Acting Project 4: Production and Showcase

Unit Outline (Higher Education)

Level of Unit in Course

AQF Level(s) of Course

Level of Unit in Course

Introductory

Intermediate

Effective Term:

2024/20

Institute / School :

Institute of Education, Arts & Community

Unit Title:

Acting Project 4: Production and Showcase

Unit ID:

CPPRO3104

Credit Points:

15.00

Prerequisite(s):

(CPPRO3103 and CPPSD3005 and CPPSV3005)

Co-requisite(s):

(CPPSD3006 and CPPSV3006)

Exclusion(s):

(CPPRO3004)

ASCED:

100103

Other Change:

Brief description of the Unit

This unit is designed to deepen and complete students’ practice-based learning in two advanced performance contexts: a Final Theatre Production and a Showcase Presentation. Taken together, these strands enable students to work collaboratively with other high-level professional artists on projects that synthesise three years of skills training and reflective practice. Material may be drawn from a variety of sources: dramatic, musical, self-devised works and screen. The format of the final performance will align with industry standards, providing a framework of skills for students to link their core training to the professional creative industries.

Grade Scheme:

Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF)

Work Experience Indicator:

No work experience

Placement Component:

Supplementary Assessment:Yes

Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment

Course Level:

Learning Outcomes:

Knowledge:

K1.	Express an advanced understanding of acting methodology through public performance.

K2.	Describe a knowledge of creative working methods

K3.	Indicate an understanding of the collaborative nature of performance/production projects

K4.	Build a framework of personal, group and professional ethics.

Skills:

S1.	Rehearse and perform at a professional level across a range of performance contexts

S2.	Illustrate the ability to work with other performers, directors, writers, technicians and designers.

S3.	Evaluate and respond to artistic feedback

S4.	Exhibit a mode of autonomous practice

S5.	Apply problem solving, organisational and project management skills

Application of knowledge and skills:

A1.	Apply problem solving, organisational and project management skills

A2.	Demonstrate the ability to sustain a work ethic and performance skills throughout rehearsal and performance season

A3.	Exhibit a professional attitude to artistic feedback

A4.	Reflect accurately on individual performance strengths and weaknesses

Unit Content:

This unit is designed to deepen and complete students’ practice-based learning in two advanced performance contexts: a Final Theatre Production and a Showcase Presentation. Taken together, these strands enable students to work collaboratively with other high-level professional artists on projects that synthesise three years of skills training and reflective practice. Students will be asked to think holistically at the range of skills they have accured over this time and apply them in each of the two strands. Material may be drawn from a variety of sources: dramatic, musical, self-devised works and screen. The format of the final performance will align with industry standards, providing a framework of skills for students to link their core training to the professional creative industries.

Graduate Attributes:

The Federation University graduate attributes (GA) are entrenched in the Higher Education Graduate Attributes Policy (LT1228).Federation University Australia graduates develop these graduate attributes through their engagement in explicit learning and teaching and assessment tasks that are embedded in all Federation Courses. Graduate attribute attainment typically follows an incremental development process mapped through Course progression. One or more graduate attributes must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each Federation University Australia Unit, and all attributes must be directly assessed in each Course.

Graduate attribute and descriptor		Development and acquisition of GAs in the Unit
Graduate attribute and descriptor		Learning outcomes (KSA)	Assessment task (AT#)
GA 1 Thinkers	Our graduates are curious, reflective and critical. Able to analyse the world in a way that generates valued insights, they are change makers seeking and creating new solutions.	K1 K4 K3 A4	AT 1 AT 2 AT 3
GA 2 Innovators	Our graduates have ideas and are able to realise their dreams. They think and act creatively to achieve and inspire positive change.	S4 K2 S5	AT 1 AT 2 AT 3
GA 3 Citizens	Our graduates engage in socially and culturally appropriate ways to advance individual, community and global well-being. They are socially and environmentally aware, acting ethically, equitably and compassionately.	S1 K3 S5 S2 K4	AT 1 AT 2
GA 4 Communicators	Our graduates create, exchange, impart and convey information, ideas, and concepts effectively. They are respectful, inclusive and empathetic towards their audience, and express thoughts, feelings and information in ways that help others to understand.	S1 S2 A3 S3	AT 1 AT 2 AT3
GA 5 Leaders	Our graduates display and promote positive behaviours, and aspire to make a difference. They act with integrity, are receptive to alternatives and foster sustainable and resilient practices.	S5 S4 S2	AT1 AT 2

	Learning Outcomes Assessed	Assessment Tasks	Assessment Type	Weighting
1.	K2, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A2	Class/Rehearsal Participation	Ongoing In-class Presentation	30-50%
2.	K1, K3, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A2, A3	Participation in performances	In-house/Public Performance	30 - 50%
3.	K1, K2, K3, K4, A4	Written Reflection	Written Assigment/Essay/Wk Bk	10 - 40%

Adopted Reference Style:

Chicago ()

Professional Standards / Competencies:

Standard / Competency