Module Descriptors
MAJOR PERFORMANCE (SCREEN ACTING)
PERF60006
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 6
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Robert James
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 150
Independent Study Hours: 150
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
  • Portfolio of work weighted at 100%
Module Details
MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. DEMONSTRATE AN AWARENESS OF THE UNDERPINNING THEORY AND CRITICAL DEBATE SURROUNDING A PARTICULAR PERFORMANCE
2. MAKE USE OF A BROAD RANGE OF EXISTING SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE IN ACTING AND SCREEN PERFORMANCE IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY PLAN, CREATE AND PRESENT AN EXTENSIVE PERFORMANCE TO A PROFESSIONAL STANDARD.
3. IDENTIFY CHALLENGES AND PRESENT SOLUTIONS WHEN PLANNING, CREATING AND PRESENTING AN EXTENSIVE PERFORMANCE FOR YOUR CHOSEN SPECIALISM OF ACTING AND SCREEN PERFORMANCE. MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO MOVE A PROJECT TOWARDS ITS INTENDED OUTCOME. (
4. CONSIDER YOUR STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS IN SCREEN PERFORMANCE TO PREPARE THE GROUNDWORK FOR EXPANDING YOUR EXISTING SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCT.
5. ARTICULATE IDEAS AND INFORMED CHOICES IN ORDER TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLANNING AND PRODUCTION PROCESS RESULTING IN A HIGH QUALITY OUTCOME WHICH DEMONSTRATE ABILITY TO DISCUSS AND DEBATE.
6. EXAMINE AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNING AND CREATING AN EXTENSIVE PERFORMANCE FOR YOUR CHOSEN SPECIALISM AND INDUSTRY IN ORDER THAT THE FINAL PERFORMANCE COMES ACROSS PROPERLY ON SCREEN.
7. MAKE A MEANINGFUL AND RESPONSIVE CONTRIBUTION TO A TEAM IN THE PLANNING, CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF AN EXTENSIVE PERFORMANCE. PRESENT IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER APPROPRIATE TO ENTERING YOUR CHOSEN INDUSTRY.
MODULE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Assessment 1 – Portfolio (100%)
A portfolio of work comprising:
¿ A majorscreen performance that is assessed via your individual input into the planning, creation and presentation of the finished product, demonstrating your ability to confidently integrate critical theory and industry relevant creative and technical processes.
¿ Evidence of research, planning, developmental processes, appropriate production documentation, health and safety, and reflective practice you have undertaken.
[Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Formative Assessment:
Observation of engagement in practical development
Progress reviews and group critique sessions
MODULE INDICATIVE CONTENT
In this module, the culmination of all of your education and training, you will take part in the planning and creation of a complex and extensive performance as appropriate to your industry sector. It will be a high-level creative response for an identified output and will have been designed in order to stimulate, challenge and highlight your skills and abilities in Screen Acting.

The module will commence with a thorough exploration of the requirements for delivering a major performance which will inform a strategic plan. This plan will be an opportunity to demonstrate an awareness of current commercial practice from a local, national and international perspective. It will be fully developed and include for example, timelines, roles and responsibilities, allocation of resources both human and physical and any marketing.

In line with industry practice and expectations, you will play a role in the process of developing the performance material, exploring and taking into consideration the historical, cultural and social contexts in which the performance is placed and the critical debate associated with it. Informed by this, you will develop a physical performance role appropriate to your chosen specialism as a screen actor. You will be expected to recall previous experience, education and training, as well as peer and lecturer feedback, consistently seeking to improve and enhance your professional, artistic and/or technical capability as would be expected within the profession itself. With lecturer support you will be encouraged to invite an audience, potentially including industry practitioners and agents to the performance of your finished production, to increase potential for future employment within your chosen sector.

At all times, you will be expected to apply professional standards reflective of an entry level practitioner into your chosen industry, demonstrating qualities consistent with those expected when working on an extensive performance.
MODULE LEARNING STRATEGIES
This module will begin with an introduction to the requirements of the module and a review of the strategic direction for the extensive collaborative project. Learning will be facilitated through a range of group sessions (i.e. lectures and workshops) and individual tutorials, as follows:
¿ Research activities including an exploration of existing work via streaming services, DVD, internet, cable and satellite.
¿ Planning workshops
¿ Theoretical and contextual studies workshops
¿ Performance material reviews, ideas generation activities and repertoire planning (as applicable)
¿ Technical and professional skills recap activities appropriate to the genre
¿ Health and safety recap
¿ Reflective practice recap

As the module progresses, learning strategies will focus on your development as a professional and will therefore be situated in work-based practice rather than in classroom based learning. The production element of the module will be facilitated as applicable to the industry sector through activities such as:
¿ Creative and technical pre-production and production workshops
¿ Auditions and castings
¿ Rehearsals
¿ 1:1 and group tutorials
¿ Group critique
¿ Problem solving exercises
¿ Summative performance to audience
¿ Reflective practice
MODULE TEXTS
Screen Acting:
Caine, M. (1997) Acting in Film: An Actor’s Take on Moviemaking (The Applause Acting Series): Applause Theatre Books
Swain JH. (2017) The Science and Art of Acting for the Camera: Routledge
Britten B. (2014) From Stage to Screen: A Theatre Actor’s Guide To Working on Camera: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Adams B. (1987) Screen Acting: How to Succeed in Motion Pictures and Television: Lone Eagle Publishing Co
MODULE RESOURCES
Seminar Room
Computer access / internet access
Rehearsal space / studios
Venue / performance space
DV Cameras
Ancillary costume, prop and set equipment
Various scripts, screenplays, music, instruments, backline equipment