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graphics programming in the educational context.
Assessment: A 2-hour end-of-semesterexamination at the end of the semester; tutorial sheets and programming assignments; a special assignment equivalent to 1000 words. Students must obtain at least 40 per cent in both the examination and the practical component. Results will be graded.
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performance project (20 per cent); a design folio of at least eight hours in total (10 per cent); a set model of at least six hours (15 per cent); a theatre folio of at least 10 hours (25 per cent). Total maximum performance work is one hour. Results will be graded.
491-126 DRAMA A13: FOUNDATION STUDIES IN DRAMA 3
Credit points: 2.8 Staff: Angela O'Brien.
Contact: A 1-hour lecture/seminar/audiovisual presentation each week for two semesters. Students are expected to view a number of performances to fulfil the examination requirements. ( Two semesters.) Content: Aspects of the history and development of drama and theatre (issues are detailed in the course outline). The intention is to stimulate an appreciation of problems and resolutions in the dramatic forms and to provide students with basic resources for further study.
Assessment A 1 112-hour examination (100 per cent). Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Brook P The Empty Space Penguin Harmondsworth 1972. Hartnoll PA Concise History of the Theatre Thames and Hudson London 1968.
491-218 DRAMA B1: DRAMA IN EDUCATION STUDIES 1 Credit points: 16.7
Staff: John Deverall.
Special requirements: This subject and Drama Cl are prerequisites for BEd (Secondary) students wishing to take Method of Teaching - Drama.
Prerequisites: Drama All, A 12 and A13, or approved equivalent.
Contact A 3-hour session each week consisting of both a lecture/seminar and a practical workshop.
(Two semesters.)
Content: Major theorists in drama in education and important drama teaching strategies. In addition to an Institute-based program, students will also be involved in planning, implementing and evaluating drama activities with school children.
Assessment: A field observation task of approximately 2000 words (40 per cent); a teaching project involving planning and implementation and evaluation of a drama session with children of approximately one hour (20 per cent); an essay of approximately 2000 words (40 per cent). Results will be graded.
491-220 DRAMA B2: STUDIES IN PERFORMANCE PROCESS 1 Credit points: 16.7
Staff: Norman Price.
Prerequisites: Credit of 25.0 points in Group 1 Drama subjects, or approved equivalent.
Special requirements: This subject and Drama B1 are prerequisites for Method of Teaching: Drama in Year 4 for BEd (Secondary) students. Students undertaking this subject would normally enrol concurrently in Drama B1.
Contact: A 1-hour lecture and a 3-hour workshop each week. (Two semesters.)
Content: A consolidation of knowledge and skills in the conscious use of dramatic form, including analysis of text, development of role, rehearsal techniques, modes and styles of performance, design elements, etc. This subject is in two parts: role theory and practice, and the theory and practice of direction and the organisation of productions.
Assessment: A documented (1500 to 2000 words) individual performance (25 per cent); a 3000 to 3500- word production brief (45 per cent); a performance and direction practicum (30 percent). Results will be graded.
491-227 DRAMA B6:
STUDIES IN PUPPETRY AND MASK Credit points: 5.6
Staff: Norman Price.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in Group 1 Drama subjects, or approved equivalent. Credit is not granted for both this subject and Drama C6.
Contact: A 5-day intensive practical workshop during a non-teaching week in first of second semester.
Non-timetabled hours will be spent on individual research and completion of the assessment requirements. (First or second semester.)
Content: Introduction through practical experience to a range of materials and techniques used to construct puppets and masks; a variety of quick improvised forms leading to more sophisticated techniques; workshops in the manipulation of the finished articles.
Assessment: Workshop participation and a presentation (up to 20 minutes) of examples of techniques explored (20 per cent); a log book (2500 to 3000 words or equivalent) including notes, diagrams, list of materials and suppliers (40 per cent); a presentation (up to 20 minutes) of puppets and masks (40 per cent). Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will he graded.
Note: This subject may not be offered every year.
Students should check with the Performing Arts Division - Drama before enrolling.
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Credit points: 5.6 Staff: Norman Price.
Prerequisites: Credit of 25.0 points in Group 1 Drama subjects, or approved equivalent. Credit is not granted for both this subject and Drama C7.
Contact: A 5-day intensive practical workshop during a non-teaching week in either first or second semester.
Non-timetabled hours will be spent on individual research and completion of the assessment requirements. (First or second semester.)
Content:The principles of stage lighting for theatrical performance explored through both theory and hands-on practical experience, including safety aspects of rigging and patching of lighting instruments.
Assessment: Up to 60 minutes or equivalent for contribution and work on the lighting of a production (60 per cent); a log book of 2500 to 3000 words or equivalent with workshop notes and production planning documentation (40 per cent). Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Note: This subject may not be offered every year.
Students should check with the Performing Arts Division - Drama before enrolling.
491-229 DRAMA B8:
SET DESIGN AND COSTUME Credit points: 5.6
Staff: Norman Price.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points points in Group 1 Drama subjects, or approved equivalent. Credit is not granted for both this subject and Drama C8.
Contact A 5-day intensive practical workshop during a non-teaching week in first or second semester.
Non-timetabled hours will be spent on individual research and completion of the assessment requirements. (First or second semester.)
Content: Workshops in the translation of ideas into practical plans; techniques and materials to use in realising plan ideas; practical workshops in the basic tool use and the building of a resource file of materials and suppliers.
Assessment: A resource file (up to 2500 to 3000 words or equivalent) of techniques, materials and suppliers (30 percent); practical workshop activities in applying techniques leading to the construction of sets, properties and costumes (70 per cent). Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Note: This subject may not be offered every year.
Students should check with the Performing Arts Division - Drama before enrolling.
491-222 DRAMA B30: PERFORMANCE 1 Credit points: 11.1
Staff: Norman Price.
Pre or corequisites: Completion of 25.0 credit points in Group 1 Drama subjects, or approved equivalent;
students must have completed or enroll concurrently in Drama B31. Students normally enroll concurrently in Drama B1 and B2. Credit is not granted for both Drama B30 and C30.
Contact: Five 2-hour practical movement workshops on each of the days coinciding with the Drama B31/
C31 viewing program, with a further 10 x 2-hour weekly movement workshops and four days (two weekends) of six hours a day. 30 hours is allowed for dress rehearsal and performance of the finished movement pieces. (Second semester.)
Content: Development and application of movement skills acquired in Drama Al2 and Drama B/C31 in a specific performance context, with additional study of movement in relation to text. Students will be encouraged to develop work appropriate to different performance spaces, and develop a piece for presentation at session's end.
Assessment: Practical movement workshops (20 per cent); weekend movement workshops (20 per cent);
weekly movement workshops (35 per cent); dress rehearsal and performance of up to 120 minutes each (25 per cent). Results will be graded.
Note: This subject may not be offered every year.
Students should check with the Performing Arts Division - Drama before enrolling.
491-239 DRAMA B31:
PERSPECTIVE OF MOVEMENT Credit points: 5.6
Staff: Norman Price.
Pre or corequisites: Completion of 25.0 credit points in Group 1 Drama subjects, or approved equivalent.
Students normally enroll concurrently in Drama B1 and B2. Credit is not granted for both Drama B31 and C31.
Contact: Five 6-hour days of video viewing and reviewing; 16 hours is allowed to view and review three live performances. (Second semester.) Content: A viewing and workshop program which. focuses on contemporary theories of movement practice in performance. Emphasis on developing a descriptive critical language, extending one's personal movement range, and examining socio-cultural determinants of movement across a range of cultures and time periods.
Assessment: A 500-word review of each day's video program (50 per cent); a 500-word review of each of three live performances (50 per cent). Results will he graded.
Prescribed texts: The School will make available a