Acting with Professional Placement

Succeed as a confident, exciting, contemporary performer.

This is an acting degree for the contemporary performer. From the outset, you’ll be focusing on the in-depth training and practical techniques needed for stage, film, television and digital media, giving you the skills to succeed as a confident and versatile actor.

You’ll be encouraged to collaborate with other disciplines across our vibrant university community, broadening your acting repertoire. You could work with writers, filmmakers, game writers and artists to produce material that is engaging and unique; developing your individual voice as an actor through experimentation with different mediums.

You will be studying in professional-standard facilities – including a public performance venue – alongside a creative and collaborative community where you can combine practice and research, working with supportive industry professionals to help you prepare for a career in the performing arts.

You will:
Gain, develop and apply acting techniques and approaches to prepare for a professional career
Focus on specific industry skills to support you as a performer for stage, screen, and digital work
Engage with working practitioners through practical sessions and intensive performance projects
Collaborate with students within AMATA as well as those specialising in film, television and games, gaining industry-relevant training
Showcase your work through live and digital performances
Benefit from being located in a working performance venue offering a year-round programme
Have access to a host of resources including green screen and motion-capture facilities

This course is an accredited degree with Spotlight and Equity. Students are eligible to join Spotlight in the first term of their final year. Inclusive of their membership, they have a wealth of support, content and events tailored explicitly towards this membership group from Spotlight.

Focusing on practical skills, you'll learn from working industry professionals while studying acting approaches, voice, text analysis, movement and character physicality, and imaginative. You’ll also be studying a range of acting techniques in live and digital performances such as film, TV, stage, gaming, and voiceover.

Year one
In your first year with us will be focused on gaining: gaining an appreciation for the work required to succeed, gaining collaboration opportunities with students on this and wider courses, and gaining support for what you want to achieve. Your degree starts here, and the course team is here to support you.

You also be gaining one of the most beautiful locations in the world to train, by studying Acting at Falmouth. With opportunities to explore the local environment, you can use this as inspiration for your practice as an actor.

Modules
Approaches to Acting
Voice and Movement 1
Culture and Contexts: Stage and Screen
Character Improvisation
Voice and Movement 2
Live Performance Project 1

Year two
In your second year, you’ll examine your own artistic development: introducing new areas of rehearsal and performance practice. You’ll look to develop your work through the exploration, application and implementation of skills gained in your first year.

You'll develop connections within the university, and work across disciplines. There are also more experiences of performing to an audience and fostering a growing awareness of potential areas within the acting profession to explore.

Modules
Screen Acting
Voice and Movement 3
Live Performance Project 2
Playful Performer
Classical and Contemporary
Character Research

Year Three:
You’ll be responsible for finding your own placement, with support from the employability team. Choosing this option will enhance your industry experience and skills while studying.

How you’ll study during your professional placement

You’ll spend time working in a professional context, as part of a business or organisation. This can be in one role, or up to three, and must be for a minimum of 24 weeks.

You’ll develop in-demand workplace skills, deepen your insight into industry and grow your network of contacts, all of which could help you get ahead in your career after graduation.

Throughout this year, you’ll develop a portfolio of work that includes critical self-reflection on what has been learned from the experience. You’ll be required to evidence your experiences, the skills you’ve learned and your professional growth. h.

Year four
The final year of the course focuses on applying the skills you have gained and developed on the course in a variety of different contexts. There will be opportunities to apply these skills for rehearsals and recorded and public performances.

Students will be prepared for their future aspirations and ambitions with a detailed knowledge of the professional industry they will be entering, with a portfolio and CV to support the move to professional actor.

Modules
Acting in Digital Modes
The Thinking Practitioner
Screen Project
Professional Preparation & Employment
Live Performance Project 3

As part of our process of continuous improvement, we routinely review course content to ensure that all our students benefit from a high-quality and rewarding academic experience. As such, there may be some changes made to your course which are not immediately reflected in the content displayed on our website. Any students affected will be informed of any changes made directly.

Assessments across the course are a mixture of practical and portfolio-based (inc. practical elements) and written content.

Assessments are designed in a variety of formats, which assess understanding, knowledge, skill, technique, creativity, artistry and application. These include but are not limited to:

Practical activities (group and/or individual)
Performances
Workshops (applied, educational, creative)
Industry and professional live briefs
Digital outputs
Performance texts/scores/plays
Presentations
Essays
Critical/reflective evaluations
Journals/portfolios
Research projects (practical and/or written)
Feedback is given as a mix of verbal (face-to-face) and written depending on the assessment within the module.