Stage and Screen Acting

Why might I be interested in this elective?

  • Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a professional screen or theatre actor?
  • Do you want to know how to film a self-tape audition?
  • Would you like to be mentored and receive individual feedback from a professional casting director?
  • Do you love acting?
  • Do you enjoy improvising?
  • Creating new ideas?
  • Thinking about characters, their motivations, their roles and the world around them?
  • Have you wanted to learn about the different skills involved in being a Screen actor to a Live Theatre Performer?
  • Do you love watching live theatre and talking about it?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, then this is the course for YOU!


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What is this subject about?

In this course students will:

• explore stage and screen acting and the different skills required for these two mediums as an actor

•  extend their improvisational and acting skills

• explore a range of theatre styles

• view and analyse live theatre

• perform a solo and in an ensemble

• explore the nature of screen acting in comparison to theatre acting

• develop on-camera acting techniques

• analyse and interpret scripted material to deliver a true to life screen performance

• create a self-tape for a mock audition

• visit a recording studio and experience working in industry 

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How will I demonstrate my learning?

  • Group Based Live Performance
  • Seeing a Professional Theatre performance & exploring and discussing in class
  • Screen acting script work
  • Solo Screen Test and portfolio building

Possible VCE Pathways