DRAM2016 Acting Skills: Character Creation, Improvisation and Performance 1
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Cultural Inquiry |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Drama/Theatre Studies |
| Offered in | DRAM2016 will not be offered in 2011 |
| Unit Value | 3 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 given circumstances using imaginative and spontaneous responses. |
| Indicative Assessment |
Written analysis (50%) and performance (50%). |
| Workload | Offered annually. One two-hour workshop per week. |
| Areas of Interest | Drama |
| Requisite Statement | |
| Prescribed Texts | A patient history script will be provided each week by the medical school. |
| Majors/Specialisations | Drama, New Media Performance, Theatre Studies, and Theatre Studies |
| Programs | Bachelor of Arts (New Media Arts) |
The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.
