BSA Actor Training currently offers the following 10 week courses:

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Entrance by audition.

Guests include TV Director and Casting Director

This Course is coached by an experienced Screen Actor in addition to visiting Industry Professionals. All scenes are filmed using professional HDV camera, followed by playback of footage and feedback which enables each individual to monitor their own progress. By the end of the Course, students will have developed a truthful and natural level of performance which is suitable for work on camera, and an understanding of the key elements and techniques utilised in Screen-Acting, including:

  • Naturalistic Delivery and Performance
  • Inner Dialogue and Thought Processes
  • Script Analysis
  • Terminology and Shot Sizes
  • Levels of Performance
  • Audition Technique
  • Auditioning for Commercials
  • Sight Reading
  • Monologues in Film

Guest Television Director directs students in scenes which are filmed and later edited for playback and assessment, plus participating in an industry Q&A.

Guest Casting Director conducts Screen Tests with students reading from real audition scripts used in recent castings, plus participating in an industry Q&A.

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Entrance by audition.

This Course explores the work of Sanford Meisner and his approach to acting.

The first half of the term explores the first element of ‘living truthfully moment to moment within a given set of circumstances’ and explores the ideas of public solitude, investing in the reality of doing, and there is regular facilitation and practise of the ‘repetition’ exercises. This work helps the students to make the transition from preliminary ideas about a role to actually breathing oxygen and spontaneity into it, keeping each performance fresh and alive both for themselves and an audience.

The second half of the term explores the latter concept of ‘the given set of circumstances’ and will introduce ideas of preparation and exploring of text. At the end of the term there will be an assessed performance using the principles of Meisner within the realms of a fully fleshed-out, short text duologue performance.

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No audition required.

This Course is designed for students with little or no previous experience in Acting, and will focus on the foundations of Acting, exploring key techniques such as:

  • Natural Movement and Delivery
  • Vocal Confidence
  • Improvisation
  • Script-work and Text Analysis
  • Physical Characterisation
  • Levels in Performance
  • States of Tension
  • Sight Reading
  • Rehearsal Techniques

The course culminates in a performance of a Monologue and a Duologue. By the end of the course, students will have developed and improved their confidence in Acting, and an understanding of how to apply fundamental acting techniques to their performances.

This course is ideal as a foundation prior to application for BSA Intensive Acting Programmes (where entrance is by audition) including the One Year Actor Training Course.

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BSA currently offers a 10 WEEK INTENSIVE ACTING course in February and October of each year.

The 10 WEEK INTENSIVE ACTING course follows the same programme as Semester A of the ONE YEAR ACTOR TRAINING course, with students on both courses studying alongside each other. Students who complete the course with satisfactory progress may then be invited to join the remaining two terms of the ONE YEAR ACTOR TRAINING programme, subject to availability.

Students on the 10 WEEK INTENSIVE ACTING course benefit from visits by Guest Professionals including a Casting Director and Television Director. The course is comprised of Screen-Acting and Meisner Technique.

Please note that only students who complete all three semesters of the ONE YEAR ACTOR TRAINING programme are entitled to participate in the Showcase, graduation Short Film, and receive a DVD copy of scenes filmed in the Screen-Acting unit.

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