FITV12-201: Directing Actors

Description

This subject explores the actor/director relationship. It introduces students to the approaches and practices of working with actors to rehearse and achieve screen performances. Furthermore, it seeks to demystify how actors approach their work, the language they use to discuss their work, and the theoretical models developed over the past century, such as Stanislavski, Brecht, Method, and British, upon which many actors build their performance techniques.

Subject details

Learning outcomes

1. Analyse a script from an actor and director's point-of-view for the character, objectives, subtext, units of actions etc, hidden within
2. Communicate with trained actors in a performance language that is familiar to them
3. Approach the rehearsal and staging of filmic scenes in collaborative manner that encourages creative input from the actors
4. Apply theoretical approaches to developing screen performance
5. Work with actors in a collaborative manner during casting sessions, and screen tests

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge required.

Subject outlines

• January 2018 [Standard]
• September 2017 [Standard]

Subject dates