Class Acting I

      Theoretical and practical Interpretation classes, with a view to preparing the actor for theater, cinema, television and audiovisual. With a very strong practical component, the classes develop not only technical acting skills but also knowledge of the actor's work in different professional contexts.          

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1 - Reading and analyzing small scenes in theater, television and cinema,proposed by the teacher, and watching them made by actors in a professional context. 2- Technical training consisting of different exercises aimed at the body, voice and emotion that promote the possibilities of physical, energetic and emotional expansion and containment. 3 -Long-term improvisation and contact improvisation exercises, with musical and scenographic- stimuli. 4- Individualized practical work based on monologues and dialogues for theater, television and cinema. The student has to define the character and artistic concept, present proposals to be worked on in class and present the final work, ready to be presented or filmed. 5- Written dossier presenting and defending practical work.  

The student will have a simulated professional experience, focusing on their autonomy and creativity. From the play or script and character profile on paper, to filming and viewing the scene. The student's individuality is stimulated as well as their knowledge of some emblematic interpretations of excellent actors while incorporating different points of view on the scene and the character and learning to take responsibility for their place in the complex artistic and technical gear of the theater and audio-visual medium.

  - BROOK, Peter, O Espaço Vazio, tradução de Rui Lopes. Lisboa: Orfeu Negro, 2011. - OIDA, Yoshi, MARSHALL, Lorna, The Invisible Actor, New York, London, Routledge, 1997 - JOHNSTONE, Keith, Impro, London, Methuen Drama, 1989   - FUCHS, Elianor, The Death of Character, London & New York, Routledge, 2006       - SWAIN, John Howard, A Practical Approach to Film, Television and Commercial Acting, New York, London, Routledge, 2018