Diploma - Acting for Film and Television
- 2 years
- Duration
- 18,295 CAD/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Welland / Canada
- Location
Program description
Imagine being a professional actor and entrepreneur in today's film, TV, and digital media industry.
As an Actor, you're a dynamic and sincere storyteller who knows the value of connecting with your audience and establishing your own possibilities in the entertainment industry.
Toronto and the surrounding "Golden Horseshoe" region rank third in North American film and digital media production and second in digital streaming and cable tv exports.
Our concentration is actor training, including voice, pronunciation, movement, scene study, and film and TV auditions. We're one of the few Canadian postsecondary institutions to teach The Meisner Approach, a leading acting technique. In light of the changing industry and the rise of self-created digital content, you will also learn film editing, screenplay, stunt training, voiceover acting, self-marketing, and acting with technology (e.g. Green Screen).
Our lecturers are Toronto-area and Canadian industry professionals.
Program structure
Term One
- Acting I: Meisner Technique
- Finding Your Actor's Voice
- The Actor and Technology: Behind the Camera Basics
- Movement and Character Development
- Communications for Media Studies
Term Two
- The Physical Actor: Discipline and Control
- The Actor and Technology: Film Editing Basics
- Acting II: Scene Study, Analysis and Acting Technique
- Owning Your Commercial Voice
- Writing for the Artist Entrepreneur
- I-Think: The Science of Thinking and Problem Solving
Term Three
- The Physical Actor: Stunts
- Acting III: Scene Study for Camera
- The Actor and Technology: The Practical Business of Acting
- Up Close and Personal Series (Education)
- Actor On Set
- Dramatic Scriptwriting
Term Four
- Acting IV Projects: Actor as Entrepreneur
- Marketing You - The Actor
- Audition Techniques for Film, TV and Commercials
- Up Close and Personal Series (Transition)
- Technology Specialties: Green Screen and More
Price
Level One
- Tuition - 7,825.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,576.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 275.00 CAD
- Level Total - 9,676.95 CAD
Level Two
- Tuition - 7,825.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 648.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 145.00 CAD
- Level Total - 8,618.95 CAD
Year One Total - 18,295 CAD
Level Three
- Tuition - 7,825.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,508.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 200.00 CAD
- Level Total - 9,533.95 CAD
Level Four
- Tuition - 7,825.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 608.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 725.00 CAD
- Level Total - 9,158.95 CAD
Year Two Total - 18,692 CAD
Estimated Program Total - 36,988 CAD
Requirements for applicants
Admission Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
- English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
- Successful audition
Language Proficiency Admission Requirements
You will be required to provide proof of one or more of the following:
- Niagara College Mature Student Test for English
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level (Ontario High School Curriculum)
- ACE English (Academic Upgrading)
- International Credential Assessment for studies outside of Canada
If English is your subsequent language, Niagara College (for the purposes of admission to standard non-competitive programs) will also accept these English Language Test Scores
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - 169 – No skill under 162
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) including Indicator Test** 6.0 – No individual band under 5.5.
- Duolingo Language Test - Overall score of 105+, with no individual score under 95
- Internet-based (IBT) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) including Special Home Edition Test - Paper-based: 500, Computer based: 173, iBT: 79, Minimum: 20 Writing, 20 Speaking
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) - 46+, with no individual skill under 36
- Canadian Academic English Language Test (CAEL) including CAEL Online Proficiency Test - 60 – No individual band under 50.
- Niagara College’s English for Academic Preparation program (EAP) - Completion of Level 5 English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program with 70% and no individual grade under 50%
About the university
Niagara College, with campuses in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake, is conveniently located in the center of the Niagara Region, only minutes away from one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. The college is home to more than 130 cutting-edge academic programs.
All of our campuses are home to state-of-the-art facilities and innovative teaching methods, including small class sizes, cutting-edge research, and real-world application.
These courses put students in an interactive and technologically advanced learning environment. Our grads are well-versed in multiple cultures, quick learners, and risk takers who push the envelope of what's possible in business in Niagara, Canada, and beyond.
Why Niagara College?
- 130+ certificate, diploma, apprenticeship and Bachelor's Degree programs
- 600+ credit, vocational and general interest courses
- We care about you and want you to succeed - employers report high levels of satisfaction with the skills and knowledge possessed by NC graduates.
- Building a sustainable future
- More than seven thousand students per year participate in cooperative education, field placements, internships, learning enterprises, apprenticeships, clinical placements, course-based research, and fieldwork in about one hundred different academic disciplines.
