Advanced Certificate in Acting for Film
Culture and Arts - Film Television and Video
Purpose and Rationale
Qualification Overview
Purpose:
The purpose of the qualification is on the application of the tools, skills and knowledge that is gained and the transfer of these to practical applications of projects with the view to give the learner the experience, knowledge and exposure to real-life work place situations and requirements. Applying the skills to performance projects gives learners both exposure to the industry and experience and materials to market themselves.
Learners will complete the qualification with a showcase of their work which they can take directly to further enhance their capacity to gain employment. Collaboration within the film departments of other higher education institutions affords the learners additional opportunities to work on set and gain experience and skills as well as material for a show-reel. This collaboration further provides the learners with opportunities to connect with like-minded people in the industry with the view of creating new projects.
Learners are taught in small classes and are offered more individualised attention of an experiential nature, the focus being on the craft, skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to act in the professional industry. Learners are provided opportunities for collaboration, creative enterprise development, networking and a spring-board/platform to international acclaim.
This qualification also provides the opportunities for learners to further their careers beyond acting for film, to directing, casting, producing, behind camera, and making their own films. This qualification offers learners access to Professional Actors Agencies within the performing industry that prefers to work with trained actors.
This Advanced Certificate consolidates and refines the acting techniques learnt in the Higher Certificate in Acting for Film, whilst further broadening the skills base necessary to be successful in the industry as a whole.
Learners will graduate with exposure to four professionally directed projects taught by some of the industry's leading film, television and theatre professionals.
Rationale:
This qualification serves to provide learners with knowledge and skills for the industry, both locally and internationally. Qualified learners need to have current and up-to-date knowledge of the technical and business aspects of the film industry, as well as their role as an actor in the industry as a whole.
Film directors and producers have specific requirements and demands, and actors have to be able to interpret and satisfy these effectively. This qualification meets the need for actors to gain intensive training and further their knowledge within the film industry.
This qualification provides an opportunity for learners who cannot afford to study degrees, due to either lack of funding, or the necessity to be gainfully employed. It also provides an opportunity for existing actors of all ages who do not have formal qualifications, and who have been working in the industry, to gain the technical and academic knowledge to further their career in the industry.
This qualification facilitates learners to enter related creative industries on a technical level for further refining of their knowledge e.g. directing, casting, teaching, editing, screenwriting, production etc. Learners will be able to work independently in the industry and establish working relations with other professionals within the film industry, whilst studying.
The Film industry can be daunting for young actors and this qualification de-mystifies the industry for learners wanting to work in the film and entertainment sector. It prepares learners to understand the mechanics of the film industry and therefore be better prepared to meet industry protocol as well as gain employment.
Through the sharing of knowledge and by instilling good practice models, actors acquire the skills, values and attitudes that raise standards of achievement and professionalism in the industry. This qualification provides opportunities for life-long learning, as actors at whatever level are given the opportunity to learn and improve their acting skills throughout their careers.
Outcomes
- Develop acting techniques and character development for the medium of film and television.
- Develop and apply advanced level vocal technique to various performance projects.
- Apply and integrate theory, tools, techniques and skills learnt for the scripting and shooting of own short film.
- Apply and integrate acting theory, tools, techniques and skills to the live performance of two scenes of one South African Classic and one Modern Classic.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
- Scripts are analysed and broken down into beats, subject, feeling words, and objectives and these are interpreted into performance.
- Reflection and self-reflection of character and emotional aesthetics are applied in various scenarios.
- The main differences and similarities between comedy, tragedy, style, and genre are analysed.
- Characterisation and emotional engagement are developed through acting techniques required to deliver an engaging on-screen performance.
- Technical skills required for acting in front of a camera for film and television are performed.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
- A CD voice-over demo is recorded and created for marketing purposes.
- A Radio drama is performed successfully.
- Business opportunities for voice-over techniques are understood and explained.
- Auditioning, sight-reading, and cold-reading voice-over techniques are performed.
- Marketing opportunities as a voice artist are explored.
- Voice-over techniques are applied to a voice-over radio play and films.
- Self-evaluation of own performance to meet performance requirements is conducted.
- The techniques to deliver a competent voice-over are performed.
- The elements involved in writing voice-over advertising copy are explored.
- The elements involved in recording voice-over are explained and demonstrated.
- The techniques of rehearsing performance for demo CD and live radio play are demonstrated.
- Vocal ability is assessed to meet industry standards.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
- The stages and process of film production are understood and explained to enhance acting performance.
- Performance in a short film is completed.
- Production with the creative process is combined to perform in a short film.
- Preparation for production is carried out successfully.
- Acting and/or performance in a short film to industry requirements is demonstrated.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
- Technique and performance are critiqued by 3 different industry professionals.
- Script breakdown is understood and evidenced in the performance.
- A credible character is developed and performed.
- Objectives of the live performance are demonstrated.
- Originality of the live performance is evident.
- Listening and reacting during live performance are displayed.
- Honesty, a sense of truth/integrity is evident in performance.
- Courage (actor choices) is evident in the evaluation and practical application of performance.
- The performance in each scene is analysed and critiqued.
Integrated Assessment:
- Assessment practices will be open, transparent, fair, valid, and reliable and ensure that no learner is disadvantaged in any way.
- An integrated approach to assessment of skills and knowledge is incorporated into the qualification.
- Learning, teaching, and assessment are inextricably interwoven.
- A variety of methods must be used in assessment, and tools and activities must be appropriate to the context in which the learner is working or will work.
- Where it is not possible to assess the learner in the workplace or on-the-job, simulations, case studies, role-plays, and other similar techniques should be used to provide a context appropriate to the assessment.
- The term
Integrated Assessmentimplies that theoretical and practical components should be assessed together. - During integrated assessments, the assessor should make use of a range of formative and summative assessment tools, methods, and assess combinations of practical, applied, foundational, and reflective competencies.
- Continuous assessment should be provided through:
- Portfolios.
- Simulations.
- Workplace assessments and practical workbooks.
- Written assignments.
- Written tests.
- Case studies and case presentations.
- Peer group evaluation.
- Competency evaluations of technical skills.
- Theory lectures will be followed by either tests or written assignments.
- Practical assignments will always be accompanied by a detailed brief, listing instructions as per industry specification and in most cases simulate on-the-job experience.
Qualification Details
- Type
- Advanced Certificate
- NQF Level
- 06
- Min. Credits
- 123
- SAQA Source
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