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  LEARNING OUTCOMES BY COURSE/UNIT REGULAR PROGRAMME

GRADE 12 ACTING CLASS - ADC 4M1

Units 1-2: 70% Team Work

Unit 3: 20% Culminating Project

Exam: 10%

If circumstance arrive where it is impossible to complete one or both of the first 2 units, the percentages will be reversed and Unit 1 and 2 will be worth 30% and Unit 3 will be worth 70%

UNIT 1 - Audition technique ( 35%)  

The student was to come to class with 2 prepared audition pieces based on what they learned in ADC 3M1.

By the end of the unit, I can:

  • understand how to prepare for an audition for college, university of going directly into the business by observing/participating in many different audition techniques.  Techniques include:  cold readings, improvisation, movement, finding your light, distraction, cattle-calls, using direction, singing, and group auditions

 

UNIT 2 - Scene Study (35%)

By the end of the unit, I can:

  • understand the dynamics of pauses/beats/moments in orchestrating a scene

  • demonstrate the ability to work with a partner in developing a scene

  • demonstrate the ability to memorize a scene and learn to pick up cues

 

UNIT 3 - Production Unit (Culminating Assignment worth 20%)

By the end of the unit, I can:

  • assume and develop a character(s) in a play

  • work through a rehearsal process in development of a play for public presentation.

  • demonstrate the ability to write blocking, business and character notes for a play

  • work through a technical rehearsal

  • work through a dress rehearsal

  • work through a production week with class shows, evening productions, and possibly touring productions/Festival productions.

 

ADDITIONAL I.S.P. UNIT

- Play Reports and Live Show Reports - (Literacy Component) 

  • The student will understand how to prepare an analysis of a play(s) that they will read.

  • The student will understand how to prepare an analysis of a play(s) that they will see.

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