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Information
| Code | TIM103 |
| Name | Improvisation |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 1. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-4 (T-A) (32 Week) |
| ECTS | 8 ECTS |
| National Credit | 4 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Konservatuar - Esas Meslek |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Öğr. Gör. İsmail DİKİLİTAŞ |
| Course Instructor |
HÜSEYİN İNAN BİÇER
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
The aim is to teach the basic knowledge of the art of acting, professional ethics, and creativity with students learning how their own physical material (body biomechanism, consciousness and the unconscious mechanism, muscles and nervous system) works parallel to sensory, mental, and cognitive development.
Course Content
The improvisation class aims on unveiling the individual acting materials of the candidate actor from his own human and mental sources, getting acquainted to these and perfect these, where after student learns to amalgamate these qualities with those of other group members, and see and find their possibilities and constraints. Among the fundamental parts of the aim of this class is to develop the actors fantasy.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Various Improvisation Exercises
Notes
Konstantin Stanislavskiy - An Actor Is Preparing
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Understands and applies the basic principles of the art of acting and professional ethics. |
| LO02 | With improvisation, the student gains the skills of suggested conditions, action, impact - assessment - response, and making analysis with action which are the basic principles of art of acting. |
| LO03 | Learns the basic principles of acting consciously and logically appropriate for the conditions of improvisation and gains the ability to practice them. |
| LO04 | Knows about the basic principles of determining the meaningful action related to the cause-effect relationship in the logic system of improvisation conditions. |
| LO05 | Knows and applies the basic principles of performing a logical psycho-physical actions not changing the proposed condition of the improvised subject. |
| LO06 | Is able to answer in the improvisation conditions to the questions: Who are you, What do you want and What are you doing which are the basic three elements that form the basis of art of acting. |
| LO07 | Knows and applies the basic principles of Observation, Fantasy development, Metamorphosis techniques in improvisation conditions. |
| LO08 | Improving the ability of the observation and attention, applies quickly the basic skills of impact - assessment - response not deviating from the aim in the proposed conditions. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students comprehensively search for the national and international Theatre - Acting literature, techniques and methods, synthesize the knowledge they acquired considering the requirements of the age and gain a critical point of view. | 4 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | The Art of Acting is supported with methods, theories, history, the techniques of using voice and body, behavioral psychology, and aesthetics and art theories. He has the knowledge to comprehend his art and transfer it to the future along with his past. | 5 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | This program provides with the ways of finding the necessary documents, tools, resources, and the archive related to the art of acting. | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | By acquiring the basic techniques and professional habits of the art of acting, having sufficient knowledge in terms of stage technology, comprehends how to express the artistic expression images of the play. | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Gains the ability to present information about the field of Theatre-Acting Art to different audiences of the society. | |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students gain awareness of being an artist who is aware of the responsibility to themselves, their own country and to the humanity. | 4 |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students will have the ability to search, discover, create alternative solutions, reach information, think critically and engage in productive discussions for personal and professional growth. | 3 |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Taking the art of Theatre-Acting into consideration, students comprehend the improvement and transformation period of the art from past to the future, and adapt it according to the requirements of the age. | 3 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | By developing his coordination skills, he gains the ability to use his own body as an instrument that has recognized and analyzed his world of emotions and thoughts and has a natural mechanism on the stage. | |
| PLO10 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | In addition to acting techniques, he knows and applies the right ways of using the body on stage with movement, dance, body plastic and fencing disciplines. | 3 |
| PLO11 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | This programme teaches the ways of using voice correctly on stage supporting this with the voice and speech techniques, singing, solfege and ear training. | |
| PLO12 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Gains the ability to interpret universal values and reflect imaginatively with the knowledge gained in his field. | |
| PLO13 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Performs his character taking part in a full range of play (including costumes, makeup, decor, music, lighting, effects,) prepared closest to the professional discipline and stage conditions. | 4 |
| PLO14 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | He gains the awareness of having artistic and professional ethics and discipline along with his professional acting qualifications and applies them in rehearsal, representation and all works on stage and set. | |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | As an artist, students improve themselves continually, and combine the knowledge and skills appropriate for the rules of professional ethics with the other fields of art and make correlations between them. | 4 |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | In addition to his professional development, he constantly improves himself in scientific, social, cultural and sports fields for his personal development. | |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Students gain communication and social competence skills as a natural part of the art of theater - acting. | 4 |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | With the help of techniques and methods of acting, this programme teaches the ways of expressing the emotions and thoughts of the character to play on stage. | 5 |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Considering the art of Theatre-Acting, students learn a social and aesthetic point of view and can apply this on performing arts, radio, television and cinema. | 4 |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | It shows and provides the ways to have the competence to use Turkish correctly, beautifully and effectively as an example for the society. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meeting with the students and explaining the need for awareness of "team" and provide basic information about professional ethics. | Warm Up | |
| 2 | Introduction to attention studies. Studying on perceptual attention. | Warm up | |
| 3 | Attention studies. Studying on visual and audio attention. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 4 | Attention studies. Exercises that are done not to deviate from the goal. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 5 | Attention studies. Concentration of individual and collective efforts | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 6 | Attention studies. Uniqueness of the work in the community | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 7 | Introduction to Observation exercises (look to see, and hear) | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 8 | Study on human observation and imitations. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 9 | Study on animal observation and imitations. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 10 | Study on object observation and imitations. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 11 | Introduction to working with imaginary pretmets. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 12 | Study on the imaginary pretmets. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 13 | Introduction to the subject of feeling and confidence. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 14 | Study on the feeling and confidence. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 15 | Semester analysis and general revision. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 16 | Mid-term Exam | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 17 | Introduction to partners work. Feeling of compliance to partner. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 18 | Introduction to partners work. Feeling and compliance to partner. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 19 | "Exercises to develop a story logic." Part 1 | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 20 | "Exercises to develop a story logic." Part 2 | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 21 | Oral and actual Reflex - The reaction studies Part 1 | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 22 | Oral and actual Reflex - The reaction studies Part 2 | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 23 | Introduction to the aim and actions appropriate for the aim. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 24 | Studies on Conflict for the sake of the aim. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 25 | Exercises on "Conflict for the sake of the aim". | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 26 | "Unconditioed and Unconditional Belief" studies. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 27 | Believe and play-based activities. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 28 | Exercises that develop team spirit Part 1 | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 29 | Exercises that develop team spirit Part 2 | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 30 | Exercises that develop team spirit Part 3 | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 31 | Final preparation and general rehearsals. | Working on Previous Exercises | |
| 32 | Final Exam | Working on Previous Exercises |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 30 | 6 | 180 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 30 | 1 | 30 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 212 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 8,48 | ||
| ECTS | 8 ECTS | ||