Each student will be required to act or be a technician for the play. During the course of the year, this class will focus on in-depth character development research, improvisational games, and scene writing for production. Character research will include thorough memorization exercise, biographical sketching, and Stanislavski's Method Acting Techniques. The Ensemble Theater course completes the three-leveled tract of acting classes for the advanced student. The class works as a production company, devoting time to in-depth character development and presentations for the Cate community.
Students select one-act productions, improvise scenes and character biographies, and write scripts.
The course emphasizes improvisational skills for the purpose of developing authentic characters and enhancing realistic spontaneity in performance. Back to the top. Photography is introduced as a medium for communicating information and ideas in an effective visual form. Students learn to use a 35mm camera to document and communicate their observations, perceptions, and ideas, and to do this in a form that exemplifies the fundamentals of good design. Basic lab processes are taught, and work ranges from highly structured assignments to more individualized projects.