PREREQUISITES

There is no prerequisite for this course.

AIMS OF COURSE

The Drama General course focuses on drama in practice and aesthetic understanding as students integrate their knowledge and skills. They engage in drama processes such as improvisation, play building, text interpretation, playwriting and dramaturgy. This allows them to create original drama and interpret a range of texts written or devised by others by adapting the theoretical approaches of drama practitioners like Stanislavski and Brecht. Students’ work in this course includes production and design aspects involving directing, scenography, costumes, props, promotional materials, and sound and lighting. They present drama to make meaning for a range of audiences and adapt their drama to suit different performance settings. The focus in this course is primarily on ensemble performance and teamwork.

DESCRIPTION OF COURSE

Year 11

  • Unit 1 – Dramatic Storytelling

  • Unit 2 – Drama Performance Events

Year 12

  • Unit 3 – Representational Realist Drama

  • Unit 4 – Presentational Non-Realist Drama

More detailed course information can be found HERE.

ASSESSMENT TYPES

Students will undertake these various assessment types:

  • Production/Performance (Improvising and devising original drama, interpreting drama texts, rehearsing, designing lighting, sound, sets, costumes and graphics for programs, posters and promotion. Demonstrating the use of drama skills, techniques, processes and technologies in a range of performance contexts.)

  • Response (Response to, and analysis of own, others’ or professional drama works in relation to elements, principles, techniques and/or processes of drama. Responses may be oral, or in written forms, and include supporting annotated diagrams and/or illustrations.)