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Acting For Screen at Plymouth Marjon University - UCAS

Course summary

This course trains you to be an imaginative, technically skilful and employable screen actor. The programme has strong industry connections and is, in part, based at a sound stage at PYTCH, a campus of production sound stages and studios in Bristol, where you can gain experience of industry level practice with working practitioners. The programme offers a cohesive approach in which core acting skills are fully integrated to ensure your craft is flexible enough to allow you to develop a personal process but singular enough to offer an in-depth exploration of the art of acting for screen as a specific discipline. Your professional practice is developed from short film to long form drama, from sketch comedy to Voice Over, and the latest VR technologies. You work towards appearing in a professionally produced film as well as being supported to prepare for employment with classes in audition technique, self-taping and self-marketing. A showcase screening for agents, and an industry trip to New York support your career progression. The programme equips you with the essential technical and creative skills required of a working screen actor, motivated artist and independent thinker as well as the critical thinking and research skills required by postgraduate study.

Modules

Introduction to Screen Acting Acting 1 The Instrument History of Screen Performance Production Practice 1 Laban Technique Acting 2 Self Scripting Production Practice 2 Industry Project Situation and Sketch Comedy The Actor in New Technologies The Professional Actor Final Production Evaluation of Practice

Assessment method

Formative- Rehearsal, draft presentation, rehearsal of workshop, draft journal Summative- Performance on film, completed presentation, workshop showing, completed journal

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
AFS1
Institution code:
P63
Campus name:
Bristol School of Acting (BSA)
Campus code:
A

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

International applicants

We are unable to consider international or EU students for this course.

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Additional entry requirements

Audition


English language requirements

GCSE Grade C or 4 English Language or an acceptable equivalent qualification.


Student Outcomes

Operated by the Office for Students
70%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
80%
Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1
Channel Islands £9250 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

We cannot accept international or EU applicants on this course.
Acting For Screen at Plymouth Marjon University - UCAS