Acting for Film
University of Chichester
UCAS Code: W420 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
University of Chichester
UCAS Code: W420 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
T Level
Pass with Merit overall and a C in the Core.
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About this course
**Develop specialist performance and practical skills for acting on screen**
Our highly-practical BA (Hons) Acting for Film course focuses on developing your specialist screen acting performance technique and provides you with the opportunity to expand your performance skills through your choice of additional professional training options.
**Study classic and contemporary acting techniques to inform your own approach**
You will cultivate your own bespoke acting approach from an introduction to a broader range of acting practitioners such as Stanislavski, Hagen, Adler and Meisner, alongside the camera technique skills necessary for a convincing, truthful camera performance.
**Gain practical industry skills and contextual knowledge**
Alongside your screen acting training, you will develop vital knowledge of the film industry, its history, and gain experience of working on small- and large-scale productions to help you stand out in a competitive employment market.
**Throughout your degree you will:**
- Work both on campus and on location
- Gain experience in acting on small and larger scale film productions
- Grow your knowledge of other aspects of film and screen acting and its history
- Develop your understanding of the film industry
- Examine how the film industry contributes to and reflects contemporary culture.
**Expand your professional skillset with Screen Acting Skills**
Our dedicated ‘Screen Acting Skills’ modules provide you with the opportunity to develop additional practical skills in specialist performance areas to help increase your employability and allow you to pursue the areas of screen acting that interest you most.
**Screen Acting Skills vary from year to year but have included:**
- Writing, editing and directing
- Film combat and voice classes
- Period and historical acting
- Studio theatre performance
- Industry preparation classes
- and many more!
**Learn from working industry professionals who really get to know you**
Our team of expert and experienced writers, directors and actors are here to support you throughout the degree and our smaller class sizes ensure they get to know you and how best to support you.
**Spotlight accredited**
Our partnership with Spotlight offers you discounted graduate membership to largest casting resource in the United Kingdom, inclusion in a dedicated ‘graduate’ section of their website, access to their dedicated one-to-one career advice sessions and much more.
**On this course you will:**
- Develop your performance skills specifically for acting on camera.
- Expand your skillset with our range of Screen Acting Skills options.
- Gain vital experience of working productions and knowledge of the wider film industry.
- Learn from expert industry professionals who get to know you and your needs.
- Graduate ready to take full advantage of our Spotlight accreditation.
Modules
Year One
Your first year introduces you to the core principles of acting on camera that develops the skills, techniques and understanding needed to be able to act in front of the camera.
Year Two
In your second year, you will continue to develop your screen acting skills and technique as you explore the connections between story, scripts and direction with performance.
Year Three
Your final year sees you work towards the production of a final short film dissertation project that acts as the culmination of your learning throughout your degree.
Alongside this, you will explore more advanced screen acting techniques, as you undertake multiple performance projects including recreating a classic film scene, fight sequences and a four-hander project.
Indicative modules
You will study a selection of core and optional modules in each year. Each module is worth a number of credits and is delivered differently, depending on its content and focus of study.
Assessment methods
Assessments
You will be assessed through a range of assignments including practical acting pieces, projects and essays, which are often recorded with high production values to enable you to use them as part of a professional showreel that you can use once you graduate.
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Bognor Regis Campus, University of Chichester
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