Subject Code: 0DRAA Length of course: Semester Recommended Background:Satisfactory completion of Year 9 Drama.
Course Outline
By the end of Year 10, students analyse the elements of drama, forms and performance styles and evaluate meaning and aesthetic effect in drama they devise, interpret, perform and view. They use their experiences of drama practices from different cultures, places and times to evaluate drama from different viewpoints.
Students develop and sustain different roles and characters for given circumstances and intentions. They perform devised and scripted drama in different forms, styles and performance spaces. They collaborate with others to plan, direct, produce, rehearse and refine performances. They select and use the elements of drama, narrative and structure in directing and acting in order to engage audiences. They refine performance and expressive skills in voice and movement to convey dramatic action.
Topics Covered:
This course further develops students’ collaborative practice and begins to hone in on individual experiences. More complex, found texts are explored and performance skills built upon through:
Exploring the Delivery and Meaning of a text, looking at interpretation, images, intention, character and context using the workshop process and improvisation skills.
Making links with the outside world of Drama through an Individual Project using performance, research, design or technical devices.
Creating a collaborative, devised Year 10 Workshop Production working with a theme.
Assessment:
Workshops, individual / group projects and performances, written folio including learning observations and reflections, reviews and reporting the production process of the group performance.
Additional Costs:
Costs for excursions that include tickets and transport to see live performances
Length of course: Semester
Recommended Background: Satisfactory completion of Year 9 Drama.
Course Outline
By the end of Year 10, students analyse the elements of drama, forms and performance styles and evaluate meaning and aesthetic effect in drama they devise, interpret, perform and view. They use their experiences of drama practices from different cultures, places and times to evaluate drama from different viewpoints.
Students develop and sustain different roles and characters for given circumstances and intentions. They perform devised and scripted drama in different forms, styles and performance spaces. They collaborate with others to plan, direct, produce, rehearse and refine performances. They select and use the elements of drama, narrative and structure in directing and acting in order to engage audiences. They refine performance and expressive skills in voice and movement to convey dramatic action.
Topics Covered:
This course further develops students’ collaborative practice and begins to hone in on individual experiences. More complex, found texts are explored and performance skills built upon through:
Assessment:
Workshops, individual / group projects and performances, written folio including learning observations and reflections, reviews and reporting the production process of the group performance.
Additional Costs:
Costs for excursions that include tickets and transport to see live performances