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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

    Final Independent Performance Making Project

  • Unit Code

    PMA3005

  • Year

    2018

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     Y

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Frances Anne BARBE

Description

This unit is the culmination of three years of major study in performance making requiring the students to work in small groups to completely create an original work from research and conception to preparation, rehearsal and performance, implementing, writing, dramaturgical and directorial processes, and the role of the producer/arts manager. The unit will result in a public performance season.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in course Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Confidently demonstrate high level awareness of the machinations of creating and producing work for public consumption.
  2. Demonstrate a clear understanding of creative practice and collaborative process.
  3. Demonstrate strong group management skills.
  4. Perform at a high standard.
  5. Project manage from beginning to end.
  6. Understanding of marketing principles and application to target audiences.

Unit Content

  1. Development of project concept and proposal both visual and written for effective collaboration.
  2. Development the rehearsal process including engaging lighting, sound and music for effective presentation.
  3. Examine the role of the director, dramaturg and production manager.
  4. Marketing and promotion.
  5. Project management timelines, scheduling, budgeting and managing people.
  6. The art of presenting a pubic performance to high standards.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered31 x 1.5 hour ensemblesNot Offered
Full YearNot Offered14 x 8 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, rehearsals.

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
Project ^Concept and Performance Proposal Pitch10%
Project ^Group Presentation of Draft Material30%
Essay ^Written Work20%
Performance ^Performance 40%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Wallis, L. (2005). In good company : a manual for producing independent theatre. Redfern, Australia: Currency Press Pty. Ltd.
  • Keefe, J., & Murray, S. (2007). Physical theatres : a critical introduction. London; New York: Routledge.

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

    Final Independent Performance Making Project

  • Unit Code

    PMA3005

  • Year

    2018

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    30

  • Full Year Unit

     Y

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Frances Anne BARBE

Description

This unit is the culmination of three years of major study in performance making requiring the students to work in small groups to completely create an original work from research and conception to preparation, rehearsal and performance, implementing, writing, dramaturgical and directorial processes, and the role of the producer/arts manager. The unit will result in a public performance season.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in course Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Confidently demonstrate high level awareness of the machinations of creating and producing work for public consumption.
  2. Demonstrate a clear understanding of creative practice and collaborative process.
  3. Demonstrate strong group management skills.
  4. Perform at a high standard.
  5. Project manage from beginning to end.
  6. Understanding of marketing principles and application to target audiences.

Unit Content

  1. Development of project concept and proposal both visual and written for effective collaboration.
  2. Development the rehearsal process including engaging lighting, sound and music for effective presentation.
  3. Examine the role of the director, dramaturg and production manager.
  4. Marketing and promotion.
  5. Project management timelines, scheduling, budgeting and managing people.
  6. The art of presenting a pubic performance to high standards.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered31 x 1.5 hour ensemblesNot Offered
Full YearNot Offered14 x 8 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, rehearsals.

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
Project ^Concept and Performance Proposal Pitch10%
Project ^Group Presentation of Draft Material30%
Essay ^Written Work20%
Performance ^Performance 40%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Wallis, L. (2005). In good company : a manual for producing independent theatre. Redfern, Australia: Currency Press Pty. Ltd.
  • Keefe, J., & Murray, S. (2007). Physical theatres : a critical introduction. London; New York: Routledge.

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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