12 VCE DRAMA (12ADR1)

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The Course

The focus of Units 3 & 4 is on non-naturalistic devised performance. Unit 3 is an ensemble performance and Unit 4 is a solo (stimulus chosen from a list produced by VCAA each year). Students need to create, document, perform and analyse their own performances. Documentation of the creation process is a major part of assessment, which makes this a folio subject. Unit 3’s ensemble performance is assessed by the classroom teacher. Unit 4’s solo performance is assessed at an external performance examination. Both Units involve analysing a professional production from the VCAA playlist.

Unit 3 Topics

• Devising and presenting
• Working with stimulus
• Dramatic Elements

Unit 4 Topics

• Theatrical Conventions
• Self-evaluation
• Analysis of a professional production

Learning and Assessment Activities

• Performance
• Folio (documentation of performance making process)
• Written analysis
• Responses to structured questions
• End of year externally mark performance/presentation examination
• End of year written exam

These units lead to

University study of theatre, drama and acting, leading to employment in the performing arts, education, literature, or event management industries (among many others).

Special considerations

Before undertaking VCE Drama, you should have satisfactorily completed Year 10 Drama and demonstrated sufficient competency in all skill areas, or be prepared to complete catch-up work. You must undertake Unit 3 prior to undertaking Unit 4.

Costs involved

Annual cost $20 for playscript

Excursion to see a professional performance each semester (approx. $30 per performance)

Materials required

• Textbook: Living Drama (4th edition) by Bruce Burton, for all Units.
• Additional textbook for Units 3 & 4: Acting Smart: Drama (version 7) by Jane Bird and Richard Sallis.

For further information see...

Miss Brooker

Study design link

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/studies/drama/dramaindex.aspx