12/21/2024 5:10:35 PM	THAR 10A Course Outline as of Fall 1998	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  THAR 10A	Title:  INTRO ACTING TECH
Full Title:  Introduction to Techniques of Acting
Last Reviewed:11/4/2024

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		17 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	5.00			Contact Total	87.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

An intensive study of fundamental acting concepts as exhibited through improvisation, individual, and group performance.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Intro to basic acting skills; an intensive study of fundamental acting concepts as exhibited through improvisation, individual, and group performance.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1988	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1988	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: THTR 151	Acting I	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): THAR10A

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The students will:

1.  Develop an understanding and demonstrate control of basic physical

   and vocal acting techniques.

2.  Understand and demonstrate basic techniques of characterization.

3.  Utilize the Stanislavski Approach to acting technique.

4.  Develop and exhibit competence in ensemble acting.

5.  Analyze, rehearse, and perform a scripted text from a modern or

contemporary play.

Topics and Scope

The students will perform 5 exercises showing the following skills:

1.  The Actor

   A.  The instrument (Body and Voice); Relaxation, Diaphragmatic

       Breathing, Physical and Vocal Flexibility, Speech, Stage

       Movement and Business.

   B.  Inner Resources: Concentraion, Sense Recall/Emotional

       Memory, Personalization, Imaging.

2.  The Text

   A. The Given Circumstances: Who? What? When? Where? Why?

   B. Defining the Role: Character History, Character History,

      Character Personality, Character Behavior, Utilization of the

      Magic "If" from Stanislovski.

   C. Defining the Action: Objective/Action; Beat

   D. Playing the Action: Obstacle, Conflict.

3.  The Rehearsal

   A. Blocking, Stage Postitions, Acting Areas.

   B. Working with the Director, the other Actors.

   C. Procedures for Memorization.

4.  The Performance

   A. The Environment: Its Effect Upon the Actor as Character.

   B. The Props: Endowment  of Objects with Real Significance.

   C. The Characters: Relationship between Actors as Characters.

Assignments:

1.  Three Acting Exercises (1A, 1B, 2A above) ranging from 3 to 5

   minutes in length.

2. One Monoloque Performance from a modern or contemporary play,

   ranging from 1-2 minutes in length.

3. One Scene Performance from a Modern or Contemporary Play, ranging

  from 5-10 minutes in length.

4. One written Character Analysis (2A-2D above).

5. One play critique  of a Theatre Arts Department production.

6. One in-class test from the text that will include acting vocabulary.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 70 - 80%
Class performances, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 15%
ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

ACTING, THE FIRST SIX LESSONS, Richard Boleslavsky,1994,Theatre Arts Books

AN ACTOR PERFORMS by Mel Shapiro. 1997, Harcourt,Brace & Co

THE STANISLAVSKI SYSTEM by Sonia Moore, 1984, 2Ed, Penguin Books

AUDITION by Michael Shurtleff, 1980, Bantam/Doubleday

THE BEGINNING ACTOR'S COMPANION by Donna Breed and Susan Pate, 1996,3Ed

Kendall Hunt

ACTING WITH BOTH SIDES OF YOUR BRAIN, by Delgado, 1986, Harcourt, Brace

ACTING IS BELIEVING by Charles McGaw, 1996,7ED, Harcourt, Brace

AN ACTOR PREPARES by Constantin Stanislavski, 1984, Theatre Arts Books

ART AND FEAR by David Bayles and Ted Orland, 1993, Capra Press

ACTOR'S BOOK OF SCENES FROM NEW PLAYS by Eric Lane & Nina Shengold, 1988

Penguin Books

PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE ACTOR by Millissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn,

Madelaine Olneck, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previto, Scott Zigler, 1986

Random House

MULTICULTURAL SCENES FOR YOUNG ACTORS edited by Craig Slate and Jack

Sharrar, 1995, Smith & Kraus

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