| Description (ECIAD) | Acting is foundational to most dramatic live
action and animation media creation. This course
will provide a comprehensive introduction to
acting, improvisation, and technical basics for
students working with film, media arts, animation,
performance and/or interdisciplinary forms. The
course highlights the creative impact of
performance and its capacity for transformation
and puts the student in the role of actor as
creator. Through immersion and experience as
actors, students will explore improvisation,
physical movement, body language, and voice
development to generate character creation and
development. Students will learn and apply
language and techniques to create and improve
performance, audition and rehearsal procedures.
Teaching methods include lectures, demonstrations,
class exercises, workshops, scene study and games. |
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