Programme

Performing Arts - Actors Training

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

Bachelor | Semestral | 8

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Total of Working Hours | Duration of Contact (hours)

200 | 120

Code

ULP1977-15447

Recommended complementary curricular units

n/a

Mode of study

Face-to-face

Precedences

Não

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

1. How to approach a dramatic text 2. The dramaturgical analysis 3. Analysis of the technical aspects: speech, articulation, meaning. 4. Dialogue text: characteristics and challenges 5. The monologue or soliloquy 6. How to tell a story 7. Presentation Offending the Audience by Peter Handke. 8. Making of a short film of the paly.

Objectives

Provide students with basic skills at the level of approach to a text in terms of its dramaturgical, interpretive and technical aspects. Work on the texts in practice, encouraging joint observation and analysis, seeking to correct errors. Make a small film (in collaboration with the Degree in Film and Audiovisuals) with the aim of subjecting students to a professional practice in context.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

t is intended that students would be able to analyze a text, solve their technical problems ( speech, articulation, voice, and understand the context of the text, it´s meaning, and also to solve their interpretative problems.

References

BERRY, Cicely. The actor and the text. London: Harrap Ltd., 1992.
CHEKHOV, Michael. Etre acteur. Paris: Pygmalion, 1980
COLE, Toby. Acting, a handbook of the Stanislavski method. NYC: Three Rivers Press, 1983.
JOHNSTON, Keith. Impro: improvisation and the theatre. London: Methuen, 1995.
MAMET, David. True and False. NYC: First Vintage Books, 1999.
RABIGER, Michael. Directing Film Techniques and Aesthetics, Burlington, Focal Press, 2003.
SERNA, Assumpta. O Trabalho do Actor de Cinema, Edição Cine-Clube de Avanca, 2001.
STANISLAVSKI, Konstantin. A preparação do actor. Lisboa: Arcádia, 1962

STANISLAVSKI, Konstantin. A construção da personagem. Lisboa: Serviços Sociais dos Trabalhadores da CGD, 1977.

PROUST. Sophie. La direction d´acteurs. France: L´Entretemps Ed., 2006.