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Workshop Exercise - MEFT3303
Media, Film and Theatre

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 72 units of credit; Excluded: THST2137
 
 
Equivalent: THST2137
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Practical work on a small-scale theatrical presentation within the School. This is timetabled on a weekly basis with more intensive rehearsal close to presentation.


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students should be better able to:
  • Develop and apply appropriate theoretical and physical performance research practices in the creation of an original publicly-presented production
  • Engage productively in the dramaturgical framing of a new work i.e., produce creative responses to given provocations, however small or apparently trivial, from the earliest stages of a creative process
  • Critically assess this material in relation to the project's driving ideas and within the constraints of process parameters o write analytically of and from the process, focusing on a chosen special area of interest - eg the creation of appropriate performance actions to further the performance concept
  • Work effectively in a group process: observing and responding effectively to work prepared and presented by others in the group in response to given tasks, and supporting the production team
  • Maintain an open attitude to the final staging of devised material until the final stages of the process
  • Comprehend the need to be physically and creatively present in the studio - that the piece only happens through the interconnection of ideas of the group 'on the floor'
  • Become self-reliant in the responsible use of the materials and equipment in the theatre, including recording techniques, care of costumes and props
  • Relate the practice engaged with in this course to other fields of study
  • Operate generously within a 'community' of performance-makers.

Assessment

  • Participation - 50%
  • Logbook - 10%
  • Reflective analysis (2000-2500words) - 40%

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