The actor's work and the process of character development

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Dick Tomasovic

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit 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 learning unit

- To sensitize the students with the question of the actor's work.
- To teach to the students how to recognize a sort of acting.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

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.
• Vincent Amiel, Gérard-Denis Farcy, Sophie Lucet, Geneviève Sellier (sous la dir.), Dictionnaire critique de l'acteur. Théâtre et cinéma, Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2012.
• Luc Moullet, Politique des acteurs, Ed. de l'Etoile / Cahiers du cinéma, Paris, 1993.
• Jacqueline Nacache, L'acteur au cinéma, Paris, Nathan, 2003.
• James Naremore, Acteurs, le jeu de l'acteur de cinéma, Rennes, PUR, 2014. 
• Sophie Proust, La Direction d'acteurs dans la mise en scène contemporaine, Vic la Gardiole, Ed. l'Entretemps, 2006.
• Christian Viviani, Le Magique et le vrai. L'Acteur de cinéma, sujet et objet, Aix-en-Provence, Rouge Profond, 2015.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination on the written work.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

"Rien de plus futile, de plus faux, de plus vain, de plus nécessaire que le théâtre." Louis Jouvet 

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