School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Theatre Production 1
  • Unit Code

    ACT2101
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Glenda LINSCOTT

Description

Through studio productions offering a mix of self-devised or text-based theatre projects students develop the actor's process and their ability to apply and integrate what they've learned in first year. Students are challenged to apply their technique to the creation of characters and worlds which bring other people's stories to life. The work is shared with an audience of fellow students and staff in a studio showing.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ACT2001

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply imagination and acting techniques to performing a role in naturalistic texts.
  2. Apply inner motive forces (mental, emotional and instinctual) to realise the authentic life of a character.
  3. Rehearse and perform with an intention to connect to a scene partner and be affected by them.
  4. Display vocal integration, accurate learning of text, efficient articulation and effective breath support in performance.
  5. Rehearse and perform devised physical material in a group collaborative context that supports physical commitment, articulation and embodied space.

Unit Content

  1. Self devised physical theatre project.
  2. The Chekhov project.
  3. Studio production of a full length play.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered12 x 2 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceProduction 1 - Physical Theatre project20%
PerformanceProduction 2 - The Chekhov project20%
PerformanceProduction 3 - Studio production50%
Reflective PracticeRehearsal logbook, group debrief, written self-reflection10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Theatre Production 1
  • Unit Code

    ACT2101
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Glenda LINSCOTT

Description

Through studio productions offering a mix of self-devised or text-based theatre projects students develop the actor's process and their ability to apply and integrate what they've learned in first year. Students are challenged to apply their technique to the creation of characters and worlds which bring other people's stories to life. The work is shared with an audience of fellow students and staff in a studio showing.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ACT2001

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply imagination and acting techniques to performing a role in naturalistic texts.
  2. Apply inner motive forces (mental, emotional and instinctual) to realise the authentic life of a character.
  3. Rehearse and perform with an intention to connect to a scene partner and be affected by them.
  4. Display vocal integration, accurate learning of text, efficient articulation and effective breath support in performance.
  5. Rehearse and perform devised physical material in a group collaborative context that supports physical commitment, articulation and embodied space.

Unit Content

  1. Self devised physical theatre project.
  2. The Chekhov project.
  3. Studio production of a full length play.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered12 x 2 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceProduction 1 - Physical Theatre project20%
PerformanceProduction 2 - The Chekhov project20%
PerformanceProduction 3 - Studio production50%
Reflective PracticeRehearsal logbook, group debrief, written self-reflection10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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