ACP214 - Directed Production

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Previously coded as:ACP378
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Miles O'Neil
Prerequisite:

ACP103 or ACP109

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: ACP204, ACP378
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 3-hour practical experience (workshop) and 1 x 4-hour seminar per week

Content

Students will be presented with a project proposal and work under the direction of the lecturer to develop and present an original performance work. Students are introduced to methods for devising theatre in group contexts based on the work of influential contemporary performance practitioners and the needs of the project and will document and evaluate the creative process.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Apply appropriate research and reflective skills to identify, document, evaluate and adapt key live and digital elements of a creative process in devised performance

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO6: Self-management

ULO2

Collaborate effectively as part of a team to achieve emergent and resolved creative outcomes

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO7: Teamwork

ULO3

Develop and apply appropriate rehearsal and performance skills to interpret, devise and refine material for performance

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Group) Contribution to Group Theatre-making 4000 words 50% Information not yet available
Assessment 2: Public Performance 800 words
or equivalent
10% Information not yet available
Assessment 3: Research, Documentation and Evaluation of Process 3200 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

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ACP214
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.
Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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