AC9ADR10C01 Years 9 to 10 The Arts

Content descriptor improvise and devise drama, and interpret scripted drama, using elements of drama and conventions to shape and manipulate dramatic action and convey intended ideas, perspectives and/or meaning

Elaborations

• • Elaboration using a teacher-provided framework such as stimulus material (imagery, text, questions, form/style, conventions, character list, narrative outline) and working collaboratively to devise drama in response to the framework; for example, drama that explores a theme such as solidarity, “my place”, or responds to issues identified from another learning area
• • Elaboration considering contexts such as audiences, viewpoints, intentions or purposes, style/form, as part of planning interpretations of scripted drama
• • Elaboration conveying the tensions in stories, ideas, characters, relationships, actions and dialogue through manipulation of elements of drama, such as language, movement and symbol, to engage audiences and elicit responses
• • Elaboration devising drama that presents a range of perspectives or responses to an event, question or situation; for example, presenting the same story from the perspective of different characters, using non-linear structures or conventions such as narrator/chorus, or introducing a new character to disrupt “agreed” understandings
• • Elaboration scripting scenes initially developed through improvisation or process drama and using play-building techniques to develop the scenes; for example, scenes for a music theatre work
• • Elaboration considering use of props, set items or digital tools to enhance communication of meaning in their drama