SHOWCASE - 2023/4

Module Overview

Students will be expected to attend warm-up sessions and arrive appropriately prepared for physical work. Detailed and extensive research and preparation will be necessary in pursuit of the modules aims and objectives.

 

The Industry Showcase provides students with the opportunity to present selected scenes before an invited audience comprising mainly of theatrical agents and casting directors at a London Venue. Prior to this, students take part in a Professional Jury in which selected industry professionals offer feedback on audition technique.

In the delivery of this module, GSA is guided by the UN's 17 Sustainable Development goals. We aim to promote good health and well-being by keeping to appropriate working hours and maintaining Equity-standard safe spaces. We encourage positive working ethics: collaboration, kindness, support, understanding, listening and integrity. We aim to recycle and repurpose sets, props and other production resources where possible, promoting a circular economy.

Module provider

Guildford School of Acting

Module Leader

ROUSE Dominic (GSA)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 6

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Year long

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

N/A

Module content

Indicative content includes:

 

• Workshops on the process of selecting appropriate material for Industry Showcase.


• Preparation for and rehearsal of Industry Showcase.


• Performance of Industry Showcase.

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

N/A

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate:

 

Understanding of procedures, skills and abilities required for involvement in industry-level work.

 Appropriate assimilation of skill and judgment to deliver a high quality, professional performance for industry professionals.

 

 

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

 

Continuous assessment of preparation, process, full-time rehearsal and performance of a Showcase to industry in Guildford and London. Each performance lasts one hour in line with industry standards.

 

Formative assessment and feedback will be given through a session in the middle of teaching block 2. Formative feedback will also occur during practical sessions on a verbal basis. The feedback will usually be in a group context, but may sometimes happen one to one with the tutor.

Module aims

• • Consolidate the skills requisite to the creating and sustaining of a character.
• • Enable the student to research, rehearse and perform selected scenes appropriate to castability and potential employability.
• • Ensure an understanding of and the ability to operate within professional structures and processes.
• • Provide an opportunity for successful presentation to the industry in a professional showcase context.

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

 

Provide further development of audition technique.


Develop the ability to perform successfully at the industry showcase.


The learning and teaching methods include:

Rehearsals led by Senior Tutor or Visiting professional.
Group and independent research.
Tutorials.
Audition sessions.
Performance, which may be live and/or streamed.

Practical, skills based and tutor led group sessions.
Visual, Audio and Kinaesthetic methods of learning – including use of VLE.

 

120 hours rehearsals in teaching Block 2

30 hours for self-reflection, research, documentation and rehearsal preparation time.

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk
Upon accessing the reading list, please search for the module using the module code: ACT3016

Other information

GSA delivers its provision across three teaching blocks, within the University of Surrey’s existing semester structure.

Programmes this module appears in

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2023/4 academic year.