My (director's) notes :
Theatre is Art
but
Acting is Profession?
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Posmodern Acting : "Acting Acting"
Playing Actors
Celebrity Roles
Faking it
and ... "Acting for the Camera" (no-public).
Between "Action" and "Cut"!
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My (director's) notes : Theatre is Art but Acting is Profession? ... Posmodern Acting : "Acting Acting" Playing Actors Celebrity Roles Faking it and ... "Acting for the Camera" (no-public). Between "Action" and "Cut"!
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* 2007 -- Actor2.0
Lion King Tickets Spamalot Tickets Wicked Tickets Odd Couple Tickets Fall 2004:
Students pages Homework ... etc. 2004-2005 textbook for Acting One ablongman.com
Course Home
Other WEB pages : acting2, directing, film, drama... Dialogues: -- Do I need study acting? -- Yes, you do. -- Come on! -- Come in! -- No! -- Yes! ...
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1. Profession -- theory, terminology...2. Research -- profession (character study, for example)
3. Publicity -- profession, again.
... How to make the best of Internet
The old songs :
How to Use This Site
Take notes in class (use your journal, keep it with you all the time). If you don't understand some terminology, go to Glossary. Also, each topic on this syllabus is connected with the appropriate page, but the pages are designed for all levels of acting and directing. If you miss the class, you won't know how much you should know and you will read it all. Don't miss classes.If you have a legitimate reason for not being in class, you call in, leave a message or email me.
The Master-File with monologues and scenes is in the Library on reserve (select the pages, copy them and put back).
If you don't show up for rehersals with your partners, they drop you -- they get the grade, you don't.
For Homework and Jounal keeping instructions go to the THR221 and Journals pages.If you want to see a sample of the test on Acting Theory, please, go to Forms & Samples page.
HOW TO WORK with Yourself
You can print out the entire site and use it as a textbook, or mark the selections you need and print them only. Follow the links in each class and read the pages related to the topics. If you need more information, use the outside links on my pages, or search the Net. The text for monologues and scenes are not posted, but in the library on reserve. You can use the monologues and scenes I have on my site, they’re copyright free (that’s why I can post them). Don’t waste your time on search for a perfect-for-you monologue/scene. Go with the instinct, do the cold reading in class; you can change your mind later, when you’ll get the feedback from the class. Don’t memorize the lines, not till you went through some analysis, dramatic breakdown and develop your idea about the character and movement (floor plan). Don’t go through useless read-through in class; we are here to work on your piece, even for cold reading you should have some ideas about the role. Throw them at us, try and test your design!If you can’t make your mind, I’ll select the text for you. We want to have a good performance, not a great literature presented. (Usually they are together, but if a monologue is above your head, go for something you understand and feel for).
Do you have somebody at home or dorm to perform for? Torture them -- tape-recorder is good, but humans are better. Use them to feed you lines, this way you’ll get rid of the papers in your hands sooner.
No-no Things: Nobody needs to know that you forgot your line. We don’t care for words, we are into acting. Don’t stop. Don’t appologize, don’t curse yourself outloud. Do it later at home.
No-no: Don’t get into this “talent stuff” -- am I talented, I am no good, bad, do I have a potential, I suck, stink and etc. The class is not an academy award, you’re here to get as much as you can out of yourself. Let the others judge you.
Do it: If you don’t like somebody’s performance in class, speak up your mind. You don’t have to butcher your classmates; imagine yourself doing their material -- how would you have done it? That’s a constructive criticism for you! Besides, if you don’t speak in class, you do disservice to all, including yourself. You don’t learn how to articulate your ideas.
Now, go to YOUR CLASS PAGE to see who is in class, assignments, how you're doing and etc.
On your first day in class all of you have "A"s! Try to keep up good grades!
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