Teresa M. Rojas Office No. 1602
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 5-7 and by appointment Phone: (305) 237-3262 E-mail: trojas@mddc.edu
COURSE OUTLINE
CHARACTERIZATION
TPP1170
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is the preparatory work on a role, divided into three major periods:
1. Studying the role
2. Establishing the life of the role
3. Putting the role into physical form
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this course is to help the student-actor use a subjective approach to create a character which differs from him/her physically, culturally and psychologically. Character analysis will be required to study in detail and prepare given circumstances for a play or part so that through them, later on in the creative process, the student-actor’s emotions will instinctively be sincere and his/her feelings true to life. The characterization skills are developed through acting exercises in which greater degree of transformation is emphasized.
TEXT:
Stanislavski, Costantin (1990) Creating a Role New York: Theatre Arts Books TESTS:
A monologue, or a scene, chosen by the student-actor.
GRADE COMPUTATION.
Character Analysis, Physical and Psychological Transformation: 50%
Class participation: 30%
Completion of Handouts and Attendance: 20%
Students should make EVERY EFFORT to attend exam sessions. NO EXAM MAKEUPS WILL BE GIVEN FOR ANY REASON. Incomplete grades will not be assigned.
