10DRA

Year 10 Drama

Although this years timetables are yet to be finalised, course selection is now finished. Any changes to student courses will now take place next year.

Subject Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs L. Anderson.

Drama

Prerequisite: Proven Year 9 Drama performance, and willingness to work and co-operate in a group situation.

Students will focus on developing practical knowledge in Drama. Opportunities will be created in which students can devise, communicate and interpret ideas, and gain an understanding of Drama in society.
The course will enable students to develop a range of drama and movement skills, increase personal confidence and effectiveness when presenting, and develop group co-operation skills, commitment, self-discipline and initiative.

Drama is the expression of ideas, feelings, and human experience through movement, sound, visual image, and the realisation of role. In drama, real or imagined actions and events are enacted by placing a role in a setting of time and space, where action and tension create a focus. These dramatic elements combine with contrasts between movement and stillness, sound and silence, and darkness and light to communicate meaning in drama.

Subject Overview

Semester A
Students focus on drama and performance techniques, including voice, use of space and body/movement. Example, the play studied is: Street Child by Bertie Doherty. Students select scenes to perform to an audience.

Student learn the conventions of Melo Drama, and perform a melodramatic script to demonstrate the melodrama form. It is a fun assessment, enjoyed by all.
This activity requires students to use appropriate features of a drama/theatre form in a performance, and hand in a brief written supporting document, consisting of a statement of intention and a description of the features they have used.

Pathway

Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School:
1: Bacheor of Performing Arts - Stage and Screen)
2 Bachelor of Performing Arts ( Acting )
https://studyspy.ac.nz/courses/7717/bachelor-of-design-stage-and-screen
https://studyspy.ac.nz/courses/7004/bachelor-of-performing-arts-acting

Excel School of Performing Arts
1. Certificate of Performance in Drama
2. Certificate of Advanced Performance
https://studyspy.ac.nz/courses/6515/certificate-of-advanced-performance-in-drama
https://studyspy.ac.nz/courses/6955/certificate-of-performance-in-drama

Victoria University
Auckland University
Most Universities in NZ

Disclaimer

Your selection does not guarantee course placement. Course costs and standards listed may vary.