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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
ASPE0011-1  The actor's work and the process of character development

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in Performing Arts, Teaching Focus, 1st yearFirst semester4
Master in Performing Arts, Professional Focus in Film and Audiovisual Studies, 1st yearFirst semester5
Master in Performing Arts, Professional Focus in Film and Audiovisual Studies, 2nd yearFirst semester5
Master in Performing Arts, Professional Focus in Documentary Films, 1st yearFirst semester4
Master in Performing Arts, Professional Focus in Performing Arts and Digitalised Images, 1st yearFirst semester4
Lecturer :  Dick Tomasovic
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
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...).
Learning outcomes of the course :  
- 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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Good knowledge of the history and the esthetics of the cinema and the theatre.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Reading reports and an analysis of actor's filmography are requested from the students.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings :  
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 methods and criteria :  
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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