ACD212 - Dance and Screens
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Previously coded as: | ACD103 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Luigi Vescio |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| 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. 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 seminar per week |
Content
Students will study how dance functions in screen-based forms of expression, such as in film and television and the pop-culture realm of dance in music video. With a critical eye to prevailing issues, aesthetic tropes and the ways dance has been employed 'in-frame', choreographic workshops will enable students to devise movement in groups, experiment with framing this movement with a camera, and finally, create their own dance for screen.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Interpret, and embody the choreographic approaches and aesthetics of dance as used in screen-based and digital media contexts | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Investigate, generate and disseminate video content that engages with and critiques popular culture using various digital technologies and platforms | GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Analyse and articulate the cultural and social issues that determine the production and reception of dance on screen | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Work collaboratively and effectively with other students in the conception, creation and dissemination of an artistic project | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO7: Teamwork |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Work-in-progress video task | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2: (Group) Practical video assignment | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 10 |
| Assessment 3: Research task | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 11 |
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 ACD212
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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