DRAMA

DRAMA SUBJECTS - YEAR 10 TO YEAR 12

DRAMA Learning Leader: Mr Jamie Richards

YEAR 10 DRAMA

NOT STUDIED YEAR 10 DRAMA STAGE 1 DRAMA STAGE 2 DRAMA

Interview and recommendation

In Drama, students participate in the planning, rehearsal, and performance of dramatic work. Students participate in creative problem solving; they generate, analyse, and evaluate ideas. They develop personal interpretations of texts. Students develop their curiosity and imagination, creativity, individuality, selfidentity, self-esteem and confidence.

The focus capabilities for this subject are in line with the General Capabilities of the Australian Curriculum.

Year 10 Drama

Length of Course: 1 or 2 semesters

Aims: • Drama shifts into major production work including a group scene analysis, a fully staged production where the student can choose to complete an on or off-stage role and a solo performance piece. • Students will develop and produce a musical theatre production presentation using an original or existing text. • Generate an awareness of acting including: space, levels, technique, styles and ensemble work. • Learn to work as an individual and ensemble member. • Understand stagecraft including: props, set, multimedia and unique performance spaces. • Generate a sound understanding of Drama theory and history. • Examine Asian and Indigenous Australian performance elements. Content: • Students will examine a variety of performance styles and techniques. • Perform as a group member and as an individual in a variety of performances. • Students will contribute to a portfolio outlining their learning. • Students to be exposed to the ‘Analysis’ of theatre including viewing multiple live theatre performance and reviewing it. • Learn to work cooperatively with others. • Learn to collaborate and solve problems in a positive manner. • Look into play scripts with an emphasis on theme, character and context. • Emphasis is on developing a variety of skills for further study in Drama at Endeavour College, so that students will gain knowledge, skills and understanding to tackle the challenges required at Stage 1 and 2. • In 2023 there may be a Major Production, this will form a major component of the students curriculum. Students will be expected to attend after school and weekend rehearsals which are a compulsory component of the course. A cost will also be associated with the production which will be determined at the start of the year.

Stage 1 Drama

Length of Course: 1 or 2 semesters (10 or 20 credits)

Prerequisites: A C grade or higher in 1 or 2 units of Drama in Year 10 or by negotiation with Drama Learning Leader.

Content: Stage 1 Drama consists of the following three areas of study: • Performance - Presentation of Dramatic Works • This includes the presentation of both individual and group performances • Works are selected by both the students and the staff • The dramatic work may be an original work, excerpts from an established work, or a complete work. • On-stage or off-stage role in a performance. • Responding to Drama - Dramatic Theory and

Practice • This includes the study of theories that have shaped and continue to shape Drama • The study of texts (performed and written) • The study of film • The study of a particular practitioner’s role (eg lighting, directing, make-up, projection etc) • The study of a specific dramatic theory, genre or style • A particular dramatic period, or the drama of a particular culture. • Creative Synthesis - Individual Investigation and

Presentation. • This includes the investigation of an area of study in the dramatic arts that is of interest to them • Students produce an oral presentation based on contemporary film maker Tim Burton • Students investigate, research, develop and demonstrate their understanding of an area of interest by creating a product (eg a performance, a design brief) for a real or a hypothetical presentation. • Students explore the text-actor-audience relationship Assessment Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessments and marked against the performance standards ranging from A to E.

Performance (one major or two minor) • On-stage or off-stage role: acting, design, dramaturgy, front-of-house, multimedia/film and video, stage management, scriptwriting • 5-10 minute performance and/or 6 minute presentation Responding to Drama: Folio (written or oral assessments) • Character studies, research projects, reports, reviews, directorial/design concepts, essays, text-based studies • Workshops, improvisations, tutorials, oral presentations, practical demonstrations (drawings and designs may be included as part of this assessment) Creative Synthesis • Application of research in one or more of acting, design, dramaturgy, front-of-house, multimedia/film and video, stage management or scriptwriting • 10 minute performance and/or 6 minute presentation

Assessment Criteria: • Understanding and exploration • Critical and creative thinking • Creative application

In 2023 there will be a Senior Major Production, this will form a major component of the students curriculum. Students will be expected to attend after school and weekend rehearsals which are a compulsory component of the course. A cost will also be associated with the production and excursions to see professional productions which will be determined at the start of the year.

DRAMA SUBJECTS - YEAR 10 TO YEAR 12

Stage 2 Drama

Length of Course: 2 semesters (20 credits)

Prerequisites: A C grade or higher in 1 or 2 semesters of Stage 1 Drama or by negotiation with Drama Learning Leader.

Content Stage 2 Drama consists of the following four areas of study.

Group Production For the group production, students are led by the teacher to work collaboratively through the framework of the Company (Meridian Theatre Company) and Production area of study to conceive, explore, develop, produce, refine, and perform (or present) a dramatic work or product. Students choose from onstage to offstage roles.

Evaluation and Creativity Students undertake two evaluation and creativity tasks. To demonstrate their analysis, evaluation, and creativity as authentic drama practitioners, students complete two tasks, or they may choose to integrate the tasks to produce one single piece that synthesises the ideas, theories, practice, learning, and/or subject matter investigated.

One task (or part-task) should focus on responding to drama. Students produce an analysis and evaluation of dramatic events created by professional drama practitioners. The evaluation should provide opportunities for students as artists to link reflection of their own development with their learning from professional dramatic events.

The second task (or part-task) should focus on creating drama. It may be linked to the study of the shared text and dramatic styles explored and analysed during Exploration and Vision, or to another text and style(s), or it can be self-devised.

Creative Presentation Students collaborate in small groups to conceive, plan, and produce a creative dramatic presentation. As a member of the Meridian Theatre Company, students individually and collaboratively apply the knowledge, skills, and understanding that they have learned, including dramatic theory and process, to generate a shared dramatic intention and create a presentation as an ensemble. Students record, analyse, reflect on, and evaluate their creative decision-making and their application of dramatic process and skills towards the realisation of their presentation, as individuals and in collaboration. Each student individually provides a learning portfolio as evidence of their analysis and evaluation of learning.

• Viewing and Reflection • Students use their knowledge, skills of observation, analysis and criticism to reflect on and evaluate the work they have viewed • Students have the opportunity to review live theatrical performances • Live performances are an added expense • Interpretative Study • Students explore in depth a specific playscript or the work of a dramatic innovator • Students will adopt the role of the director, actor or designer and respond to a question to guide their study • If a playscript is chosen for Assessment type 1, a dramatic innovator must be chosen for Assessment type 3 Stage 2 Drama (cont.) • Presentation of Dramatic Works • Students will explore in either a group or individual performance or presentation, dramatic elements, social issues, genres and important events in the history of drama • The teacher acts as the director for the group performance

Assessment School Assessment (70%) • Group Presentation 40% • Evaluation and Creativity 30%

External Assessment (30%) • Creative Presentation 30%

Assessment Criteria: • Knowledge and Understanding • Critical and Creative thinking • Creative application