In this area of study students interpret the theatrical possibilities of excerpts from a script. In doing so, they demonstrate their understanding of working creatively and imaginatively in two production roles across the three stages of the production process.
Students respond to and interpret script excerpts and stimulus material, formulating and justifying possible responses and documenting their interpretation. The documentation should include written material, annotated script excerpts and illustrations, as appropriate, to support interpretive choices. Students revisit their learning about the stages of the production process, elements of theatre composition, dramaturgy, compositional skills and ways that work in production roles can contribute to creative and imaginative interpretations of scripts for performance to audiences. The script excerpts used for teaching and learning and assessment in this area of study must be different to scripts studied for Areas of Study 1 and 3.
On completion of this unit the student should be able to outline concepts and ideas for a creative interpretation of excerpts from a script and explain how these could be realised in a theatre production.
To achieve this outcome the student will draw on key knowledge and key skills outlined in Area of Study 2.
• theatre production possibilities of selected scripts
• the language of the scripts including nature, purpose and effect
• ways in which meaning can be constructed in theatre performance through work in production roles, including through use of elements of theatre composition
• working practices in production roles in one or more of the three stages of the production process
• dramaturgy and how it can inform work in production roles
• theatre technologies and how they can enhance theatre production
• theatre terminology and expressions to explain and justify concepts and ideas that could be realised in a theatre production.
• outline ways in which work in production roles can be used creatively and imaginatively to interpret scripts
• formulate and justify interpretations that could be realised through work in production roles
• document and annotate an interpretation of the scripts
• identify and explain how work in production roles in one or more of the three stages of the production process could be used to realise ideas or concepts for a theatre production
• describe how dramaturgy, elements of theatre composition and theatre technologies could be applied to realise ideas and concepts in the interpretation
• use appropriate theatre terminology and expressions in writing and discussion.
Provided: an unseen script extract and dramaturgical information.
Script annotations and short answer questions that outline concepts and ideas for a creative interpretation of excerpts from a script and provide an explanation of how these could be realised in a theatre production.