THEA 319 - Acting for the Camera

FC ARHU

4 credits
In this advanced studio class, students will be introduced to the fundamental demands of acting for the camera. Weekly on-camera assignments will focus on the differences between stage, commercial, television, and film acting, as well as grow the students’ comfortability behind the lens and their understanding of physical and emotional continuity and nuanced performance. The course will focus on the different genres and what is required of the actor to successfully audition and perform in front of the lens. Students will collaborate to hone their audition skills as well as produce on-camera individual and partnered scene work.

Prerequisites: THEA 200 or (THEA 100 and CINE 298 (for declared cinema studies majors)).