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 (isolation of body parts; clear signalling of engaging with, or releasing, objects) in drama (ACADRM050)
Drama processes and the elements of drama
Drama processes through shaping one or more elements of drama (role, character and relationships; voice and movement; time, space and situation; mood, atmosphere and dramatic tension) to shape dramatic meaning and engage audiences in different relationships (ACADRM049)
Approaches to characterisation suited to the demands of the text or devised drama (ACADRM048)
Drama forms and styles
Script interpretation of a scene or section through the elements of drama to shape and manipulate mood and communicate themes to audience (ACADRM047)
Devised drama exploring national themes based on research and selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM047)
Drama conventions
Drama structures based on the 'well-made play' approach (ACADRM049)
Drama conventions controlled for selected drama forms and styles (ACADRM050)
Improvisation conventions (creating dramatic tension, building to a climax) (ACADRM050)
Spaces of performance
Stage geography, blocking notation and the impact of promenade and traverse stages (ACADRM051)
Imaginary spaces controlled by stage components and properties; the elements of drama and audience (ACADRM051)
Design and technology
Design and technology to emphasise dramatic tension and mood (ACADRM051)
Design principles (balance, contrast, repetition) used to make meaning and add to the experience of theatre (ACADRM051)