Program Overview

Module Overview

The ACTING TECHNIQUE module is founded upon a commitment to integrate Acting with Text, Voice, and the Body to acquire the requisite skills necessary for a career in Musical Theatre.

Module Details

• Module code: MUTM049
• Module provider: Guildford School of Acting
• Module Leader: SCRIVENS Nicholas (GSA)
• Number of Credits: 30
• ECTS Credits: 15
• Framework: FHEQ Level 7
• Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Structure

The module consists of several key components:

• Acting Fundamentals: Explores the key approaches to building character and delivering work in performance in a truthful and performatively sound way.
• Song Interpretation (TB1): Work on text and score begins to explore how we produce meaning, emotion, and understand the motivation of writers in acting through song.
• Acting in Musical Theatre 2 (TB2): Building on the work delivered in TB1, this part of the module looks at extended sequences from Musical Theatre and the wider Music Theatre cannon, including dance.

Teaching and Learning

• Teaching delivery is designed and planned to be accessible for all students.
• Classes are delivered as a group and often involve the use of dance and music alongside a practitioner-led and improvisational approach to working and developing personal performance.
• Students are expected to work in their own time to prepare work for class and to enable an ensemble-based approach to the work.

Assessment

• Assessment Pattern:
  • Practical based assessment: Character Study - Self Tape Monologue (20%)
  • Practical based assessment: Musical Theatre Integration - Continuous 1 (Text & Song) (40%)
  • Practical based assessment: Musical Theatre Integration - Continuous 2 (Text, Song & Dance) (40%)
• Alternative Assessment: Should a student miss an assessment point, a re-sit opportunity will be decided at the Board of Studies.
• Assessment Strategy: The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate practically their comprehension and progression in acting technique for musical theatre.

Module Aims

• Explore the potential for individual and collaborative work in a spontaneous and creative way and to understand these skills within the context of the classroom and rehearsal room.
• Develop and enhance awareness of the demands placed on the mind, body, and voice in the study of text and character.
• Foster accurate and analytical delivery in praxis of text and character.
• Investigate various acting, physical, and vocal styles required when studying and performing diverse texts, writers, and genres in Musical Theatre.
• Develop a comprehensive knowledge, and apply appropriate techniques of the varying acting, physical and vocal styles within a Musical Theatre context.

Learning Outcomes

Attributes Developed

• C: Cognitive/analytical
• K: Subject knowledge
• T: Transferable skills
• P: Professional/Practical skills

Programmes this Module Appears In

• Musical Theatre MA(YEAR LONG): Year-long, Compulsory, A weighted aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the module.
• Musical Theatre MFA(YEAR LONG): Year-long, Compulsory, A weighted aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the module.