Year 12 Drama
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Miss E. Shepherd.
Course Description: The Level 2 course requires students to develop more depth and decision making skills in the creation of their work. A range of performance opportunities exist - duologues, small group work and a major performance. Other topics explored include theatre studies, script writing and directing. Students continue developing an understanding of Stanislavski’s Method Acting (Realism), Elizabethan Theatre and/or Commedia Dell’arte, Physical Theatre and Contemporary New Zealand Theatre.
Topics include:
- Perform a substantial acting role in a scripted production: Develop and sustain character in a class play - 5 credits
- Apply drama techniques in a scripted context: Students select and justify drama techniques (voice, body, movement, use of space) in a duo or group performance - 4 credits
- Use complex performance skills associated with a drama/theatre form: Identify and select the key features of Commedia Dell’arte (mask work) or Elizabethan Theatre (Shakespeare) and perform a scene in a small group. - 4 credits.
- Devise and perform a drama to realise an intention: Revise elements, conventions and structures of theatre. Explore text, quotations and short stories as stimulus for devised theatre. Create original theatre in a group - 5 credits
Assessment: The bulk of the course is internally assessed with the option of participating in an external written exam. Four internally assessed standards (17 credits) and one external (optional) standard - 4 credits
This course leads to: Level 3 Drama
Recommended Prior Learning
10 credits from Level 1 Drama, or on application to TIC who will look at reliability, attendance and group skills.
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
Total Credits Available: 27 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 27 credits.
External
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Disclaimer
Courses offered will be subject to sufficient students taking them up and are not necessarily guaranteed to run.