding to class experiences through the writing of personal reflections.
- Extend one's capacity for public performance and tolerance of stressful situations with bravery and audacity.