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.

  • Unit Title

    Professional Voice
  • Unit Code

    ACT3003
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Simon Harris MASTERTON

Description

This unit focuses on integrating acquired vocal technique with professional audio recorded performance requirements. Students will learn about professional performance mediums that utilise the actor's voice and develop skills in voice over, radio, narration, audio books and Additional Dialogue Recording (ADR) for film and television.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply vocal techniques imaginatively and autonomously when working in a sound studio, with ADR equipment and with microphones.
  2. Produce appropriate accent and dialect vocalisation according to the demands of the text.
  3. Apply suitable vocal technique across various media performing platforms, including podcasts, audio books, radio drama, and voice over.
  4. Source, research, rehearse and perform a theatrical song with accompaniment.

Unit Content

  1. Cold reading techniques for auditions.
  2. Individual singing technique classes.
  3. Practical vocal techniques to address the demands of speaking text in various performance mediums.
  4. Voice over, radio, narration, audio books and ADR training and information sessions.
  5. Voice over demonstration audio file, for marketing purposes.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered36 x 1.5 hour studioNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Studio based voice and singing classes, Group classes and individual tutorials, Different acoustic environments will be utilised; some classes will be in a theatre, Use of a specialised sound studio, Video recording for critical analysis and self reflection, Debriefing, feedback and class discussions, Self study with regard to physically consolidating studio work. Specialist lecturers in singing.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceSinging Concert10%
PresentationTheatrical Monologue/Filmed Scene in Dialect 50%
PortfolioRecorded Voice Portfolio40%

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.

  • Unit Title

    Professional Voice
  • Unit Code

    ACT3003
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Simon Harris MASTERTON

Description

This unit focuses on integrating acquired vocal technique with professional audio recorded performance requirements. Students will learn about professional performance mediums that utilise the actor's voice and develop skills in voice over, radio, narration, audio books and Additional Dialogue Recording (ADR) for film and television.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply vocal techniques imaginatively and autonomously when working in a sound studio, with ADR equipment and with microphones.
  2. Produce appropriate accent and dialect vocalisation according to the demands of the text.
  3. Apply suitable vocal technique across various media performing platforms, including podcasts, audio books, radio drama, and voice over.
  4. Source, research, rehearse and perform a theatrical song with accompaniment.

Unit Content

  1. Cold reading techniques for auditions.
  2. Individual singing technique classes.
  3. Practical vocal techniques to address the demands of speaking text in various performance mediums.
  4. Voice over, radio, narration, audio books and ADR training and information sessions.
  5. Voice over demonstration audio file, for marketing purposes.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered36 x 1.5 hour studioNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Studio based voice and singing classes, Group classes and individual tutorials, Different acoustic environments will be utilised; some classes will be in a theatre, Use of a specialised sound studio, Video recording for critical analysis and self reflection, Debriefing, feedback and class discussions, Self study with regard to physically consolidating studio work. Specialist lecturers in singing.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceSinging Concert10%
PresentationTheatrical Monologue/Filmed Scene in Dialect 50%
PortfolioRecorded Voice Portfolio40%

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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