Details for Direction and Production
Quick Info
- Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
- Course code: DRA310
- Credit points: 10
- Subject coordinator: Daniel Thornton
Prerequisites
The following courses are prerequisites:
Awards offering Direction and Production
This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Social Science
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Arts (Education Studies)
- Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Ministry
- Diploma of Arts
- Undergraduate Certificate in Arts
Unit Content
Outcomes
- Demonstrate advanced skills in formulating directorial intention and vision from a Christian worldview that presents relevance and desired impact on a modern audience;
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge, understanding and critical analysis of the creative processes involved in staging a theatrical production;
- Demonstrate detailed research into the context of a play text that identifies the ideas presented, reveals how they are connected to create a cohesive work and how it might be staged for an audience;
- Explain in detail directorial intention(s) that inform the staging of particular moments in a developed play, and how the performance and production elements function together to create these moments;
- Critically analyse live performances experienced and how these have influenced, inspired or informed the direction of particular moments in a developed play.
Subject Content
- Biblical foundations for direction and production
- Forming a directorial vision for performance
- The production process
- Theatrical design
- Rehearsal processes
- Applying technical elements to a production
- The director’s notebook
This course may be offered in the following formats
- Face to Face (onsite)
- E-learning (online)
- Intensive
- Extensive
Assessment Methods
- Directorial Rationale (25%)
- Field Study Report (25%)
- Directors Notebook (50%)