2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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VID 203B - Directing the Actor for Film


Credits: 3
Description
This class analyzes the craft of directing actors for the film/video medium, and gives students a working knowledge of acting theory and practice from the director’s point of view, as well as directing and choreographing actors specifically for the camera.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Communicate effectively with actors.
  2. Recognize a good performance.
  3. Employ audition techniques and how to cast effectively.
  4. Exercise rehearsal techniques to help actors better realize their characters and performance.
  5. Identify through-lines, objectives, beats and subtext.
  6. Create a shooting plan, floor plan, and storyboard.
  7. Investigate how to stage and block actors for the camera.
     

Prerequisite: VID 110B  or Instructor approval



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