Year 10 Drama (10DRA)

Overview

This year, you will build on Drama from Year Nine. If you were not in Year 9 Drama you are still very welcome in this course.  You will develop your creativity, communication skills and ability to work sensitively and cooperatively with others.  You will also look more closely at performance elements, techniques, conventions and technologies as you look further at the role Drama plays in the community and the outside world. You will work towards creating a performance of your choice during the second term of your course. This will be shared with a public audience that you agree to. You can choose to work on acting or lighting, set, props, sound, makeup, costume or stage management. 

What will I learn?

Term One: Practical Skills nd Creating Original Work

 Welcome to Box Theatre

• Get to know each other and our class values
  
  

• Learn warm-ups and training games from NZ and Australian theatre companies
  
  

 Role and Relationship – “Trying on Someone Else’s Skin”

• Explore character using text (open scripts or excerpts)
  
  

• Make choices about who you are, where you are, and what you're doing
  
  

• Build strong onstage relationships and bring your character to life
  
  

 Devising Using Verbatim Theatre

• Work in groups to create a short performance using real interviews
  
  

• Record, script, and perform stories from real people
  
  

• Use techniques, elements, and conventions to clearly communicate meaning
  
  

Term Two: Production & Performance Technologies

 Immersive Performance – Site-Specific Work

• Create a 5–7 minute performance for an audience of one
  
  

• Perform in unusual spaces (e.g. stairwells, lifts, classrooms)
  
  

• Design an experience that engages the senses, tells a story, or teaches a skill
  
  

• Think beyond acting – focus on creating an experience
  
  

Production Technology Skills

• Learn about backstage and design roles:
  
  

  • Lighting
    
    

  • Set design
    
    

  • Costume and makeup
    
    

  • Sound and soundscapes
    
    

• Choose whether to perform or contribute behind the scenes

Completing the Year 10 course in drama enables you to progress to Level 1 Drama   and Level 1 NCEA Performing Arts Event and Entertainment Technologies (EET)  

Indicative costs

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