2015-16 Fall
(HART 1022)
1 Credit | Can be used to fulfill Common Core Requirement (Core Elective: Arts Area)
Teaching Medium: This course may be offered in separate sections either in Chinese or English. The section offered in 2014-15 Fall is taught in Chinese.
Course Description
This course introduces the basic principles of acting developed by Russian maestro Stanislavsky. Through applying these principles in a series of practical exercises, students will have an experiential understanding of the theory and practice of theatre arts. The in-class activities can give students a refreshing stimulus to both body and mind, unleash their imagination and develop their inborn ability of acting further.
Students will also be guided to appreciate the art of an actor by watching a theatre performance. Discussion and analysis will be focused in both historical and current theatre practices. Upon the completion of this course, students will have an elementary understanding of contemporary theatre arts. [Ca][C][EN]
- Describe and apply the basic principles of acting in performance and criticism
- Identify their own strengths and weakness in acting
- Enhance their communication and collaboration skills
- Identify the major trends in contemporary theatre arts
Phase 1: Understand the basic concepts of acting via practical exercises
Week 1: Major aspects of acting (1): “To act is to play”
Week 2: Major aspects of acting (2): “To act is to be honest to oneself”
Week 3: Major aspects of acting (3): “To act is to react”
Week 4: Major aspects of acting (4): “To act is to imagine”
Week 5: Act out your stories
Phase 2: Apply concepts of acting to scene work with reference to contemporary theatre practices
Week 6: Presentation of the playwright(s) and selected plays
Week 7-8: Approach a text
Week 9-10: Give life to a text
Week 11-13: Scene work presentation and discussion
- Acting One, Cohen, R., McGraw-Hill, 2008 《我和春天有個約會》
- 杜國威，香港：次文化堂，1995 《Miss杜十娘》
- 杜國威，香港：次文化堂，1999
- 《劇場的用家》，李俊亮、黃婉萍，香港 : 國際演藝評論家協會(香港分會)有限公司，2011
- 《我的看戲隨身書》，李立亨，台北市 : 天下遠見出版股份有限公司，2010
- 《演員與標靶》，迪倫．唐諾倫，台北：聲音空間股份有限公司，2010
- 《尊重表演藝術》，哈塔根，台北：漢光文化事業股份有限公司，1997
- An Actor Performs, Shapiro, M., Thomson Wadsworth, 2006
Enrolment Details
Course Registration : 06-06 Oct 2024Add/Drop : 06-06 Oct 2024
Instructor
WU Hoi Fai
Assessment
| Attendance (10%) & Course participation (10%) | 20% |
| Reflective Journal | 10% |
| Theatre Review | 10% |
| Self & Peer evaluation | 10% |
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Course Project – Task A (20%) ; Task B (30%) |
50% |