What is GENERAL Drama all about?
Drama is a vibrant and varied art form found in play, storytelling, street theatre, festivals, film, television, interactive games, performance art and theatres. Students will have the opportunity to achieve outcomes through creation, performance, reflection and investigation. They will have the opportunity to work with published texts, as well as create their own production to be performed for an external audience over the course of Term 3. They will be introduced to the skills, techniques and conventions or story and story-telling enactment, improvisation and play building, and will participate in a public performance for an audience other than their class members. They will be both acting and taking on different production responsibilities throughout the year.
Who should select these units in Year 11?
Students who do not intend to go to University and are seeking employment, apprenticeships or traineeships. Students will need to be interested in plays and different styles of theatre and should be achieving a C grade in Year 10 Drama and English
Pathway
Upon successful completion of these units, students would progress to Units 3 and 4 in Year 12.
Areas of Study
- UNIT 1 – Dramatic Storytelling
- Voice techniques
- Movement techniques
- Warm-up exercises
- Rehearsal and group work processes
- The elements of drama
- Comedy and tragedy
- Ritual drama and ancient mythologies
UNIT 2 – Drama Performance Events
- Improvisation to develop character
- Performance preparation processes
- Performance/audience relationships
- Conventions of script layouts
- Principles of design
- Effective group work
To provide for different learning styles a variety of assessment tasks are used. For each course of study tasks are selected from:
- Performance and production
- Short and extended answer forms
- Graphic organisers, diagrams and illustrations
- Interviews and other oral presentations
What is GENERAL Drama all about?
Drama is a vibrant and varied art form found in play, storytelling, street theatre, festivals, film, television, interactive games, performance art and theatres. Students will have the opportunity to achieve outcomes through creation, performance, reflection and investigation. They will have the opportunity to work with published texts, as well as create their own production to be performed for an external audience over the course of Term 3. They will be introduced to the skills, techniques and conventions or story and story-telling enactment, improvisation and play building, and will participate in a public performance for an audience other than their class members. They will be both acting and taking on different production responsibilities throughout the year.
Who should select these units in Year 12?
Students who do not intend to go to University and are seeking employment, apprenticeships or traineeships. Students will need to be interested in plays and different styles of theatre and should be achieving a C grade in Year 10 Drama and English. It is recommended (however not a requirement) that students have completed General Drama Units 1 and 2 in Year 11.
Pathway
Upon successful completion of these units, students would progress to a traineeship/ volunteer work with a drama production company, or complete a TAFE certificate in Drama Studies.
Areas of Study
UNIT 3 – Representational, Realist Drama
- Voice techniques
- Movement techniques
- Realist Drama processes
- Realist Drama theorists
- Cooperative group work processes
- Impact of audience expectations
UNIT 4 – Presentational, Non-realist Drama
- Elements of Drama
- Non-Realist Drama processes
- Non-Realist Drama theorists
- Completion of production roles
- Interpretation of Non-Realist pieces
- Transition of character roles
To provide for different learning styles a variety of assessment tasks are used. For each course of study tasks are selected from:
- Performance and production
- Short and extended answer forms
- Graphic organisers, diagrams and illustrations
- Interviews and other oral presentations
