MA Acting for Screen

MA Acting for Screen includes a practice-based enquiry into techniques and processes for screen acting in its many forms; classes in skills areas such as acting, camera technique, sight reading, voice, movement, text analysis and casting; screen study; several short film projects that test and develop the students capacities as an actor for the screen.

Indicatively, these may include a contemporary silent film project, a devised project in the style of Mike Leigh, the production of a show reel and one or more short film (narrative drama) projects. Each year a series of short films scripts are especially commissioned for the group, they are shot on location and screened in a West End screening venue at the end of the course.

In undertaking these projects you will gain an understanding of working on location, in different recording formats and with different directors, crew and production personnel. You will gain some knowledge of pre- and post-production protocols. Although the primary focus is on performance for screen media, you may also engage with other kinds of performance idioms that are relevant to the multi-skilled actor.

Key Features

Visiting professionals are drawn from several areas of the industry , they include master classes and talks with agents, casting directors, actors, directors and producers. Students leave the course with a 3 – 4 minute show reel and a professionally produced short film as a marketing tool.