2023

Acting for the Camera

Name: Acting for the Camera
Code: ARC12605L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Teatro

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

The course’s main goal is to provide the specifics of acting techniques for the camera (film and television), as opposed to the theatre. The student is supposed to acquire the relevant technical vocabulary, a technical sense of the setting, the basic principles of acting for the camera, as well as a familiarity with scripts.
Contents will include: film viewing focusing on the actor’s work; script analysis and preparation for shooting; shooting, viewing and critical analysis of scenes.

Contents

I ACTING FOR THE CAMERA SPECIFICS
The camera: Technical vocabulary;Guide to technical specifics of the set;The team; The director; The ‘timings’

II Building the film character -Listening/feeling
Concentration -Energy, Emotions, Physical stimuli, Changes/Variations, Spontaneity

III Script analysis

Teaching Methods

1 – Practical exercises
2- Script analysis
3- Scenes and monologues
4- Shooting, viewing and critical analysis
5- Multiple take techniques

EVALUATION:
Class attendance, commitment and quality of contribution 20%; acquired knowledge and skills 20%; commitment and progress 20%; 1st shooting 20%; 2nd shooting 20%

Teaching Staff

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