SELF GENERATED/DEVISED SEASON - 2024/5

Module Overview

This module provides opportunities for students to use knowledge, principles and skills from across the programme in a fully-supported industry-facing season of self-generated work. The modules offers time to explore collaborative practice, artistic autonomy, and self-made work. From inception, through pitching/funding, into performance, the module provides the experience of producing self-generated work in live theatre, film, or recorded media, which is shared in an industry-facing season at the end of the module.

Module provider

Guildford School of Acting

Module Leader

BYRNE Grainne (GSA)

Number of Credits: 30

ECTS Credits: 15

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:

• Research and Development.


• Funding application/Pitching process


• Rehearsal and creation of a piece of self-generated work in collaboration with peers


• Performance of self-generated work with appropriate technical support.

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

N/A

Assessment Strategy

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

1. Effective rehearsal and performance techniques in live/recorded formats


2. Self-discipline and consistency of approach in a professional context.


3. Effective communication in physical, verbal, written and digital formats.


4. Advanced collaborative and autonomous working practices within a creative process.


5. Intercultural awareness and informed views on sustainable practice and global, social and ethical issues.


6. A resourceful and resilient approach to problem solving with the application of creative thinking and solutions.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

• Continuous assessment: Season of Self-Generated Work 

Formative assessment: Students will receive formative verbal feedback from tutors in response to tasks, exercises, and observed rehearsals, as appropriate

Module aims

• Extend students' experience of performance techniques in live and recorded formats, towards the creation of self-generated work.
• Provide opportunities for students to exercise self-discipline and consistency of approach in a professional context.
• Extend students' effective communication in physical, verbal, written and digital formats.
• Foster creative collaborative and autonomous working practices towards the creation of self-generated work.
• Allow time for students to deepen intercultural awareness, and develop nuanced, informed views on sustainable practice and global, social and ethical issues.
• Foster a resourceful and resilient approach to problem solving with the application of creative thinking and solutions.

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

• Extend students' experience of performance techniques in live and recorded formats, towards the creation of self-generated work.


• Provide opportunities for students to exercise self-discipline and consistency of approach in a professional context.


• Extend students' effective communication in physical, verbal, written and digital formats.


• Foster creative collaborative and autonomous working practices towards the creation of self-generated work.


• Allow time for students to deepen intercultural awareness, and develop nuanced, informed views on sustainable practice and global, social and ethical issues.


• Foster a resourceful and resilient approach to problem solving with the application of creative thinking and solutions.

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: ACT3020

Other information

Guildford School of Acting trains students, within their chosen fields, to have an understanding and appreciation of Employability, Digital Capabilities, Global and Cultural Capabilities, Sustainability, and Resourcefulness and Resilience. This module is designed to allow acting students to develop knowledge, skills, and capabilities in the following areas:

Employability

The focus on employability is embedded in the teaching, learning and assessment activities throughout every aspect of this module to nurture career ready graduates that will be sought after by employers in the creative industries. Students develop transferable skills including independent and collaborative working, creative, critical and reflective thinking, and problem solving.

Digital Capabilities

Throughout the module students will be required to engage with digital technologies to develop their digital literacy, to support their learning journey, and to explore and secure employment opportunities. Students will use specialist software to create digital and promotional content, and they will use a range of sharing platforms and social media to share this content with industry professionals and creative peers as appropriate. Students will also use traditional software and other digital technologies to undertake communication, administration, and planning.

Global & Cultural Capabilities

Students will develop their global, social, historical, and cultural awareness, share experiences and knowledge from their own backgrounds and cultures,and appreciate, recognise and interpret diverse perspectives. With an open mind and a willingness to engage in discussion, students will develop awareness and appreciate, recognise and interpret diverse perspectives. Students will be able to make informed contributions to the current debates in the creative industries.

Resourcefulness & Resilience

The nature of the work means students will learn to navigate uncertainty, to deal with risks and challenges, and to take on board personal and professional responsibilities. The use of formative and summative feedback will enable the students to build a thorough overview of their individual process and progress. The training features independent and collaborative learning, problem solving, communication, perseverance, stamina, critical thinking, self-management, and an understanding of self-value.

Sustainability

Throughout the module, students are encouraged to reflect on the social, cultural, ethical, political, economic, and environmental impact of the work they do as individuals and collectively, and to recognise their shared responsibilities. GSA has a strong commitment to working in the most sustainable way possible.

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 2024/5 academic year.