Falmouth University
UCAS Code: W435 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
We welcome A Levels in a wide range of subjects, especially in those relevant to the course for which you apply.
We may consider a standalone AS in a relevant subject, if it is taken along with other A Levels and if an A Level has not been taken in the same subject. However, you will not be disadvantaged if you do not have a standalone AS subject as we will not ordinarily use them in our offers.
60 credits (with a minimum of 45 credits achieved at level 3) in a relevant subject.
A typical offer is between 104 and 120 UCAS points
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
A typical offer is between 104 and 120 UCAS points
A typical offer is between 104 and 120 UCAS points
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications
A typical offer is between 104 and 120 UCAS points
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications
A typical offer is between 104 and 120 UCAS points
A typical offer is between 104 and 120 UCAS points
T Level
P (Pass) grade must be C or above, not D or E
UCAS Tariff
A typical offer is between 104 and 120 UCAS points, primarily from Level 3 equivalent qualifications, such as A levels, a BTEC Extended Diploma or a Foundation Diploma, or current, relevant experience. Grade 4 (or C) or above in GCSE English Language, or equivalent, is a minimum language requirement for all applicants. Due to the creative nature of our courses, you will be considered on your own individual merit and potential to succeed on your chosen course. Please contact the Applicant Services team for advice if you are predicted UCAS points below this range, or if you have questions about the qualifications or experience you have.
a minimum of 40 UCAS tariff points, when combined with a minimum of 64 UCAS tariff points from the Supporting Qualifications
About this course
Designed to create fearless, connected and imaginative artists who are employable, knowledgeable and industry ready as actors and makers for both theatre and film. Through training on Fourth Monkey’s BA (Hons) Acting degree you can expect to develop the skills and capabilities that will empower you to build a sustainable career as an actor and artist for stage, screen and the digital world.
Studying over three years on Fourth Monkey’s BA (Hons) Acting degree will provide you with an opportunity to develop professional level performance skills, with training drawn from a breadth of established international practices. This approach fosters confident, professional and employable actors ready for the industry. It will also allow you to integrate these skills with a capacity to create and realise your own process as a creative artist.
Today's actor requires the capacity to adapt their performance across varying and emerging media; engage creatively in generating text and performance opportunities; and interpret existing material. Entrepreneurship and the ability to actively identify, shape and capitalise work opportunities within a rapidly changing and largely freelance job market has become a vital quality for the successful actor and this sustainable philosophy is central to our training pedagogy.
Through the training on this course, you will foster and develop your curiosity, creativity and confidence to become an independent and adaptable performer with the skills to develop and sustain a long and diverse career. The three-year mode of study will allow you to engage intensively and holistically with your training whilst allowing additional space for organic growth and maturity within your craft. It will also afford you multiple opportunities to apply and test your skills in a performance rich programme with the guidance of experienced directors, practitioners and industry specialists.
This course is taught at Fourth Monkey in London, and awarded by Falmouth University
Modules
Level 4
In the first two study blocks of your training, you will encounter the fundamentals of acting and creating work for both stage and digital performance through multidisciplinary studio practice. Your training will be embodied and far-reaching, exploring work through an international, multidisciplinary, and multicultural lens. Focused equitably on both stage and screen you will embark on a learning journey that encompasses Fourth Monkey’s four key pillars of learning with the focus on developing employable skills as an actor, mover, vocal artist and collaborative creative maker across all industry mediums.
Level 4 Modules - Core Principles & Application:
Discovering What Moves Me...
Play!
Who Am I?
Technique Into Performance
Expressive Exploration
Creating My Own Work
Level 5
In these two study blocks you can expect to expand and continue to develop your core skills, but also to acquire a more advanced expressive range and technical capacity in different media. You will be required to apply these skills to interpreting and generating more complex material for performance, take more responsibility for your development and encounter more sophisticated practices and styles, alongside beginning to test your skills against the requirements of professional contexts and structures. A higher level of practical independence is expected, and the balance of taught classes and sessions is weighted more to rehearsal sessions for performance, within which you will be expected to actively bring together all your skills from your studio practice.
Level 5 Modules - Expansion & Professional Perspectives:
Widening Technical Practice
Performance Projects
Professional Preparation
Contemporary Techniques
Integrated Performance
Level 6
In the final two study blocks you can expect to shape and present yourself and your skills in both live and digital performance in a variety of public and professional contexts to industry. This culminates in your industry showcase in a central London venue and the compilation of your professional portfolio. Your portfolio will incorporate your showreels and voice reel whilst you will also undertake professional preparation sessions with leading industry figures from agents to casting directors, voice-over agents to motion-capture specialists, intimacy coordinators to headshot photographers whilst also undertaking your stage combat examination as part of your training journey. You will be expected to adapt your personal process and approach to meet the demands of varying professional practitioners, directors, and environments and to independently conceive, develop and realise your own original work for both live performance and film. Performances will be open to the public, and you will be working with external professional directors and engaging with industry gatekeepers as you launch your professional career.
Level 6 Modules - Industry Facing... & Velocity!:
Professional & Media Portfolio
Creative Classical Project
Contemporary Industry Season
Experimental Performance Project
Non-Assessed Professional Preparation Projects:
Industry Showcase at a London Theatre
Stage Combat Certification
Short Film Project
Motion Capture
Scriptwriting Project
Agent & Casting Director Audition/Self-Tape Bootcamp
Industry Q&A’s: Seminars from leading industry professionals in stage, screen, motion capture and voiceover
Taxation & Self-Employment Workshops
Headshot Photography Preparation
Intimacy Coordination / Direction
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Fourth Monkey, London
The Academy of Music and Theatre Arts
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