DRA 130 - Acting I
Last Date of Approval: Fall 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
Acting I offers energetic, in-class activities which are designed to develop concentration, encourage creativity, and forge connections to classmates through character-driven interactions. It introduces students to the fundamental training components of acting through participation in a variety of creative exercises perfect for both budding performers and for students who have never been onstage - or who might not even plan to be onstage someday. This course helps students build confidence in their communication skills while also enabling them to think critically, consider the viewpoints of others, and effectively express themselves, all of which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce. Acting I offers minimal lecture and few written assignments, focusing instead on active, hands-on daily exercises on techniques ranging from improvisation and movement to creative exercises and physical centering techniques. The course culminates in scene work which teaches students to believe in the actions of a character.
Recommended(s): This class is the recommended prerequisite for Acting II.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: Traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): None.
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Demonstrate continued improvement in the fundamental training components of acting–concentration, energy, creativity and character connection during class exercises and assignments
- Assess individual and peer performances on all acting exercises and performances
- Appraise the effectiveness of a live theatrical performance using accepted standards of measurement
Demonstrate preparedness for class by completing reading and writing assignments on an assigned timeline
- Answer the specific questions of “Who? What? Where? When? Why” before embarking upon an acting sequence
- Create character sketches for imaginary roles to play in improvisation
Dramatize improvisational scene work, committing to believable physica choices and integrating appropriate stage movement
- Dramatize scene work through oral and physical performance
- Adjust walking gait following specific guidelines for environmental changes
- Commit to the actions chosen for scene work and evoke belief in the actions
- Improvise group scenes, illustrating psychologically motivated physical actions and dialogue
Develop a more relaxed and responsive body by employing a variety of physical exercises
- Characterize using externals in performance
Develop tolerance for other points of view through the discovery of the motivations that drive the actions and beliefs of characters
- Discover motivations behind actions of characters and find ways to personally connect to them without judgment
- Record observations of people, places, emotions, sensory images–anything that is capable of being reproduced on stage
- Answer the question, “What would I do if I were the person described by the dramatist in the given circumstances?” for each role assigned in class
Work against obstacles and adapt to other characters in a variety of scenes and acting exercises
- Develop good working relationships with classmates
- State the intention of a character for a given scene
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