THEA 319F - Acting & Directing for Camera

FC ARHU

4 credits
THEA 319F is a full semester course intended for students with an interest in directing narrative film; no previous acting courses required. The first module of THEA 319F will be an intensive intro course in the basics of acting and directing - mostly w/o camera - based in popular American method acting technique. Students will acquire the working knowledge, skills and confidence to work with more skilled actors. Second module we will add cameras/sound and acting students who will take the HALF course, THEA 319H. The course will shift its focus exclusively to the adjustments required for on-camera work. Both for acting and directing. All students will collaborate on a sequence of short narrative assignments, with the full course students serving as the directors and the half course students as their actors.The course will also cover some basic mechanics of traditional narrative film such as shooting scripts, story boards, staging for the camera (esp. “continuity style”) and the logistics of casting and running a shoot.
Prerequisites & Notes: CINE 298 (or equivalent)