Course: Gesture and Movement 2

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Course title Gesture and Movement 2
Course code KAAT/AN2GP
Organizational form of instruction None
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
The course content is composed of primarily short practical exercises and activities. 1. Working with motion motifs, developing variability of expression. 2. Learning about gestures, segmentation of gestures, and motif analysis. 3. The process of stylizing assigned motifs and gestures in the time-space art based on the utilization of the above-mentioned knowledge and skills (rhythmic arrangement, dynamic differentiation, phrasing, shaping, and emotional emphasis).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Activities related to graphics and visual arts, Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization), Exercises on PC, Practice exercises
  • Participation in classes - 13 hours per semester
prerequisite
Skills
Basic communication skills and willingness to work in a team.
Basic communication skills and willingness to work in a team.
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to understand the importance of gestures when reading acting action
to understand the importance of gestures when reading acting action
to become familiar with the basic breakdown of gestures
to become familiar with the basic breakdown of gestures
to describe the variability of expression in specific examples
to describe the variability of expression in specific examples
to explain specific differences within practical examples of acting etudes
to explain specific differences within practical examples of acting etudes
to understand the attributes of stylizing acting for animation
to understand the attributes of stylizing acting for animation
Skills
to apply the expertise they have acquired to their own practical activity
to apply the expertise they have acquired to their own practical activity
to analyse rhythmic arrangement and dynamic differentiation
to analyse rhythmic arrangement and dynamic differentiation
to analyse phrasing and shape and emotional emphasis
to analyse phrasing and shape and emotional emphasis
to design an acting etude
to design an acting etude
to create a set of gestures based on a brief
to create a set of gestures based on a brief
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
assessment methods
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Recommended literature
  • Gajdoš, Július. Od inscenace k instalaci, od herectví k performanci. 1. vyd. Praha : KANT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7437-037-3.
  • Hooks, Ed. Acting for animators. London: Routledge, 2011. ISBN 978-0-203-81622-6.
  • Zárubová-Pfeffermannová, Noemi. Gesta a mimika : učební texty pro studenty nonverbálního a komediálního divadla. 1. vyd. Praha : Akademie múzických umění v Praze, Hudební fakulta, katedra nonverbálního a komediálního diva, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7331-128-5.


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