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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Professional Voice
  • Unit Code

    ACT3003
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Jean Fraces GOODWIN

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 ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered23 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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Professional Voice
  • Unit Code

    ACT3003
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Jean Fraces GOODWIN

Description

This unit focuses on integrating acquired vocal technique with professional practice. Students will learn about professional performance mediums that utilise the actor’s voice and develop skills in Voice Over, Audio Book performance and Additional Dialogue Recording (ADR) for film and television. Students will develop authentic and precise accents to prepare audition-ready stage monologues and screen tests. This unit is designed to prepare the actor with the appropriate vocal skills to meet the demands of a professional career.

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. Refining the skills of acquiring an accent and dialect for screen and theatrical performance.
  3. Practical vocal techniques to address the demands of speaking text in various performance mediums.
  4. Experience and training in Voice Over performance, Audio Book performance and Additional Dialogue Recording (ADR) for film and television.
  5. Record a Voice Over demonstration audio file, for marketing purposes.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered23 x 1.5 hour studioNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Teaching and learning will take the form of: studio based voice classes; group classes and individual tutorials; intensive week long workshops, small group activities pair work and solo exercises; different acoustic environments will be utilised; video recording for critical analysis and self-reflection; debriefing, feedback and class discussions; self-study with regard to alignment and breath; 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
PerformanceTheatrical Monologue in Dialect30%
PresentationScreen Test in Dialect 30%
PortfolioRecorded Voice Portfolio and Industry Toolkit 40%

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 Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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