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• VCADRR046

  Analyse a range of drama from contemporary and past times, including the drama of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to explore differing viewpoints and develop understanding of drama practice across local, national and international contexts

  Elaborations

  • evaluating conventions from past forms and styles to consider how these can be incorporated into own drama and contemporary practice, for example, ‘How successful were the actors and director in conveying the playwright’s stated intent? How successfully have the design elements been incorporated into the drama?
  • identifying and describing the actor-audience relationship in different dramatic contexts, forms and styles
  • linking conventions from different forms with purposes, origins and contexts
  • identifying the impact of media, and social and technological changes on drama practice, for example, interactions between kinaesthetic and visual aspects of dance in forms that incorporate digital components
  • interrogating the cultural and social roles and responsibilities of the theatre industry, recognising the power of drama in advocating for, and being a catalyst of change, for example, investigating how the work by contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and performers for television, film, circus and comedy is impacting on community understanding about issues such as land rights and reconciliation

  VCADRR046 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• Drama: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students develop more sophisticated approaches to making and responding to drama independently, in small groups, and with their teachers and communities. They continue to explore drama as an art form through improvisation, scripted drama, rehearsal and performance.

  Students...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• Drama: Levels 9 and 10 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 10, students develop and sustain different roles and characters to realise dramatic intentions and engage audiences. They perform devised and scripted drama in different forms, styles and performance spaces. They plan, direct, produce, rehearse and refine performances. They...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10

• VCADRD042

  Practise and refine the expressive capacity of voice and movement to communicate ideas and dramatic action in a range of forms, styles and performances spaces

  Elaborations

  • adapting expressive voice and movement skills for performance of different forms and styles and to enhance actor-audience relationships
  • conveying through voice and movement the tensions in stories, ideas, characters, relationships, actions, and dialogue to engage audiences
  • exploring, reworking and refining the dramatic action through rehearsal and hone expressive performance skill to enhance actor-audience relationships
  • exploring and rehearsing forms and styles recognised as contemporary styles, for example, work with practitioners to explore contemporary styles used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dramatists

  VCADRD042 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Drama Practices

• VCADRR045

  Evaluate how the elements of drama, forms and performance styles in devised and scripted drama to convey meaning and aesthetic effect

  Elaborations

  • analysing how the elements of drama are manipulated to focus the dramatic action for audiences and using this information to refine drama they make
  • evaluating how the features and conventions of forms and styles create dramatic meaning and theatrical effect
  • evaluating how ideas and emotions shape the expressive qualities and staging of forms and styles in their own and others’ drama
  • considering how drama theory has been used in creating and performing the text
  • using questions as the basis for an evaluative discussion, for example, ‘How successful were the actors and director in conveying the playwright’s stated intent? How successfully have the design elements been incorporated into the drama?’

  VCADRR045 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• VCADRE041

  Manipulate combinations of the elements of drama to develop and convey the physical and psychological aspects of roles and characters consistent with intentions in dramatic forms and performance styles

  Elaborations

  • analyse and create performance highlighting subtext, dramatic tension, atmosphere and mood based on the story, setting, dialogue and stage directions
  • apply the conventions of character in particular forms and performance styles, using research to develop understanding of the conventions and refining use of relevant techniques
  • using questions to build an understanding of ways context can influence creative choices, for example, how does the drama relate to the social context in which it was created? What culturally symbolic movements are evident in this drama? What historical influences might be evident in contemporary drama created by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples? How are global trends in drama influencing Australian drama?

  VCADRE041 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRE040

  Improvise with the elements of drama and narrative structure to develop ideas, and explore subtext to shape devised and scripted drama

  Elaborations

  • communicating meaning through realistic and non-realistic performance styles and dramatic forms by manipulating the elements of drama
  • establishing aspects of the dramatic action as symbolic, such as a suitcase being a person’s memories, a light symbolising hope
  • exploring the implied or underlying aspects of character and dramatic action
  • using questions to frame devising process, for example, What personal meaning is intended? What political statement is this work making? How have you used critical theories about drama to make your own drama? What emotion was most strongly felt as you viewed the drama?

  VCADRE040 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCADRD043

  Structure drama to engage an audience through manipulation of dramatic action, forms and performance styles and by using design elements

  Elaborations

  • learning and applying basic concepts for interpreting texts and contexts, directing dramatic action, and using available technologies
  • focusing and strengthening the dramatic action by manipulating pace in movement and dialogue, cues, vocal tone, physical proximity between characters and transitions
  • structuring the performance space to convey dramatic meaning and sense of style for an audience
  • exploring realistic, non-realistic, innovative and hybrid dramatic forms and performance styles
  • using questions to guide play-making process when devising drama, for example, What personal meaning is intended? What political statement is this work making? How have you used critical theories about drama to make your own drama? What emotion do you want the audience to feel?

  VCADRD043 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 9 and 10 | Drama Practices