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

    Theatre Workshop 1
  • Unit Code

    PAM1013
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexa Meredith TAYLOR

Description

Introduction to acting skills with an emphasis on specific problem solving through scene work studies, aimed to extend the actor's instinct, inventiveness, creativity and theatrical intuition. Students will develop skills that will be applied to practical exercises and live performances in subsequent units.

Prerequisite Rule

For COURSE_CODE NOT IN Y97 Do Permission required Otherwise true

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the technical skills of the acting craft.
  2. Demonstrate an awareness of instinct, inventiveness, creativity and theatrical intuition.
  3. Understand the power of theatre, its function, its potential, and their place within it.
  4. Understand the technical skills of the acting craft.

Unit Content

  1. Improvisation - Exercises in spontaneity. Breakdown of the actor's inhibitions. Ensemble awareness. Physical communication. Expression of thought and emotion. Sensory awareness. Action and reaction. Non verbal improvisation.
  2. Acting Craft - Empathy. Observation and sensory awareness. Personalisation. Given circumstances. Endowment. The power of the stage - stagelife. Transaction: actions and objectives.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 3 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical workshops, discussions and seminars.

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
PerformanceIn Class Performance50%
Performance ^Scene work50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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.

PAM1013|2|1

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

    Theatre Workshop 1
  • Unit Code

    PAM1013
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alexa Meredith TAYLOR

Description

Introduction to acting skills with an emphasis on specific problem solving through scene work studies, aimed to extend the actor's instinct, inventiveness, creativity and theatrical intuition. Students will develop skills that will be applied to practical exercises and live performances in subsequent units.

Prerequisite Rule

For COURSE_CODE NOT IN Y97 Do Permission required Otherwise true

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the technical skills of the acting craft.
  2. Demonstrate an awareness of instinct, inventiveness, creativity and theatrical intuition.
  3. Understand the power of theatre, its function, its potential, and their place within it.
  4. Understand the technical skills of the acting craft.

Unit Content

  1. Improvisation - Exercises in spontaneity. Breakdown of the actor's inhibitions. Ensemble awareness. Physical communication. Expression of thought and emotion. Sensory awareness. Action and reaction. Non verbal improvisation.
  2. Acting Craft - Empathy. Observation and sensory awareness. Personalisation. Given circumstances. Endowment. The power of the stage - stagelife. Transaction: actions and objectives.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 3 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical workshops, discussions and seminars.

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
PerformanceIn Class Performance50%
Performance ^Scene work50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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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