| Assessment |
Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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| Graduate Attributes (GA) |
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Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit requires students to extend their practical knowledge of all the essential aspects of theatre production in detail.
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Communication Skills
The major assessment task requires students to communicate their ideas to other artists involved in the production of a theatre event. They are instructed in effective communication with other theatre personnel; they practise communication one-on-one and with a group and are continually assessed on, and guided in, their level of skill and effectiveness in this area.
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Global Perspectives
The understanding of a play and its appropriate staging may require research into philosophies, cultural practice and aesthetics from a variety of cultures.
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Information Literacy
For this unit students are required to provide a 'rationale' for their choice of play - to locate it within its culture; to research previous productions; to make decisions about their own production of it. They need to access journal articles, reviews in the print media and www sites.
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Life-Long Learning
In taking responsibility for all the processes involved in making a product for a general public audience, students are continually practising creative, managerial and leadership skills. The unit teaches and assesses reflective and recursive learning practices.
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Problem Solving
The unit introduces students to the idea that the work of a director is essentially the solving of a series of problems. They are required to make a number of choices by applying logical, critical and creative thinking to tasks that include casting their play, timetabling rehearsals, rehearsing actors, meeting the various deadlines in relation to production management. They are assessed on their ability to solve these problems. If they are unsuccessful they are given the opportunity to critically evaluate their process.
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Social Responsibility
The development of directorial skills (ranging from the choice of play through to the running of a rehearsal) can and usually does involve decision-making about societal and ethical implications associated with theatre production. Students are instructed in thinking about the social and ethical implications of their choice of play and the methodologies they employ to bring it to the stage. They are expected to practise responsibility for the people with whom they work and for the final product that will go before an audience. They are assessed on their ability to work/act responsibly.
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Team Work
Students are tutored in good teamwork practice; they practise it in each of the sessions leading to the production of a piece of theatre. Directing for theatre requires them to work within different kinds of teams: in rehearsal they are central to the team that includes actors and technical crew; in production meetings they are one of a team of directors involved in the logistics of mounting a season of plays. One of the major criteria for assessment is their ability to create effective teams and to work collaboratively to achieve common goals.
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