Course Overview
This three-year degree course offers a full-time professional actor-training – allowing you to develop the skills needed for a sustainable career as an actor for stage and screen.
year 1
- Acting for Camera
- Scene Studies of Plays by Global Writers
- Practitioner Lab: Stanislavsky, Meisner, Laban and Katie Mitchell
- Voice
- Movement
- Accent/Dialect
- Character Transformation
- Filming a Web Series
- Creating your Own Work
year 2
During the second year you will undertake industry-focused projects.
Projects and subjects you will investigate include:
- Scene Study: American Film and Television
- American Accents
- Self-Tapes
- Voice for Animation and Audiobooks
- Radio
- Acting in different Film Genres
- Audio Dialogue Replacement (ADR)
- Screenwriting
- Shakespeare
- Devising, Puppetry and Physical Theatre
- Motion Capture
- Producing a Short Film
year 3
The final year will focus on preparation for the industry.
Projects you will undertake include:
- Research and Development for New Writing
- Feature-Film Project
- Public Production of Two Full-Length Plays
- Voicereels
- Showreels
- Audition Technique
- Industry Showcase
Modules
Year 1
- Realism for Stage and Screen
- Developing Your Instrument: Movement and Voice
- The Digital Creator
Year 2
- American Screen Project
- The Independent Filmmaker
- The Actor and the Audience
- Genre in Film and Recording
- The Creative Ensemble
- Shakespeare Reimagined
Year 3
- The New Writing and Film Festival
- Entering the Industry
- Public Productions Season