Module Descriptors
MEDIA PERFORMANCE
FTVR60241
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Stephen Griffiths
Email: S.C.Griffiths@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 8
Independent Study Hours: 142
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
Lecture theatre with video projection, seminar room with video/DVD playback, Library, Internet, Satellite TV and recording facility.

Module Learning Strategies
Students identify three different performers in one medium across three different historical periods and national contexts
They then produce a credit list for each performer
Compile a bibliography of published works on the three performers
Select a representative film/programme and sequence (three minutes)
Produce an analysis of sequences with contextualisation
Presentation of findings and observations
Module Indicative Content
Acting in film, television and radio drama:
Performance styles (vocal and physical techniques)
Modes of expression
Audience response
Exemplary performers
National variations
Historical variations

Module Additional Assessment Details
A coursework essay
Module Texts
Alan Beck, Radio Acting (A&C Black, 1997)
Alan Lovell & Peter Kramer, Screen Acting (Routledge, 1999)
Richard Blum, Working Actors: The Craft of Television, Film and Stage Performance (Focal Press, 1989)
V. Mishra, P. Jeffrey & B. Shoesmith, 'The Actor as Parallel Text in Bombay Cinema', Quarterly Review of Film and Video, October 1989, vol. 11.