Acting

At Collective we champion groups who have traditionally been underrepresented within the Performing Arts – specifically in terms of ethnicity, disability and class.
This degree course is a full-time industry-focused actor-training. A key focus of the programme is screen acting – with 50% of the curriculum devoted to this area of the industry.There will also be an emphasis on fostering the skills needed to create your own work – such as screenwriting, editing and producing.

This three-year degree course offers a full-time professional actor-training – allowing you to develop the skills needed for a sustainable career as an actor for stage and screen.

YEAR 1
In the first year, you will develop your fundamental acting technique. Projects and subjects you will explore include:

Acting for Camera
Scene Studies of Plays by Global Writers
Practitioner Lab: Stanislavsky, Meisner, Laban and Katie Mitchell
Voice
Movement
Accent/Dialect
Character Transformation
Filming a Web Series
Creating your Own Work

YEAR 2
During the second year you will undertake industry-focused projects.Projects and subjects you will investigate include:

Scene Study: American Film and Television
American Accents
Self-Tapes
Voice for Animation and Audiobooks
Radio
Acting in different Film Genres
Audio Dialogue Replacement (ADR)
Screenwriting
Shakespeare
Devising, Puppetry and Physical Theatre
Motion Capture
Producing a Short Film

YEAR 3
The final year will focus on preparation for the industry. Projects you will undertake include:

Research and Development for New Writing
Feature-Film Project
Public Production of Two Full-Length Plays
Voicereels
Showreels
Audition Technique
Industry Showcase