Advanced Acting
Recommended Prerequisite: Acting
Grades Offered: 10-12
Credits: ½ -1
SDE Course Code: 3599
MNPS Course Code: ENG1737
Course Description
This course is designed to study acting styles using the various techniques accompanying each style. Styles ranging from classical to contemporary drama will be studied and performed. (This course is only approved for the Nashville School of the Arts at this time.)
Course of Study
- Character Development
- Read/Analyze/Incorporate the techniques of Constantin Stanislavski (An Actor Prepares)
- Character Analysis
- Objectives and Goals, Obstacles, Beats within a scene
- Movement
- Physical Agility/Versatility
- Physical Awareness of the audience
- Physical Characterization
- Creation and Execution of Blocking
- Rehearsal Process
- Character Analysis
- Memorization
- Staging
- Rehearsal
- Performance
- 4-10 minute scenes (contemporary and classical)
- 2-4 minute monologues (contemporary and classical)
- One Act performances for school audience
- Whole group performance for public audience
- Textual Research
- Scansion and Analysis of classical text
- Read and Analyze a variety of plays as a class
- Read and Analyze a variety of plays individually utilizing the classroom or school library
- View and Analyze live performances
Standards
MNPS Theatre Arts Standards
http://www.mnps.org
Tennessee State Department of Education Standards
http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/standards
Textbook
No MNPS purchased textbook
Recommended and/or Required Resources
Student copies of An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski
Student copies of a variety of plays (Proof by David Auburn, The Seagull by Anton Chekov, Burn This by Lanford Wilson, for colored girls who have considered/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange, Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin)
Play library for student scene and monologue selection, and independent reading
Production opportunities for student viewing (school performances or local performances within reasonable price/transportation limits