Drama Notes
Drama 122
Week One
August 19, 2013
Reviewed syllabus and exercises • Teacher’s name is Douglas Dildine • Teacher’s contact information • Required to attend DVC Drama Fall Productions: Zombie Prom and The Children’s Hour • Purchase before shows or get season pass • Course description • Scanning exercise is basis of everything an actor does on stage • Take written word and give it life and flesh so audience will believe • If audience doesn’t believe, why should they pay to see your show? • If they an audience doesn’t feel empathy it becomes unbelievable • Journal entries are to be submitted for the class • Discussed acting exercises: Scanning, Color, PAR, Money, and Breaking up is hard to do • Hypertension is a no no • NO THINKING
Diablo Valley College – Fall 2013
Drama-122-Section 2536 - Basic Principles of Acting
08/16/13 through 12/18/13
Instructor: Douglas Dildine
Office: PA122
Email: ddildine@dvc.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday – 9:00 am to 9:30 am (by appointment only)
Class Meetings: Lecture M/W - 9:30 AM to 10:50 AM. Performing Arts, ARENA THEATER.
Last Date to Add: 08/29/13 Last Date to Drop with no 'W': 09/08/13 Last Date to Drop with 'W': 11/22/13 Last Date to Drop with Refund: 08/29/13
Required Attendance: DVC DRAMA fall productions: Zombie Prom; The Children’s Hour
Recommended Reading: Scattered Notes on a Littered Desk: Reflections on Acting by Jim Kirkwood,
Edited by D. Dildine. Revised 2009. Available in the DVC Bookstore.
This course focuses on acting fundamentals with an emphasis on the heightening and focusing of physical and vocal energy, and the beginning elements of scene study. Students will learn how to assess and rechannel their physical hypertension, and apply scene study techniques on stage.
Course Content:
Acting Exercises*- the class will study the elements of acting using exercises designed to focus on the essential basics in the craft of organic acting. The
Week One
August 19, 2013
Reviewed syllabus and exercises • Teacher’s name is Douglas Dildine • Teacher’s contact information • Required to attend DVC Drama Fall Productions: Zombie Prom and The Children’s Hour • Purchase before shows or get season pass • Course description • Scanning exercise is basis of everything an actor does on stage • Take written word and give it life and flesh so audience will believe • If audience doesn’t believe, why should they pay to see your show? • If they an audience doesn’t feel empathy it becomes unbelievable • Journal entries are to be submitted for the class • Discussed acting exercises: Scanning, Color, PAR, Money, and Breaking up is hard to do • Hypertension is a no no • NO THINKING
Diablo Valley College – Fall 2013
Drama-122-Section 2536 - Basic Principles of Acting
08/16/13 through 12/18/13
Instructor: Douglas Dildine
Office: PA122
Email: ddildine@dvc.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday – 9:00 am to 9:30 am (by appointment only)
Class Meetings: Lecture M/W - 9:30 AM to 10:50 AM. Performing Arts, ARENA THEATER.
Last Date to Add: 08/29/13 Last Date to Drop with no 'W': 09/08/13 Last Date to Drop with 'W': 11/22/13 Last Date to Drop with Refund: 08/29/13
Required Attendance: DVC DRAMA fall productions: Zombie Prom; The Children’s Hour
Recommended Reading: Scattered Notes on a Littered Desk: Reflections on Acting by Jim Kirkwood,
Edited by D. Dildine. Revised 2009. Available in the DVC Bookstore.
This course focuses on acting fundamentals with an emphasis on the heightening and focusing of physical and vocal energy, and the beginning elements of scene study. Students will learn how to assess and rechannel their physical hypertension, and apply scene study techniques on stage.
Course Content:
Acting Exercises*- the class will study the elements of acting using exercises designed to focus on the essential basics in the craft of organic acting. The