Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SST1162014234IMPROVISATION IICompulsory123
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach the improvisation techniques • to equip students with the knowledge and skills of improvisation • to develop the ability of the students to construct simultaneous stories • to give students the opportunity to understand the nature of improvisation • to enable students develop themselves • to allow students become proficient in simultaneous acting • to give the students basic information about simultaneous acting • to provide the basic knowledge about the origin of acting • to introduce the students with acting without text
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Züleyha EŞİGÜL
Learning Outcomes
1 To have the knowledge and skills of improvisation theatre tecnique
2Effectively be able to construct and act stories with improvisation tecniques
3Be able to explain self experiences
4Demonstrate the ability to act withous text
5To have knowledge about and awareness of improvisational acting
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• The improvisation • Role playing • Constructing spontaneous story • Creativity • The figurization
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The introduction to the mask study
2The mask technique and the mask application
3Mask and type study
4Mask and type study
5Mask production and improvisation from various materials
6The improvisations based on mask study
7The improvisations based on mask study
8Midterm Exam
9“Who-where-what is beyond?” exercises
10“Who-where-what is beyond?” exercises with limited words
11Mask and type study with limited words
12Mask and type study with unlimited words
13Constituting a play with mixed improvisations
14Constituting a play with mixed improvisations
15Final Exam
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Anthony Frost and Ralp Yarrow, New Directions In Theatre, Impravisation In Drama, London : Macmillian Edu., 1990. Viola Spolin, Theater Games For Rehearsal, Evanston,Illinois: Northwestern University Press., 1985. Johnstone, Keith. Impro , England: Clays Ltd., 1996. Gerhard Ebert, Doğaçlama: Oyunculuk Sanatında, Çev.: Turhan Yılmaz, İstanbul: Mitos Boyut Yayınları, 2004. Ruth Zaporah, Doğaçlama Tiyatro Yöntemi (Action Teater), Çev.: Özge Tomruk, İstanbul: Mitos Boyut Yayınları, 2012.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Individual Study for Final Examination43286
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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