DRMA 262 Acting for Stage and Digital Film III (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Formerly THTR 262
Course Description
Acting for the stage and digital film with emphasis on styles of acting.
Course Content
a. Cultural Influences
b. Sociocultural Influences
c. Historical/cultural heritage
d. Concepts of evaluation
e. Concepts of performance techniques
f. Creative expression/performance
g. Style of acting
Student Outcomes
1. Develop and practice theatre preparation and warm-up techniques.
2. Employ stage movement and pantomime consistently.
3. Develop effective use of voice and diction.
4. Compare the dramatic structure of theatre, film, television, and electronic media.
5. Evaluate theatrical conventions of various cultural and historical periods.
6. Evaluate the interdependence of all theatrical elements.
7. Evaluate character dimensions in scripts of various genres and style.
8. Create and sustain believable characters for stage and digital film.
9. Outline and create imaginative scripts and scenarios that include motivated character, unique dialogue, conflict, and resolution for theatre, film, or television.
10. Analyze and evaluate dramatic texts and direct brief scenes.
11. Evaluate the role of live theatre, film, television, and electronic media in American society.
12. Apply evaluation concepts to performances and compare and contrast literary and dramatic criticism of theatre, film, television, or electronic media.
13. Demonstrate safe use of the voice and body.
14. Describe career and vocational opportunities in theatre and film and explore the training, skills, and artistic discipline needed to pursue them.
Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.
Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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