Making
Voice and movement
Voice and movement techniques for selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM050)
Preparation techniques for voice and movement for selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM050)
Mime techniques (choosing the level of precision of movement needed when telling a story) in drama (ACADRM050)
Drama processes and the elements of drama
Drama processes through combining the elements of drama (role, character and relationships; voice and movement; time, space and situation; mood, atmosphere and dramatic tension) used by selected drama practitioners such as Rudolf Laban, Augusto Boal or Cecily O'Neill to manipulate dramatic meaning and audience relationships (ACADRM049)
Approaches to characterisation suited to the selected drama forms and styles, texts and themes (ACADRM048)
Drama forms and styles
Script interpretation, based on a reading of the complete text, of an extended scene or section to manipulate mood and interpret themes for audience (ACADRM047)
Devised drama exploring international or global themes based on research and selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM047)
Drama conventions
Drama structures based on cyclical structures and numerous plotlines (ACADRM049)
Drama conventions manipulated for selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM050)
Improvisation conventions (dénouement creating an effective conclusion) (ACADRM050)
Spaces of performance
Stage geography, blocking notation and the impact of in-the-round and adapted stages (ACADRM051)
Imaginary spaces manipulated by stage components and properties, the elements of drama and audience (ACADRM051)
Design and technology
Design and technology to manipulate focus and mood (ACADRM051)
Design principles (balance, contrast, repetition, pattern) selected to make meaning and add to the experience of theatre (ACADRM051)