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Performance Arts/Digital Filmmaking
2007-2008
Acting For Stage
and Camera - Certificate of Proficiency
This is a professional training program in the basic skills
of auditioning and acting in theater, films, TV and other
media. Various acting techniques and philosophies are
emphasized to provide the student with the skills, passion
and discipline to compete in this craft. Students receive a
foundation in the literature, theories and history of theater
and film. This knowledge is then applied in analyzing
scripts and creating characters as students audition for
and perform in theatrical productions and digital films.
Collaboration with technical crews, directors, writers and
fellow actors is also stressed through classes, auditions and
productions. Stage and film set protocols are studied and
practiced. A central focus of this program is rehearsing
and performing in professionally directed stage and film
productions. Additionally, there is outreach to the community
for projects and internships.
OUTCOMES
Students who successfully complete this program should
be able to:
1. Perform four monologues for stage and camera auditions.
2. Work with actors, writers and directors of varying skill levels
and working styles.
3. Analyze a script stating character objectives, subtext,
biography, and intentions
appropriate to various genres and
formats.
4. Memorize on deadlines a full-length stage performance and
two short digital film performances.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of professional theater and film set
behavior and ethics.
6. Demonstrate a familiarity with Western dramatic literature
from the Greeks to
contemporary American theater.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of the major acting theories used in
contemporary theater and film.
GENERAL EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS
Cr.
Eng 101
Composition and Expository Prose . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CIS 105 Computer Applications – or –
BusAd 175 Business Mathematics – or –
Math 107 Math: A Practical Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
BusAd 112 Essentials of Human Relations (2) – or –
SpCMU 101 Basic Speech Communication (5) . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
CERTIFICATE FOUNDATION
REQUIREMENTS
Cr.
Cinema 201 Intro
to Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Drama 101 Intro to Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Drama 151 Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Drama 152 Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Drama 153 Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Drama 155 Acting for TV & Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Drama 156 Acting, Writing, Directing For the Camera I . . . . . .5
Drama 157 Acting, Writing, Directing For the Camera II . . . . . 5
Drama 202 Experiential Theatre –and/or –
Drama 207/8/9 Theatrical Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Drama 221 Theatre Career Planning & Auditioning . .2
Drama 222 Directing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
ELECTIVES OPTIONS
Cr.
Students will
choose 5-8 credits from the following list
in their area of interest.
CMU/VCT266 Video Editing and Postproduction . . . . . . . . . . .5
Drama 295 Improvisational Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Drama 171 Circus Performance: Balance & Motion . . . . . . . . . 3
HUMAN/
PE 161 World Dance: Pacific Rim – or –
HUMAN/
PE 162 World Dance: Europe and Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Music/PE 167 Voice-Dance Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
MUSIC 137 Class Voice Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
SpCMU 103 Communication Across Differences . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Total Credits Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68-74
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