10 Drama

SUBJECT OVERVIEW

Drama students will further extend their knowledge and understanding of dramatic concepts such as character, relationships, subtext and situation when performing. Students with an interest in technical theatre or design have the opportunity to gain greater knowledge and understanding and experience in these specialist roles. Students will be supported in communication, experimentation, creativity, collaboration and confidence in expressing themselves, using their knowledge and understanding of the topics explored and by participating in a group production. Students will explore social, cultural and historical perspectives and practitioner intentions by viewing, analyzing and evaluating live theatre. Students will participate in workshops exploring the Stanislavski producing a performance in either onstage or offstage roles.

This course may lead to Stage 1 Drama/ Visual Art Art/ Design/ Stage 1 Digital Media.

Topics may include

• Stanislavski’s system and realism
• review writing
• group production
• production report writing
• workshop activities
• performance
• multimodal techniques
• analysis and evaluation
• collaboration and communication skills
• production
• stage and technical design