THE 169 - Acting on Camera, 3 credit hours

This course attempts to synthesize concept and technique through the directed practice of improvisational performance. This course is primarily active and participatory in nature. Relying on the communal / ensemble exercises provided in Spolin’s “Improvisation for the Theatre”, the student will explore the “seven aspects of spontaneity” and will learn to create narrative improvisations. Students will also explore concepts of character, behavior in environment, creating the who? what? and where? of dramatic scenes, creating from given circumstances, and will involve themselves with the special problems of improvisation in performance.