DRAM2021 Acting Skills 3: Advanced Character Preparation and Performance
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Humanities |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Drama/Theatre Studies |
| Offered in | First Semester, 2009, Second Semester, 2009, First Semester, 2010, and Second Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description | Each week the Clinical School provides a detailed character history and presenting complaint to each student. The student learns the history and presents himself to the Clinical School at the Canberra Hospital where he is interviewed by a second year medical student. In this unit the history will be enlivened by detailed emotional states which the medical students will have to overcome in order to create a coherent patient history. |
| Learning Outcomes |
A practical understanding of the process of improvising a character within a given circumstance using imaginative and spontaneous responses. |
| Indicative Assessment | Final performance assessed by Course Convenor (50%), 1 x 2,500 word character analysis and reflection essay (50%). |
| Workload | 1 x 2 hour workshop performance session. |
| Areas of Interest | Drama |
| Requisite Statement | DRAM2017 |
| Prescribed Texts | Character histories will be provided each week by the medical school. |
| Majors/Specialisations | Drama, Theatre Studies, and Theatre Studies |
| Academic Contact | Anthony Albert Turner and Mr Tony Turner |
The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.
