Three Month Acting Course Syllabus

1: Introduction to Acting Fundamentals

• Introduction to Acting
• Introduction to Acting Basics:
• Overview of acting as a profession and art form
• Importance of self-expression, vulnerability, and connection
• Building Confidence: Overcoming stage fright
• Exercises for mind and body awareness
• Body warm-ups

2 . The Actor’s Instrument

• Voice Training: Voice projection, diction, and clarity
  • Vocal warm-ups and exercises
  • Control of pitch, tone, and tempo
• Body Language & Physicality:
  • Understanding body language in performance
  • Physical exercises to build flexibility, expressiveness, and strength
  • Importance of posture and spatial awareness

3. Emotional Awareness & Subtext

Techniques to access emotions (using personal memories or imagination)

Improvisation

• Introduction to Improvisation:
• Building spontaneity and creativity through improv games
• Character Development: Creating back story, relationships, and character choices on the spot

4. Understanding the text /Monologue

Learning to act "underneath" the lines (what’s not said)

5. Scene Work & Character Building

Week 5: Acting Techniques

Stanislavski Method:

• Introduction to Stanislavsky’s system of acting (objective, action, and throughline)
• Understanding “the magic if” and “given circumstances”
• Action - Reaction - The art of listening and reacting in real-time Exercises to help actors respond truthfully in the moment

6: Scene Study

Scene Preparation:

Breaking down a scene: objectives, beats, and emotional shifts

Developing chemistry with scene partners

Working with different genres (comedy, drama, tragedy)

7. Acting for Camera:

• Understanding camera angles, framing
• Adapting stage techniques for the screen (subtlety and focus)

8. Stage and Screen Acting

• Theatrical Acting: Theatrical Production which will be showcased for live audience

9. Techniques & Performance Preparation

• Ensemble work: learning to function as part of a team

10: Audition Technique

Preparing for Auditions:

• Choosing the right monologue and cold reading practice
• Handling nerves and managing expectations
• Understanding casting directors and audition protocols

11. Free-form exercises to tap into imagination and creativity

• Experimenting with different genres, characters, and styles

12: Final Performance & Showcase

• Evaluation of the course and feedback on each actor's growth