Number of Units: 2
Exclusions: None
Method of Delivery: St Luke’s
External Assessment: Written Paper: 40% (40 marks) Group Performance: 30% (30 marks) Individual Project (IP): 30% (30 marks)
Contribution to ATAR: Yes
Course Description
Students develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to communicate their ideas through the interrelated practices of drama: making, performing and critically reflecting.
Through making, students workshop and create ideas, images and stories through enquiry, research, embodiment and experimentation, shaping concepts with dramatic contexts, processes and elements.
Through performing, students refine skills and apply dramatic elements and conventions to stage and perform works to create experiences that communicate concepts and vision that engage audiences in different contexts.
Through critically reflecting, students analyse dramatic works and experiences through processes, contexts and elements to understand how creative intent and vision are shaped in their own works and the works of others.
Why study this course
Students who undertake Drama have a love and passion for performing, creating and designing. Students in Drama enjoy a range of collaborative and individual experiences. Drama candidates enjoy a balance of practical and theoretical learning experiences. Students in Drama generally have an interest or passion for acting, performing, designing or just love learning that is hands-on and experiential.
Topics
Preliminary course
Students engage in performing, composing, listening, analysing and responding to music to understand how musical ideas are organised and communicated across different contexts. Through studying a range of repertoire, they develop aural skills and knowledge of musical language, and apply this in their own creative work using voice, instruments and digital tools, while exploring how musical techniques and expressive devices convey meaning.
HSC course
The Year 12 Drama course comprises 120 indicative hours across three focus areas: Australian drama and theatre, Approaches to drama and theatre, and the Individual Project, with 40 hours allocated to each. Students study two prescribed Australian works to explore how practitioners use dramatic forms and conventions, and collaboratively devise an ensemble performance inspired by a prescribed practitioner. They also complete an individual project in a chosen form such as performance, scriptwriting or design. Across the course, students engage in making, performing and critically reflecting, while developing their understanding of diverse forms, contexts and perspectives, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander drama. They are required to document their creative processes, demonstrating the development of ideas, application of dramatic techniques and refinement of their work for performance and audience.
Post School Options
Students who undertake Drama may pursue further study in Acting, Directing, Costume Design, Lighting Design, Set Design, Writing, Promotional work (such as advertising or graphic design), Communications, Reporting etc.