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ASPE0011-1  The actor's work and the process of character development
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Performing Arts, Teaching Focus, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre4
Master in Performing Arts, Professional Focus in Documentary Films, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre4
Master in Performing Arts, Professional Focus in Performing Arts and Digitalised Images, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre4
Holder(s) :  Dick Tomasovic
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  This course concentrates on the observation of the actor's work at the XXe century and the process of character development.
Using analysis of spectacles and films, the course composes a panorama of the principal theories of the actor, theatricals (Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Brecht...) or cinematographics (Checkhov, Strasberg, Bresson, Moullet...).
Course objective :  - To sensitize the students with the question of the actor's work.
- To teach to the students how to recognize a sort of acting.
Prerequisites :  Good knowledge of the history and the esthetics of the cinema and the theatre.
Workshops :  Reading reports and an analysis of actor's filmography are requested from the students.
Organization :  http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Written notes :  Basic bibliography:
  • Odette Aslan, L'Acteur au XXe siècle, Vic la Gardiole, Ed. L'Entretemps, 2005.
  • Sophie Proust, La Direction d'acteurs dans la mise en scène contemporaine, Vic la Gardiole, Ed. l'Entretemps, 2006.
  • Jacqueline Nacache, L'acteur au cinéma, Paris, Nathan, 2003.
Assessment :  Oral examination on the written work.
Contacts :  Dick Tomasovic
Dpt. Information et Communication
Théorie et pratique du spectacle
Place du XX août, 7
4000 Liège
dick.tomasovic@ulg.ac.be
00 32 4 366 32 88


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