AC9ADR10C02 Years 9 to 10 The Arts

Content descriptor rehearse and refine drama making deliberate aesthetic choices to unify dramatic meaning

Elaborations

• • Elaboration evaluating how ideas, emotions and audience response can be used to refine the drama or their use of performance skills
• • Elaboration reflecting on and evaluating how successfully their intentions/purposes, clear action and meaning, and effects were achieved in context, through use of the elements, conventions, performance skills and/or design, and deciding what can be learnt from this for future dramatic practice
• • Elaboration focusing and strengthening the dramatic action by manipulating pace in movement and dialogue, cues, vocal tone, physical proximity between characters and transitions
• • Elaboration collaborating as a member of a drama team by directing the blocking and staging of dramatic action to communicate intended meaning(s) for an audience
• • Elaboration collaborating to interpret drama and when preparing for production; for example, taking on roles such as stage manager, sound or lighting designer, props, costumes, performer, writer, publicity/marketing, front-of-house or director
• • Elaboration considering the impact of design elements such as costume, prop, set, lighting, sound or technologies on meaning and aesthetic effect
• • Elaboration manipulating elements of drama and using conventions to create and manipulate actor–audience relationships