Department of Screen Acting
About the course
The Screen Acting course at FTI AP focuses on preparing individuals for contemporary performance practice, recognizing the need for versatility in various forms, styles, and settings. Screen Acting is an artistic process where actors use their inner thoughts and emotions to create vivid and expressive portrayals of characters. It involves a collective experience where actors engage with an audience and convey universal human emotions, providing insights into human situations and nature. It is a complex process involving actors’ careful labor and evolving conventions in
acting styles.
The postgraduate course in Screen Acting enables students to refine their craft and enhance their skills to become seasoned professionals.
Course Objective
This postgraduate course in Screen Acting equips students with essential skills for the entertainment industry. Students learn character development, scene analysis, emotional authenticity, and technical aspects of on-screen performance under the guidance of experienced faculty members. The curriculum blends theoretical foundations with hands-on practical training, ensuring students gain valuable experience through workshops, rehearsals, and performances. The course prepares students for various challenges and opportunities in Screen Acting, regardless of
their passion for drama, comedy, action, or experimental film. FTI AP is the ideal place for this transformative journey and unlocking one’s potential as a versatile screen actor.
Overview of Indian Screen Acting Sector
The Indian media and entertainment industry has grown enormously to produce content with worldwide significance, crossing geographical and linguistic borders.
The industry engages consumers globally through a variety of media and genres. India’s cultural diversity and technological capability will soon make it a global media superpower. With the world’s largest film industry, India’s Screen Acting profession is one of the most in-demand, with many aspiring to a career in Bollywood and
beyond.
Course Structure
The Screen Acting course aims to equip young actors with the necessary skills to navigate through the film industry. It focuses on developing their creative, emotional, and intellectual capacities, inspiring excellent performances and fostering an appreciation of acting’s transformational potential. The course begins with a comprehensive introduction to filmmaking, followed by specialized instruction from regular and guest faculty members. This approach ensures students refine their understanding and gain a deep appreciation for the artistry and skill required to excel in screen acting. This is a two-year course to be delivered over four semesters.
SEMESTER I (Common to all 3 Courses)
The first common semester intends to introduce students of all 3 courses to the history and aesthetics of audio visual media and its production. Laying the foundation of audio visual media practices, it will take the students through a comprehensive overview of the principles, techniques, and practices involved in the art and craft of audio visual storytelling. Through a combination of theoretical classes, practical exercises and projects, students will gain a fundamental understanding of direction, production, screenwriting, cinematography, editing and sound design.
Semester Ending Project: A 3 Mins / 10-Shot Exercise through Video Images, Edit and Sound.[All 50 students will do an individual project]
SEMESTER II
The second semester of the Screen Acting course will focus on a strong foundation on acting fundamentals. Course topics will include basics of methods and techniques of acting. Students will go through theatre games, sense memory exercises, imagination exercises, improvisation exercises, mime workshop and performances.Regular technique building through relaxation, concentration, voice training,physical training and folk art based practices would be a part of the semester as well.
Semester Ending Project: Individual performances by students will be showcasedat the culmination of mime workshop. [All 20 students will do an individual performance]
SEMESTER III
Based on the fundamentals acquired in the second semester, the third semester aims at an advanced input of the craft of screen acting. Course topics in the third semester will include different approaches to character development, scene work, improvisation, monologue work, make-up workshop and theatre performance. Building up finer nuances based on authenticity and subtlety is the prime drive of the semester while relaxation, concentration, advanced vocal technique, physical training and folk art based practices will continue to be a part of the semester as well.
Semester Ending Project: Theatre performance with a practicing director built up through a theatre workshop. [Students will do an ensemble theatre performance].
SEMESTER IV
In the fourth semester the students will focus on preparing their career in the industry while expanding their range as performers and fine tuning their knowledge- base on technicalities and techniques. Course topics in this semester will include advanced scene works, camera and sound techniques, auditioning strategies, industry negotiation and diploma projects. Throughout the semester, students will participate in intensive scene work, technical training, performance labs and industry interaction to apply their skills in a professional world.
Semester Ending Project: Diploma film projects under guest directors and other professionals with students as actors. [Each of the Students will perform in the diploma films as a final showcase. Two diploma films will be produced for two
separate groups of students.]
Total No of Seats: 20 (Twenty)
UR 8 OBC_NCL 5 SC 3 ST 2 EWS 2 Total 20
