Course Info

FILM 281: The Art of Screen Acting (Formerly DC 250)

This course will examine the role of acting, actors, and actor-director collaboration in the development of narrative cinema. The screen demanded a new approach to acting which differed markedly from the theatrical traditions which proceeded it. Seminal practitioners of actor training such as Constantin Stanislavski and his American interpreters Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, and Stella Adler and their students (such as Brando, Pacino, DeNiro, Hoffman, and Duvall) have had an incalculable influence on how screen actors prepare for a role and work with directors. This course will survey the major acting techniques and approaches, examine major films as case studies, and explore contemporary approaches to screen acting and actor-director collaboration in the cinema.

Spring 2023-2024

Section: 620
Class number: 32487
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
Instructor: Daniel Pal | View syllabus
CLOSED

Winter 2023-2024

Section: 521
Class number: 22467
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
Instructor: Daniel Pal | View syllabus
CLOSED

Fall 2023-2024

Section: 420
Class number: 13393
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
Instructor: Daniel Pal | View syllabus

Spring 2022-2023

Section: 620
Class number: 39715
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
Instructor: Daniel Pal | View syllabus

Dec Intersession 2022-2023

Section: 521
Class number: 29179
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Fall 2022-2023

Section: 420
Class number: 19106
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
CLOSED

Spring 2021-2022

Section: 620
Class number: 37086
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
CLOSED

Dec Intersession 2021-2022

Section: 521
Class number: 28939
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Winter 2021-2022

Section: 520
Class number: 28778
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async
CLOSED

Fall 2021-2022

Section: 420
Class number: 18479
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Spring 2020-2021

Section: 620
Class number: 30163
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Dec Intersession 2020-2021

Section: 521
Class number: 34293
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Winter 2020-2021

Section: 520
Class number: 28782
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Fall 2020-2021

Section: 420
Class number: 16399
Meeting time: -
Location: Online: Async

Summer II 2019-2020

Section: 520
Class number: 41682
Meeting time: -
Location: Remote

Spring 2019-2020

Section: 620
Class number: 30008
Meeting time: -
Location: Remote