This is a compulsory module for the BA Hons Specialist Performance Skills: Stage Combat. During the Foundation years students were trained in the use, style and overall performance of a range of combat/physical disciplines, giving them an appropriate base from which to apply these skills in complex performance scenarios in the BA Hons final year. The module takes working knowledge of weapons gained in Years One and Two of the Foundation degree, and applies it to professional performance situations.
You will move from being a performer of stage combat towards becoming a creator and choreographer of theatrical violence, which calls upon a variety of physical and contextual skills. You will study the logic and progression of story line and character action within a range of stage combat scenarios.
You will undertake units of work on special effects, fight choreography, fights in costume, deaths and disarms and will be given an opportunity to re-validate your externally-assessed British Academy of Dramatic Combat (BADC) and British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat (BASSC) certification in Term Three.
Special Effects (Term One)
You will research, devise and create a variety of stage effects related to stage combat. There is an element of 'hands on' constructing in this block of work, as well as liaison with the School's Technical Department. The unit will call on a combination of taught skills, creative input, lateral thinking, problem-solving, and textual analysis. You will be dealing with issues that involve advanced skills applied for theatrical or film production. The unit is designed to foster your growth as both a performer and a future fight choreographer/director.
The unit will focus on ways of making characters 'bleed' - from different parts of the body and from different wounds. Among the 'tricks' explored will be:
Blood bags
Blood sponges
Hidden blood techniques and associated technology
Trick props and weapons.
As part of the assessment process, you will be performing scenes to put your theories into practice.
You will move from being a performer of stage combat towards becoming a creator and choreographer of theatrical violence, which calls upon a variety of physical and contextual skills. You will study the logic and progression of story line and character action within a range of stage combat scenarios.
You will undertake units of work on special effects, fight choreography, fights in costume, deaths and disarms and will be given an opportunity to re-validate your externally-assessed British Academy of Dramatic Combat (BADC) and British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat (BASSC) certification in Term Three.
Special Effects (Term One)
You will research, devise and create a variety of stage effects related to stage combat. There is an element of 'hands on' constructing in this block of work, as well as liaison with the School's Technical Department. The unit will call on a combination of taught skills, creative input, lateral thinking, problem-solving, and textual analysis. You will be dealing with issues that involve advanced skills applied for theatrical or film production. The unit is designed to foster your growth as both a performer and a future fight choreographer/director.
The unit will focus on ways of making characters 'bleed' - from different parts of the body and from different wounds. Among the 'tricks' explored will be:
Blood bags
Blood sponges
Hidden blood techniques and associated technology
Trick props and weapons.
As part of the assessment process, you will be performing scenes to put your theories into practice.