Cinema: Directing - Directing Actors for Cinema

Directing Actors for Cinema (DREC 2108)

Total Credits: 4
Lecture Credits: 3.00
Lab Credits: 1.00

Description: This course helps directing students understand the craft of cinematic acting. You will learn how to work with actors through directing exercises, improvisations and scripted projects. You will develop skills in building and shaping character as well as performance. Must be taken A-F.

Topical Outline:

Learning Outcomes:
1. 1. Develop complex and layered characters in rehearsals
2. 2. Communicate with actors using vocabulary that actors recognize
3. 3. Identify and solve performance problems
4. 4. Obtain motivated performances from actors

Prerequisites: 

CIPR 1102, SCRN 1102, ENGL 1111.

Co-requisites: 

DREC 2104.