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ACV200 - Broadening Your Acting Skills

This course continues the work from semester one in voice, performance, and working with the body to enable students to develop a more complex acting practice. A particular emphasis on character development and arc are introduced for students to develop a deeper understanding of their character, and how this can be brought into each individual scene.
Pre-requisite: ACV100

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ACV220 - Finding Character Through Mask

In this course students will explore developing characters using mask characterization techniques. The use of a mask or costume can help an actor create a rich story for any character he or she is playing. Students will discover how to open up their creativity with these techniques with an emphasis on the relationship between the imagination and the body.
Pre-requisite: ACV120

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ACV241 - Creating Demo Reels

This course will enable students to use personal computers to create and edit video footage to promote themselves in their careers. Students will learn how to operate basic video editing software. Students will use projects in other courses as content for these videos. Through exposure to current trends in demo tapes, students will create their own personal reel, for use as a freelance marketing tool.

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ACV310 - Speaking in Dialects

The recreation of vocal dialects is a key skill for actors to maximize their employability. This course enables the student to gain a variety of approaches to hear, understand, and shift eh voice to speak many dialects including, but not limited to, those used in the North American production market. Application for these dialects will be considered for the television, film, radio, commercial voiceover and animation industries.
Pre-requisite: ACV110

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ACV330 - The Actor and Technology

This course exposes acting students to the aspects of film and television production and the technologies that they must accommodate when working in the entertainment marketplace. For example, films are always shot out of sequence; therefore, actors must learn to adapt their technique to compensate for this nonlinear style of storytelling. Students will also learn how to work in front of a green screen motion capture technology, teleprompters, computer animation, and how to adjust their performance for multiple-camera shoots.
Pre-requisites: ACV230

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GEN001 - General Education Option

According to the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities, ?the purpose of General Education in the Ontario college system is to contribute to the development of citizens who are conscious of the diversity, complexity, and richness of the human experience; who are able to establish meaning through this consciousness; and, who, as a result, are able to contribute thoughtfully, creatively, and positively to the society in which they live and work. General Education strengthens students' generic skills, such as critical analysis, problem solving, and communication, in the context of an exploration of topics with broad-based personal and / or societal importance?. Please contact the School of English and Liberal Studies at your campus to find out more about the variety of General Education courses from which you can choose.

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