ACP208 - Theatre and Creative Technologies
Unit details
| Year: | 2020 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Misha Myers |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have completed 2 level 1 units |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 3-hour practical per week |
Note:Commences 2021 | |
Content
This unit explores the performance and production of theatre using new digital technologies to create media-rich performances and experiences or as new platforms and sites for theatrical action. Through practical workshops students will investigate the issues, challenges and skills of performing and creating content for theatrical events that involve a mix of live and recorded action, move between virtual and physical worlds and involve interaction between performers and audiences and performers and technology in situations including networked, online, virtual/augmented reality, immersive, mobile and located tools, devices and environments.
| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | ||
| ULO1 | Research, and critically analyse key extant performance and compositional issues, concepts, challenges and skills of performing and creating theatre using new digital technologies | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO2 | Generate imaginative possibilities and solutions for performing and creating content for theatrical action using specified digital tools, devices and environments in collaboration with others | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Initiate and record planning and decision-making and reflect on and evaluate the significance, value, and efficacy of performance and compositional choices made to create theatre using new digital technologies | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 (Individual and Group) - Digital Performance Pitch | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2 (Individual and Group) - Digital Performance Playtest | 1600 words or equivalent | 40% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 3 (Individual and Group) - Digital Performance Prototype & Portfolio | 1600 words or equivalent | 40% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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