Scotch College

DRAMA Year 10 — 2012

[Semester Unit]

Rationale 

This subject provides the opportunity for students to explore the skills of character acting while discovering how performance has developed through time to become theatre, as we know it today. Specifically, we practice the
diverse range of acting and improvisation skills required to create interesting characters on stage. The
transformation of one’s self to become another character; the development of Dramatic Elements and the
application of particular theatrical styles are fundamental to this unit. These processes will take place through
guided improvisation as well as through the use of chosen scripts. Year 10 Drama gives students a wide range of practical experiences in the application of these skills while developing individual and group performance skills
through improvisation. Performance work will draw upon students’ own lives and experiences and will investigate different cultures and ideas as we develop our understanding of the actor’s craft. 

Student Outcomes

Aims are to develop: 

• an interest and enjoyment in performing a variety of performance styles 
• specific skills in character improvisation 
• an understanding of characterization and the transformation of self to become other characters 
• the use of vocal and physical expressive skills 
• an understanding of the use of dramatic elements and the main conventions of theatre 
• an understanding of the actor/audience relationship 
• an appreciation of actor’s responsibilities in performance 
• both solo and ensemble performances based on a variety of stimulus 
• an understanding of the processes of working in ensemble and of the social skills 
• required  when working creatively with others 
• writing skills necessary to analyze improvised and scripted performances 

Course Content

• Creation of character through improvisation.

• Creation of character from script.

• Developing an ensemble performance for examination.

The content will be delivered through group and individual tasks, focusing on both script and self-devised work. Students will create both ensemble and solo performances. 

Assessment 

End of Semester Performance Task

Stagecraft Skills 

Class Performance Skills

Written Tasks