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Study Details: MA 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
This exciting course offers a practical exploration of professional screen acting skills and techniques through its application in both single and multi-camera performance work and will equip you with the techniques and knowledge required to work professionally in both television and film. You'll also analyse current industry practice to support your preparation to enter it. The MA builds towards a research project culminating in the development of an on-screen performance through a Practice as Research (PaR) approach.
In the first semester, you'll focus on developing performance skills and techniques for both single and multi-camera acting to equip you with the versatility required to work professionally as a screen actor. Single camera acting is typical of film and television productions, whereas multi-camera productions are common for soap operas and situational comedies. The technical skills required to work in these two production formats are complemented by the development of practical acting techniques to create characters from practitioners such as Konstantin Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, and Sanford Meisner. Your learning is underpinned by the theoretical framework required to support your screen acting technique.
The second semester directs your thinking to your final master's project, which you'll undertake in semester three. You'll develop a project proposal which will form the theoretical framework for your final practical project. During this semester, you'll also consider the screen acting industry and how you as an actor can approach working professionally. You'll also have the opportunity for cross-course collaboration within the Department of Art and Music, allowing you to be a part of Solent’s wider postgraduate study community.
An honours degree at 2:2 or higher in acting/performance studies, or related subject.
Applicants will be invited to attend an audition which includes an on-screen performance of a monologue and interview with a member of the course team.
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Solent University offers a range of bursaries and scholarships that provide financial assistance or waive fees for tuition or accommodation. Each bursary or scholarship has specific eligibility criteria.
This course equips you with the skills required to work as a professional Screen Actor, across a multitude of genres for film, television and screen-related media. It will also equip you with the knowledge and skills to create your own screen work for careers such as recorded media content creator. The MA also provides you with experience of Practice as Research (PaR) which can be further developed for postgraduate research, such as a PhD for those wishing to pursue academic careers.
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