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Overview: Of all the arts, the theater and film are the ones that look most like life. Characters on stage and screen court and marry, pick quarrels and fight, fall sick and die. In short, they seem to live, albeit in a compressed way. These two mediums portray, as Alfred Hitchcock said, “life without the boring parts.”

The truth of the matter is, of course, that theater and film are not life any more than landscape painting is nature. They are art forms. The Theater and Film Conservatory at B-CC High School approaches each of them as composite arts made possible through the creative efforts numerous arts practitioners: writers, actors, directors, and designers just to name a few. Students in the conservatory come to learn that it is the degree of skill and cohesion with which these various artists come together and combine their talents and skills which determines how effective, often how lifelike, a theatrical or filmic event will be.

The truth of theater and film lies in their artifice. To better grasp that truth, students in the Theater and Film Conservatory also study the forms and varieties that artifice has taken throughout history in a diversity of cultures. Students come to understand that great plays and films, whether ancient or modern, occidental or oriental, simple or complex, all manage to do one thing particularly well: through a selective recreation of reality, they clarify and illuminate human life, including their own.

STAFF

Matt Boswell, Conservatory Director, Film Club Sponsor, and Instructor
Jeff Kenton, Wake Up B-CC Sponsor and Media Technician
Amy Poeppel, Shakespeare Club Sponsor and Instructor
Aaron Taylor, Artistic Director of Theater Arts Program, Drama Club Sponsor, and Instructor

Conservatory 2008-2009 Offerings:

Description of conservatory courses can be found on the Theater and Film Conservatory Course Descriptions. Current course syllabi are available through the links below.

     Theater 1 A
     Theater 1 B
     TV Production A
     TV Production B
     Advanced Acting
     Directing
     Advanced TV Production A
     Advanced TV Production B
     IB Film IA / 1B
     IB Film 2A / 2B
     IB Theater 1A/1B
     IB Theater 2A/2B

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Conservatory Admission and Course Pathways:

The Theater and Film Conservatory at B-CC High School is open to all interested students. Depending on their level of interest, students can opt to take a single conservatory course or to participate in one of many multi-year pathways. Some of the most common pathways are outlined on the pages that follow.

B-CC Theater and Film Conservatory FOUR YEAR Pathways:

Popular 4 Year Pathways	9th Grade	10th Grade	11th Grade	12th Grade
IB Theater Track (fall)*	Theater 1A	Advanced Acting	IB Theater 1A	IB Theater 2A
IB Theater Track (spring)*	Theater 1B	Directing	IB Theater 1B	IB Theater 2B

Theater in Practice Track (fall)*	Theater 1A	Advanced Acting	Theater Internship (in-school)	Theater Internship (community)
Theater in Practice Track (spring)*	Theater 1B	Directing	Theater Internship (in-school)	Theater Internship (community)

IB Film Track (fall)*	TV Production A	ADvanced Acting	IB Film 1A	IB Film 2A
IB Film Track (spring)*	TV Production B	Directing	IB Film 1B	IB Film 2B

TV in Practice Track (fall)*	TV Production A	Advanced Acting	Advanced TV Production	TV Internship (school or comm.)
TV in Practice Track (spring)*	TV Production B	Directing	Advanced TV Production	TV Internship (school or comm.)

TV & Theater Combo (fall)*	Theater 1A	TV Production A	Advanced Acting	Advanced TV Production
TV & Theater Combo (spring)*	Theater 1B	TV Production B	Directing	Advanced TV Production

* Students participating in this track will meet their fine arts graduation requirement

B-CC Theater and Film Conservatory THREEE YEAR Pathways:

Popular 3 Year Pathways	9th Grade	10th Grade	11th Grade	12th Grade
IB Theater Track (fall)*		Advanced ActingAdvanced Acting†	IB Theater 1A	IB Theater 2A
IB Theater Track (spring)*		Directing†	IB Theater 1B	IB Theater 2B

Theater in Practice Track (fall)*	Theater 1A	Advanced Acting	Theater Internship (in-school)
Theater in Practice Track (spring)*	Theater 1B	Directing	Theater Internship (in-school)

IB Film Track (fall)*		Advanced Acting† or TV Production A	IB Film 1A	IB Film 1A
IB Film Track (springl)*		Directing† or TV Production B	IB Film 1A	IB Film 1A

TV in Practice Track (fall)*	TV Production A	Advanced Acting	Advanced TV Production A
TV in Practice Track (spring)*	TV Production B	Directing	Advanced TV Production B

* Students participating in this track will meet their fine arts graduation requirement
† requires teacher’s permission and some participation in an extra-curricular theater or film program

B-CC Theater and Film Conservatory TWO YEAR Pathways:

Popular 2 Year Pathways	9th Grade	10th Grade	11th Grade	12th Grade
IB Theater Track (fall)*			IB Theater 1A	IB Theater 2A
IB Theater Track (spring)*			IB Theater 1B	IB Theater 2B

Theater in Practice Track (fall)*	Theater 1A	Advanced Acting
Theater in Practice Track (spring)*	Theater 1B	Directing

IB Film Track (fall)			IB Film 1A	IB Film 2A
IB Film Track (spring)			IB Film 1B	IB Film 2B

TV in Practice Track (fall)	TV Production A	Advanced TV Production
TV/Film in Practice Track (spring)	TV Production B	Advanced TV Production

* Students participating in this track will meet their fine arts graduation requirement

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