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Evidence Guide: CUAACT301 - Develop basic acting techniques

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CUAACT301 - Develop basic acting techniques

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare for acting practice and performances

  1. Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when preparing for acting practice and performances
  2. Perform warm-up and warm-down procedures in conjunction with practice or performance activities
  3. Identify and use understanding of stage layout and terminology
  4. Discuss creative and technical parameters of the role or performance with relevant personnel
  5. Use make-up, hairstyle and costuming to portray character as required
Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when preparing for acting practice and performances

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Perform warm-up and warm-down procedures in conjunction with practice or performance activities

Completed
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Identify and use understanding of stage layout and terminology

Completed
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Discuss creative and technical parameters of the role or performance with relevant personnel

Completed
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Use make-up, hairstyle and costuming to portray character as required

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Explore and practise basic acting skills

  1. Perform dialogue with clarity, accuracy and control using a range of basic vocal techniques
  2. Apply and practise memorisation skills for retaining lines of dialogue
  3. Develop the creative use of voice and body in a dramatic context to convey role and character
  4. Apply flexibility, creativity and honesty when rehearsing and acting with others and in improvised performance
  5. Practise observation and sensory recall of daily life to enrich own performance
Perform dialogue with clarity, accuracy and control using a range of basic vocal techniques

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Apply and practise memorisation skills for retaining lines of dialogue

Completed
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Develop the creative use of voice and body in a dramatic context to convey role and character

Completed
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Apply flexibility, creativity and honesty when rehearsing and acting with others and in improvised performance

Completed
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Practise observation and sensory recall of daily life to enrich own performance

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Explore characterisation techniques

  1. Determine character to be performed
  2. Build a character by using basic acting skills
  3. Imaginatively respond to given circumstances and how they affect a character’s choices
Determine character to be performed

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Build a character by using basic acting skills

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Imaginatively respond to given circumstances and how they affect a character’s choices

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Demonstrate a collaborative approach to dramatic practice and performance

  1. Cooperate with group members during practice or performance
  2. Take and interpret direction to further improve own acting practice and performance
  3. Contribute creatively to group work
  4. Take account of different functions and roles of theatre personnel in dealings with others
Cooperate with group members during practice or performance

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Take and interpret direction to further improve own acting practice and performance

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Contribute creatively to group work

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Take account of different functions and roles of theatre personnel in dealings with others

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Evaluate own basic acting skills

  1. Develop critical skills to evaluate and improve own technique
  2. Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own basic acting skills
Develop critical skills to evaluate and improve own technique

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Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own basic acting skills

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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Elements

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance Criteria

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare for acting practice and performances

1.1 Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when preparing for acting practice and performances

1.2 Perform warm-up and warm-down procedures in conjunction with practice or performance activities

1.3 Identify and use understanding of stage layout and terminology

1.4 Discuss creative and technical parameters of the role or performance with relevant personnel

1.5 Use make-up, hairstyle and costuming to portray character as required

2. Explore and practise basic acting skills

2.1 Perform dialogue with clarity, accuracy and control using a range of basic vocal techniques

2.2 Apply and practise memorisation skills for retaining lines of dialogue

2.3 Develop the creative use of voice and body in a dramatic context to convey role and character

2.4 Apply flexibility, creativity and honesty when rehearsing and acting with others and in improvised performance

2.5 Practise observation and sensory recall of daily life to enrich own performance

3. Explore characterisation techniques

3.1 Determine character to be performed

3.2 Build a character by using basic acting skills

3.3 Imaginatively respond to given circumstances and how they affect a character’s choices

4. Demonstrate a collaborative approach to dramatic practice and performance

4.1 Cooperate with group members during practice or performance

4.2 Take and interpret direction to further improve own acting practice and performance

4.3 Contribute creatively to group work

4.4 Take account of different functions and roles of theatre personnel in dealings with others

5. Evaluate own basic acting skills

5.1 Develop critical skills to evaluate and improve own technique

5.2 Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own basic acting skills

Required Skills and Knowledge

Elements

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance Criteria

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare for acting practice and performances

1.1 Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when preparing for acting practice and performances

1.2 Perform warm-up and warm-down procedures in conjunction with practice or performance activities

1.3 Identify and use understanding of stage layout and terminology

1.4 Discuss creative and technical parameters of the role or performance with relevant personnel

1.5 Use make-up, hairstyle and costuming to portray character as required

2. Explore and practise basic acting skills

2.1 Perform dialogue with clarity, accuracy and control using a range of basic vocal techniques

2.2 Apply and practise memorisation skills for retaining lines of dialogue

2.3 Develop the creative use of voice and body in a dramatic context to convey role and character

2.4 Apply flexibility, creativity and honesty when rehearsing and acting with others and in improvised performance

2.5 Practise observation and sensory recall of daily life to enrich own performance

3. Explore characterisation techniques

3.1 Determine character to be performed

3.2 Build a character by using basic acting skills

3.3 Imaginatively respond to given circumstances and how they affect a character’s choices

4. Demonstrate a collaborative approach to dramatic practice and performance

4.1 Cooperate with group members during practice or performance

4.2 Take and interpret direction to further improve own acting practice and performance

4.3 Contribute creatively to group work

4.4 Take account of different functions and roles of theatre personnel in dealings with others

5. Evaluate own basic acting skills

5.1 Develop critical skills to evaluate and improve own technique

5.2 Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own basic acting skills

Evidence of the ability to:

demonstrate basic acting skills

demonstrate basic vocal techniques when performing dialogue

explore and develop characterisation techniques

work collaboratively.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

To complete the unit requirements the individual must:

in the context of developing acting skills, demonstrate a basic knowledge of:

historical, social and cultural significance of drama and theatre

key historical and contemporary playwrights and their texts

health and safety requirements associated with performances

explain how the following apply when acting:

group dynamics

effect of voice on audiences

common theatre conventions

lighting design

props

set design.

Range Statement

This section specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Rehearsing must include:

communication and consultation with relevant personnel

observation and interpretation of text

consistent level of commitment to developing performance quality and artistry in the given style

ongoing willingness to learn.

Improvised performance must include:

breakdown of the actor's inhibitions

ensemble awareness

exercises in spontaneity

expression of thought and emotion

physical communication

sensory awareness.

Basic acting skills must include:

observation and sensory awareness

personalisation

responding to given circumstances

translating objectives into actions.