Creative Arts – Musical Theatre
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| Subject Name: | Creative Arts – Musical Theatre |
| Level of Study: | SACE Stage 1 |
| Length of Course: | Semester 1 only |
| Mandatory / Elective: | Elective |
| Pre-requisites | Must be a cast or crew or band member of the MS/SS musical production, with priority given to cast members |
Pre-requisites
What will be in the course?
Students will be part of the MS/SS production for all of semester 1 in the cast or band or crew. They will attend weekly rehearsals (Friday after school) in addition to some weekend rehearsal days, and become very familiar with the show libretto, score, blocking and choreography. They will also attend two lessons per week within the AMP timetable to meet with the subject teacher.
Students will investigate a variety of creative arts products to explore different possibilities and inform their creative thinking. Students’ explorations and investigations of creative arts media, materials, techniques, processes, technologies, and products should be a feature of their record. Annotated reflective comments about all stages of the creative process demonstrate evidence of the development of students’ creative arts skills and thinking. Records may take the form of handwritten notes, photocopies, drawings and diagrams, scanned images, photographs, and any other materials used in the creative process, such as CDs, DVDs, multimodal presentations, and/or video clips.
Assessment
There will be three assessment opportunities (30%, 30%, and 40% each).
- Develop one product
- An investigation
- One skills assessment folio
Assessment Type 1: Product
The record of support materials should be a maximum of 1000 words if written or a maximum of 6 minutes if oral, or the equivalent in multimedia form, and to a maximum of eight A3 pages (or equivalent).
Assessment Type 2: Folio x 2
Students conduct an inquiry into the products of individual creative arts practitioners and/or groups of current or past practitioners. They demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the nature, concepts, techniques, and processes of the work of these practitioners in the creative arts. The skills record and reflection should contain a maximum of four pieces of evidence that illustrate the key phases of skills exploration and a reflective response. The combined evidence should be a maximum of 1000 words if written or a maximum of 6 minutes if oral, or the equivalent in multimedia format.