OCG - Theatre 2

South Carolina Standards:  (List the standards students are expected to master in this course)

1. Story Making/Playwriting Students will:
2. Analyze scripts to describe the relationship among the structural elements and the impact of changing one or more of them
3. Construct imaginative scripts and collaborate with actors to refine scripts so that story and meaning are conveyed to the audience
4. Work individually or in groups to create and perform short plays that are based on familiar story plots and/or current events.
5. Acting Students will:
6. Demonstrate acting skills such as memorization, sensory recall, concentration, breath control, effective vocal expression, and control of isolated body parts.
7. Compare and demonstrate various classical and contemporary acting techniques and methods
8. Analze the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of characters found in a variety of dramatic texts.
9. Use a range of emotional, psychological, and physical characteristics and behaviors to portray complex, believable characters in improvised and scripted monologues, scenarios, scenes, and plays
10. Act in an ensemble to create and sustain charcters that communicate with an audience.

III. Designing/Stage Craft  Students will:

1. Explain the basic physical and chemical properties of technical theatre (e.g., light, color, electricity, paint, and makeup).
2. Analyze a variety of dramamtic texts from cultural and historical perspectives to determine production requirements.
3. Construct designs that use visual and aural elements to convey environments that clearly support the text.
4. Design coherent stage management, promotional, and business plans.
5. Directing Students will:
6. Describe and demonstrate appropriate responses to a variety of directing styles.
7. Explain and compare the roles and interrelated responsibilities of the various personnel involved in theatre, film, television, or electronic media productions.
8. Interpret dramatic texts to make artistic choices regarding stage movement, character development, language (e.g.. dialect, regionalism, rhythm, meter, connonation), and theme for a production.
9. Communicate and justify directorial choices to an ensemble for improvised or scripted scene work.
10. Researching Students will:
11. Apply research from printed and nonprinted sources to plan writing, acting, designing, and directing activities.
12. Use documented research sources to evaluate and synthesize cultural, historical, and symbolic themes in dramatic texts.
13. Describe and explain the role of the dramaturge.
14. Connecting Students will:
15. Intergrate the vocabulary of theatre into classroom discussions, planning, and informal and formal performances.
16. Compare and contrast the relationships and interactions among theatre, visual arts, dance, music, literature, film, television, and electronic media.
17. Explain how the content and concepts of theatre are interrelated with those of other disciplines and careers.
18. Incorporate elements of visual arts, dance, musi, and electronic media into an improvised or scripted scene.
19. Demonstrate an understanding of the colloaborative nature of theatre.
20. Identify and utilize basic theatre conventions (e.g., costumes, props, puppets, masks).

VII. Valuing and Responding  Students will:

1. Demonstrate audience etiquette during theatrical performances.
2. Construct and analyze social meaning from theatre performances and dramatic texts.
3. Use published critiques of a theatre performance to create a plan for improving that performance.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate criteria to be used in critiques and evelop personal criteria for evaluating a performance (live or electronic) and dramatic texts in terms of artist intent and final achievement.
5. Analyze, critique, and respond to artworks in areas other than theatre.

VIII. Historical/Cultural  Students will:

1. Identify theatrical contributions from a variety of historical periods and cultures for use in informal and formal productions.
2. Analyze the relationship of historical and cultural contexts to published plays and improvisations.
3. Analyze and explain theatre as an expression of the social values, cultural precepts, and accomplishments of a civilization.
4. Identify ways in which theatre practitioners in different cultures and historical periods have used concepts, motifs, and themes that remain appropriate and prominent today.

 

 

 

Other Standards:  (List national or local standards students are expected to master in this course)

National Core Arts Theatre Standards

TH:Cr1.1.II. a. Investigate historical and cultural conventions and their impact on the visual composition of a drama/theatre work.

1. Understand and apply technology to design solutions for a drama/theatre work.
2. Use personal experiences and knowledge to develop a character that is believable and authentic in a drama/theatre work.

TH:Cr2-II. a. Refine a dramatic concept to demonstrate a critical understanding of historical and cultural influences of original ideas applied to a drama/theatre work

1. Cooperate as a creative team to make interpretive choices for a drama/theatre work.

TH:Cr3.1.II. a. Use the rehearsal process to analyze the dramatic concept and technical design elements of a devised or scripted drama/theatre work

1. Use research and script analysis to revise physical, vocal, and physiological choices impacting the believability and relevance of a drama/ theatre work.
2. Re-imagine and revise technical design choices during the course of a rehearsal process to enhance the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted drama/theatre work

TH:Pr4.1.II. a. Discover how unique choices shape believable and sustainable drama/ theatre work.

1. Identify essential text information, research from various sources, and the director’s concept that influence character choices in a drama/theatre work.

TH:Pr5.1.II. a. Refine a range of acting skills to build a believable and sustainable drama/theatre performance.

1. Apply technical elements and research to create a design that communicates the concept of a drama/theatre production

TH:Pr6.1.II. a. Present a drama/theatre work using creative processes that shape the production for a specific audience.

TH: Re7.1.II. a. Demonstrate an understanding of multiple interpretations of artistic criteria and how each might be used to influence future artistic choices of a drama/theatre work.

TH:Re8.1.II. a. Develop detailed supporting evidence and criteria to reinforce artistic choices, when participating in or observing a drama/theatre work

1. Apply concepts from a drama/theatre work for personal realization about cultural perspectives and understanding.
2. Debate and distinguish multiple aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs through participation in and observation of drama/theatre work.

TH:Re9.1.II. a. Analyze and assess a drama/theatre work by connecting it to art forms, history, culture, and other disciplines using supporting evidence and criteria.

1. Construct meaning in a drama/theatre work, considering personal aesthetics and knowledge of production elements while respecting others’ interpretations.
2. Verify how a drama/theatre work communicates for a specific purpose and audience

TH:Cn10.1.II. a. Choose and interpret a drama/theatre work to reflect or question personal beliefs.

TH:Cn11.1.II. a. Integrate conventions and knowledge from different art forms and other disciplines to develop a crosscultural drama/theatre work.