Overview
Key facts
This introductory course has been written to encourage you to learn from your peers and tutor, whilst introducing you to key theoretical and practical aspects of acting, allowing you to explore your capabilities and realise your potential in a friendly and supportive environment.
This practical 10-week course will provide you with the fundamental knowledge and skills and give you the confidence to act as a believable character in any medium.
Your tutor, Charmaine Parkin, teaches from her experience working as an actor, writer, director and producer. She has worked with a variety of people including children, students, professionals and beginners to develop their acting skills and works in a fun, accessible and approachable way. She will guide you through different acting techniques for theatre, television and film as well as relaying the realities of being a working actor and how the industry works.
Programme Overview
Students will be introduced to a variety of physical techniques to help build confidence and express themselves freely; these are essential skills to shape instinctual and playful actors who are able to be completely ‘in the moment’ during performance. You will work on monologues and group scenes that allow you to put you newly learned skills into practice and develop yourself as a performer for future theatre or acting projects.
The Acting - An Introduction (Stage 1) workshop from Arts University Bournemouth aims to:
- Provide you with the knowledge to be able to create a believable 3-dimensional character
- Enable you to confidently apply that knowledge in any acting medium
- Enhance your perspective of what an actor is required to do to be believable whilst discovering and expanding your own self-knowledge
- Develop confidence, empathy and understanding of human behaviour
Programme Structure
Courses Overview
Emphasis is placed on discovering the psychology and emotional life of everyday characters and using skills you may already possess but may not consciously put into practice
- The essential preparation techniques to ‘be’ a character not ‘act’ a character
- Understanding the fundamental elements in character development and the essential information required incredible acting
- Learning how the industry works including acting, casting, scriptwriting, directing and producing
- Working on monologues and scenes the will put the skills you are learning into practice in a fun, relaxed and supportive environment
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 2 days
Start dates & application deadlines
The next start dates will be announced in April.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Visual Arts Film Studies Drama View 247 other Short Courses in Visual Arts in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Please ensure that you wear comfortable, practical clothing and footwear.
- There are no academic requirements. This course focuses far more on creativity than academia. (You won’t be judged or marked!) However, the course is perhaps not best suited for anyone with only a basic level of the English language.
- Our 10-week courses are open to all creative enthusiasts aged 16+ and there is no upper age limit. We attract students, creative professionals and freelancers of all ages, with a variety of interests and experience. Our courses benefit from including a wide diversity of people who can learn and collaborate together.
Tuition Fee
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International
339 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 339 GBP for the full programme during 2 days. -
National
339 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 339 GBP for the full programme during 2 days.
Living costs for Bournemouth
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.