| Week 1 |
Instruction to Stagecraft:
- Content and the means used to deliver it,
(Actor's tools - body, voice, imagination)
- Text, Video/Film, Photos, Audio
- Introduction to script
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What Are We Trying to Discover?
- Critical thinking
- Comprehension skills
- Technical skill sets
- Creative skill sets
- People skills
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Studio Equipment: (Trainee may bring their own)
- DSLR camera
- Script
- Monitor/TV
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| Week 2 |
The Making of a Stage Play: Making Your Job in the Creative Industry
- Set design and building
- Lights and Sound design
- Blending film and photography
- Stage Management
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Making a Way out of No Way:
- What to do creatively with what you have
- Assessing your level of ingenuity
- Throwing away the box
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Studio Equipment:
- Screen & Projector
- Cameras
- Lights
- Voice recorders
- *NLE Editing platform
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| Week 3 |
The Business of Showbiz:
- The actor as the product
- Creating headshots and profiles
- The Producer/God of the Budget
- Creativity over business
- Failing upwards
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What Can We Achieve?
- Specific goals
- Measurable
- Achievable
- Realistic
- Timely
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Students' Own Supply:
- Folders, pens
- Brains
- Lots of coffee
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| Week 4 |
Merging Multimedia with Stagecraft:
- Use of music and sound in acting
- Use of images as actor's projection
- Recap of techniques using
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Recap of What the Students Have Learnt:
- Self-discoveries
- The place of art/showbiz in everday life
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Studio Equipment:
- Space, cameras, screen, audio equipment
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| tictocmind™ Studios’ Acting Classes: Instructor, Mkawasi Mcharo Hall |
Training leads to production where interested actors can audition for a non-equity stage production. Stage production of "HOME", an original work.
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