Diploma of Creative Arts (Acting)

JMC's Diploma of Creative Arts (Acting) comprises the first two trimesters of our Degree program, providing an exit point for students wishing to develop the introductory skills of acting as a pathway for further learning.

The contemporary performing arts industry provides entry-level opportunities in the areas of community and fringe theatre, film and digital media, and self-generated performance concepts. Fringe, community, and cooperative theatre models are a significant component of the live performance industry. The presence of smaller and multipurpose performance venues has created a landscape of opportunity for small-scale performances, projects, and productions. New and emerging technologies provide greater accessibility to resources to create film and digital media content, whilst the emergence of online platforms has created new ways for an audience to interact with performance.

This course equips students with underpinning skills and knowledge to apply the foundation acting principles to performance, develop creative and collaborative performance concepts, and provide the necessary educational and academic framework to enable further study.

• The Acting Foundation
• The Creative Impulse
• Introduction to Voice and Movement
• Introduction to Professional Practice
• Small Theatre Company Production
• Voice and Movement in Performance
• Actor as Filmmaker
• Acting Process and Analysis

Graduates of the Diploma of Acting may move directly into the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Acting) with advanced standing.

Related careers:

• Actor
• Motion-capture Actor
• Music Theatre Performer
• Voice-over Artist