TFDP 144: Directing Actors For the Screen

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours

Catalog page 641

Prerequisites: TFDP 155; or consent of instructor

Description: Develops skills needed to direct actors for the screen. Topics include communication, breaking down screenplays, identifying characters’ objectives and arcs, and blocking actors for the camera. Studies giving directions using action verbs, facts, imagination, and physical activities. Students will learn by directing and acting in scenes.

Derived Information — The following is not part of the official catalog but is computed from catalog data.

Serves as a prerequisite for

TFDP 117 TFDP 130A TFDP 130B
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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 17/16 17/16
2024-25 16/16 16/16
2023-24 16/16 16/16
2022-23 16/16 16/16
2021-22 14/16 14/16