Television Performance

Course aim

To consolidate students' theory, knowledge and practice of previous performing arts and media arts courses and apply those skills to produce professionally realised scenes from contemporary Australian television drama series.

Course content

Students will focus on the development of a professional relationship between director and actor in order to develop believable character, character interaction and scene development in the service of narrative. The course will include: specialised script evaluation; research of character; use of one camera in line with current professional production techniques relevant to creating televised spoken drama. Students will complete televised scenes of broadcast quality under the guidance of an industry director.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Successful completion of two years of either MBAA (Bachelor of Arts), MBME (Bachelor of Media Arts or Bachelor of Film and Television) or Bachelor of Creative Industries, or by permission of the Course Coordinator

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL (INTENSIVE)
Lecture (6 lectures each week)	1 hour x 2 weeks
Tutorial (6 tutorials each week)	2 hours x 2 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Contribution, Creative work, Learning log/Journal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.