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Independent Dramaturgy Project (DRAM90013)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Southbank)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Semester 2
Overview
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This subject is the culmination and synthesis of all the other subjects on the course, where knowledge and skills are applied in a project that the student will identify independently. This will take the form of fieldwork; this may be on a project happening at the VCA or in the main stage or independent theatre arena in Melbourne, nationally or internationally. This would entail working as a dramaturg or assistant dramaturg on a project of a large or small scale. This work will be documented, discussed and critically analysed for assessment purposes.
Intended learning outcomes
- Advanced dramaturgical awareness, providing the knowledge to understand work within its socio-cultural environment;
- Ability to work collaboratively in a creative process as a dramaturg;
- Ability to conduct research for a project and supply this research to a director/creative team in a useful way;
- Ability to document a working process of performance-making;
- Knowledge and skills in working in the rehearsal room with directors and creative teams;
- Advanced ability to engage creatively and imaginatively with textual, visual and performed artworks;
- The knowledge, practice and critical approaches required to build the Australian performance culture of the future;
- Reflective practitioners with embedded research skills and knowledge;
- Advanced critical, artistic and conceptual skills
Generic skills
- work across disciplines, organise a range of aesthetic material
- communicate verbally and orally
- collaborate and be flexible
- use a range of research tools and methodologies
- lead others in the skills of problem solving
- interpret and analyse with a capacity for critical thinking
- reflect and evaluate to employ innovation methodologies
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Oral presentation on project (20 minutes) - mid-semester (20%)
- Engagement with practical project (evidenced by journal and formal documentation of research materials; observation of rehearsals/meetings, where appropriate). (Equivalent to 4000 words) - end of semester/assessment period (40%)
- Essay synthesising practice and theory in a critical analysis of the process and performance outcome (4000 words) - assessment period (40%)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Alyson Campbell Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 30 Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
200 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Dramaturgy
Last updated: 3 November 2022