Department of Dramatics ACADEMIC YEAR Faculty of Performing Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda 2012-13 Nr. Sursagr, Nyaymandir, Vadodara - 01, Gujarat, India Ph. +91 (0265) 2410194, email: [email protected] Bachelor of Performing Arts: Dramatics Year I Core Course IV Credit (L1+P8)=5 Practical Paper- I: Acting-I Semester I Hours 15+120 = 135 To introduce students to concept & understanding of Stage Acting. OBJECTIVE To enable the students apply concepts of Acting in practical. To help students use the concept of Acting for self exploration & developing Positive expression & communication process. COURSE CONTENT VOICE & SPEECH, MIME & MOVEMENT & IMPROVISATION [THEORETICAL Component -1 ASPECT]. Quality of voice. 15 UNIT I Incorrect methods of breathing. Iportae of Mie to iprove ator’s skill. Technique of Improvisation VOICE & SPEECH (PRACTICAL ASPECT) Breathing Exercise Omkar and Pranayam. 40 UNIT II Exercises for Voice Projection Pronunciation of vowels, consonants and difficult words. Tongue twisting exercises, difficult stanzas and chhand (meter) Component -2 MIME AND MOVEMENT (PRACTICAL ASPECT) Elementary knowledge of basic exercises of Mime through music. 40 UNIT III interpretation and expression demonstrating through character. IMPROVISATION (PRACTICAL ASPECT) Sensory experience and Emotional experience 40 UNIT IV Exercise for energy and flow of imagination Actor and character in different situations. Simple improvisation and from inputs - words, phrases, instrumental music, stage props etc. REFERENCES Department of Dramatics ACADEMIC YEAR Faculty of Performing Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda 2012-13 Nr. Sursagr, Nyaymandir, Vadodara - 01, Gujarat, India Ph. +91 (0265) 2410194, email: [email protected] Bachelor of Performing Arts: Dramatics Year I Core Course IV Credit (L1+P6=)4 Practical Paper- I: Acting -II Semester II Hours (15+90=)105 To introduce students to concept & understanding of Stage Acting. OBJECTIVE To enable the students apply concepts of Acting in practical. To help students use the concept of Acting for self exploration & developing Positive expression & communication process. COURSE CONTENT VOICE & SPEECH, BODY MOVEMENT & IMPROVISATION [THEORETICAL ASPECT]. Component -1 Qualities of good speech 15 UNIT I Defects in speech & speech disorders. Introduction to Old Mime & Modern Mime Theatre Games & Improvisation VOICE & SPEECH (PRACTICAL ASPECT) Exercise for voice modulation (Pitch, Volume, Inflection etc.) News reading, Addressing the audience, Announcement (of play or UNIT II Cultural programmes etc) 30 Dramatic reading of selected scenes from various kinds of Literature such as essays, stories, autobiography, dramas etc., such as from old professional Guajarati "Theatre Modern Gujarati and Hindi Theatre, or contemporary Indian theatre - translated, adapted 9in Hindi from other Indian languages. Preparation of five poetries - Gujarati, Hindi. Component -2 MIME AND MOVEMENT (PRACTICAL ASPECT) Mime as a stylized art, and knowledge of Mime and Movements and its technique. UNIT III Exercises in observation, concentration, relaxation, imagination etc. 30 through music IMPROVISATION (PRACTICAL ASPECT) Handling different props in justifying manner. Ator’s iagiatio of differet irds, aial, isets ad iaiate UNIT IV objects. 30 Improvisation with given condition and without prior planning. (individual and pair) Simple yogic exercises in body posture respiration, in lying, sitting and standing position. REFERENCES Department of Dramatics ACADEMIC YEAR Faculty of Performing Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda 2013-14 Nr. Sursagr, Nyaymandir, Vadodara - 01, Gujarat, India Ph. +91 (0265) 2410194, email: [email protected] Bachelor of Performing Arts: Dramatics Year II Core Course IV Credit 1+4=5 Practical Paper- I: Acting- III Semester III Hours 15+120=135 To introduce students to concept & understanding of Stage Acting. OBJECTIVE To enable the students apply concepts of Acting in practical. To help students use the concept of Acting for self exploration & developing Positive expression & communication process. COURSE CONTENT VOICE & SPEECH , BODY MOVEMENT & IMPROVISATION [THEORETICAL ASPECT]. Component -1 Purpose of Speech Barriers to Communication 15 HRS UNIT I Detailed study of Mechanisms of Voice Producing Organs & their important Function: Motor, Vibrator, Resonator & Articulator. Introduction to Body Movement & its types Iportae of Moveet & Iprovisatio i developig Ator’s skill. VOICE & SPEECH [PRACTICAL ASPECT]. 1. Breathing Exercises 2. Omkar and Pranayam 40 HRS UNIT II 3. Basic Exercises for voice cultivation and pronunciation. 4. Exercises in laughing, smiling, whispering, weeping, crying, yelling, [of fear, joy, pain, suffering and ecstasy] Grunts and Groans. 5. Exercises in Universal language of sounds. Component -2 BODY MOVEMENT [PRACTICAL ASPECT]. 1. Angika Abhinaya : Anga, Upanga & Prnnga, Tools of an Actor 2. Body Exercises: Yoga in relation to theatre, Exercises pertaining to 40 HRS UNIT III Head, Eyes and Body extension movements. 3. Rhythmic Movements [Advanced]. IMPROVISATION [PRACTICAL ASPECT]. UNIT IV 1. Building up a climax through response and stimulus of different characters in pairs and groups. 40 HRS Action and Reactions Mirror games. 2. improvisation ased o the Staislavsky’s ethod of eleets of physial action. 3. Iprovisatio ased o Staislavsky’s Eleets of a atio. Viz. Truth & Belief, Communion, Adaptation, Given Circumstances, Imagination. REFERENCES Department of Dramatics ACADEMIC YEAR Faculty of Performing Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda 2013-14 Nr. Sursagr, Nyaymandir, Vadodara - 01, Gujarat, India Ph. +91 (0265) 2410194, email: [email protected] Bachelor of Performing Arts: Dramatics Year II Core Course IV Credit L1+P3 =4 Semester IV Practical Paper-I: Acting -IV Hours 15+90=105 To introduce students to concept & understanding of Stage Acting. OBJECTIVE To enable the students apply concepts of Acting in practical. To help students use the concept of Acting for self exploration & developing Positive expression & communication process. COURSE CONTENT VOICE & SPEECH, BODY MOVEMENT & IMPROVISATION [THEORETICAL ASPECT]. Component -1 Voice Modulation, Diction, Intensity, Restraint Pace or Rate, Duration, Tone Colour 15 HRS UNIT I Understanding Space through Movement & Improvisation. Logical relationship & link between thought and action in different characters. VOICE & SPEECH [PRACTICAL ASPECT] Preparing chorus from various plays. Preparing Blank verse[ ], folk songs, 30 HRS UNIT II shloka, chhand (meter} and poetries. Study of Dialects and Intonations. Acting in Radio Plays. [Reading]. Preparing five - monologues or soliloquies or scenes from classics / modern classics. Component -2 BODY MOVEMENT [PRACTICAL ASPECT] Various kinds of Movements and Gestures. Concept of Rasa Navarasa, Facial expression. 30 HRS UNIT III Different body movements of animate and inanimate objects [Individual, pair and in groups] IMPROVISATION [PRACTICAL ASPECT] Improvising a story. Treating a poem as a soliloquy. 30 HRS UNIT IV Complicated yogic exercises in body postures. Respiration, In lying, sitting and standing. Iprovisatios ased o Staislavsky’s eleet of a Atio viz; Tepo & Rhythm & Emotional Memory REFERENCES Department of Dramatics ACADEMIC YEAR Faculty of Performing Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda 2014-15 Nr. Sursagr, Nyaymandir, Vadodara - 01, Gujarat, India Ph. +91 (0265) 2410194, email: [email protected] Year III Core Course IV Credit (L1+P4=)5 Practical Paper- I:Acting -V Semester V Hours 15+120=135 To introduce students to concept & understanding of Stage Acting. OBJECTIVE To enable the students apply concepts of Acting in practical. To help students use the concept of Acting for self exploration & developing Positive expression & communication process. COURSE CONTENT VOICE & SPEECH, BODY MOVEMENT & IMPROVISATION [THEORETICAL ASPECT]. Component -1 Ator’s realizatio of Cetre of Prouiatio & Voal Eergy Strengthening of Vowel & Consonant Sounds 15 UNIT I Analysis & Interpretation of Characters through movement Building life sketch of the Character through Movement & Improvisation. VOICE & SPEECH [PRACTICAL ASPECT] Preparing long poems as soliloquies or monologues in different Rasas Changing the mood and rhythm of the poems as an exercise. 40 UNIT II Poetry Recitation expressing it by using various elements of acting Component -2 BODY MOVEMENT [PRACTICAL ASPECT] Communicating various feelings and thoughts through body Body Movement in Indian Classical & Folk Theatre. 40 UNIT III IMPROVISATION [PRACTICAL ASPECT] To prepare a complete life sketch of the character by work on role analysis through improvisation. 40 UNIT IV Simple situations to be improvised through acting in individual, pairs and groups to develop a play. scene work- To prepare scenes through movements, Gestures, Voice patterns and speech for selected scenes for different plays. REFERENCES Department of Dramatics ACADEMIC YEAR Faculty of Performing Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda 2014-15 Nr. Sursagr, Nyaymandir, Vadodara - 01, Gujarat, India Ph. +91 (0265) 2410194, email: [email protected] Year III Core Course IV Credit (L1+3P=)4 Practical Paper –I: Acting -VI Semester VI Hours 15+90=105 To introduce students to concept & understanding of Stage Acting. OBJECTIVE To enable the students apply concepts of Acting in practical. To help students use the concept of Acting for self exploration & developing Positive expression & communication