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Overview
A dual craft programme for writers and performers who need to understand each other's work. Writers complete a shooting script; actors complete filmed scene work and a showreel.
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Aims of the Course
- Write screen dialogue that plays naturally
- Structure a screenplay with professional formatting
- Build a reliable acting process
- Perform for camera with technical awareness
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Course Structure
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Screenplay Craft
- Format and industry standards
- Scene construction and conflict
- Dialogue and subtext
- Rewriting from feedback
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Character and Arc
- Motivation and want versus need
- Backstory without exposition
- Ensemble and subplot
- Adaptation from source material
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Acting Technique
- Text analysis and given circumstances
- Objectives, actions and beats
- Voice, breath and speech clarity
- Improvisation and play
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Acting for Camera
- Scale of performance on screen
- Continuity and eyelines
- Audition technique and self-tapes
- Working with direction on set
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Collaboration
- Table reads and script development
- Writer-actor collaboration
- Directing yourself and others
- Rehearsal room practice
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Portfolio
- Writing a ten-minute shooting script
- Filming scene work
- Showreel assembly
- Industry submission pack
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Learning Outcomes
- 01Write a formatted ten-minute shooting script
- 02Perform a scene for camera to a usable standard
- 03Self-tape an audition professionally
- 04Give and receive script notes constructively
- 05Assemble a showreel and submission pack
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Assessment
- Shooting script submission
- Filmed scene assessment
- Showreel and submission pack
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Entry Requirements
- Open access
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Progression and Careers
- Screenwriter
- Actor
- Script reader or developer