Dramatic Arts 12-13

COURSE OUTCOMES

DRAMATIC ARTS 12-13

(July 2012)

The Dramatic Arts 12/13 course is a Fine Art elective. The course possesses two dimensions for the students; a series of essential units advancing the development of dramatic acting, and a series of selective units designed to assist in creating a theatrical product. Students will work diligently during the first five units to develop their skills as actors, thereafter apply those skills to a school or class production, if the course is offered for the entire school year.

If the course is for a full year, all students who elect to take it must be aware that they will participate in a class or school performance, either onstage or backstage with preproduction, production and possibly postproduction involvement.

This course emphasizes class participation, group interaction, and cooperative decision-making toward the established course outline. A number of individual and group assignments will be required of each student in order to evaluate their performance in various units. Since most units will be judged by the strength and development of student performances, a rubric will be provided specific to each unit for evaluation.

Though the development of acting skills is the main intent of the class, as the year progresses some students may elect to pursue production units and work backstage. This will permit the development of those skills for all students, yet allow students to incorporate what they have learned to a broader set of theater skills.

Instructors must consider each student individually upon assessment; remembering that students coming from diverse backgrounds and cultures will most likely possess different levels of acting skills and potential.

A set of resources will be provided to each class; however, no class set of texts will be necessary. Dramatic Arts is meant to be a workshop-style course. Acting activities and productions goals are the aim. The students must be active and constantly applying their skills.

An outline of the units follows. Some of these units are prerequisites for following units. The first unit is ongoing.It is possible to rearrange the order of some of these units, but the six essential units are best if done in prescribed order.

Essential Units:(The students must complete all five essential units):

E01 – Acting Exercises and Improvisation(open in the beginning of the year and keep open until the beginning of the theatrical production.)

E02–Movement or Dance

E03–10-minute Plays

E04– Monologue/Dialogue

E05– Character Study

Selective Units:

S01–Audition

S02–Rehearsal

S03–Production

S04 – Scene Design

S05–Costume Design

S06–Property Design

QSI DRAMATIC ARTS 12/13-YEAR-OLD CO