Diploma - Diploma [2 Years]
$13,721 /Yr On-campus full_time

Diploma Acting for Film and Television

  • Diploma in Acting for Film and Television at the Niagara College is a 2-year or 4-term teaching program.
  • The program at Niagara implements every single aspect of film and TV student would ever need to know to feel comfortable and prepared to go into the acting world.
  • The instructors or the teaching faculty of this course are working as industry professionals in the Toronto region and across Canada.
  • This course is recognized by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) with graduates granted immediate ACTRA apprentice status.
  • Some of the main courses that students go through this program are:
    • Acting I: Meisner Technique
    • Acting II: Scene Study, Analysis and Acting Technique
    • Acting III: Scene Study for Camera
    • Movement and Character Development
    • Audition Techniques for Film, TV, and Commercials
  • The Meisner Technique is one of the most popular forms of current acting training originating from the work of Stanislavski.
  • This college is one of the colleges in Canada to have a designated course curriculum in Meisner.
  • Using the increased focus on another and enabling college’s observation skills on behavior, Faculty begin to allow their own impulses to show up fully and freely to fulfill the actors’ job of communicating story through own humanity.
  • The Student to Teacher ratio is 11:1 which helps increase in interaction between professors and students.
  • The results show that 85.4 percent of Niagara College graduates were employed within six months of graduation.
  • 93.7 percent of the employers were satisfied with the NC grad that they hired.ng vacation.
  • The Careers after graduation are
    • Corporate film and television actor
    • Film and television actor
    • Internet, radio and television commercial actor
    • Project developer and producer, etc. with a salary of around 25,000 – 35,000 USD​.

Tution & Application Fees

Year Year 1 Year 2
Tuition Fees $13721 $13721
Total Fees $13721 $13721

Examinations

Exam Type Exam Name Score Out of Score Exam Level
IELTS International English Language Testing System 6.0 9 3
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language 79 120 3
PTE Pearson Test of English 57 90 3
Duolingo Duolingo 110 160 1

Academic Eligibility:

  • Students must have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent degree including the following required course(s):
    • English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
    • Successful audition

Along with the minimum eligibility requirements, international students hailing from non-English speaking countries need to prove English proficiency through IELTS/TOEFL/any equivalent test to get admission to this program.