Do you feel inspired to create an original performance, in a form and style of your choice? Are you ready to apply the skills you have built across your degree to create your final show for a public festival?
You will initiate and carry out an independent project, working either as a soloist or in a small student company where you choose your own collaborators. You will take responsibility for devising an initial idea and realising it in negotiation with your classmates, lecturers and technical team. You will take responsibility for producing a high-quality piece of performance within real-world constraints of budget and resource, while applying safe and ethical working methods. You will gain skills of project design and management that are essential for careers in the creative industries.
By applying the skills and knowledge that you have gained across your degree in a challenging, fully autonomous project, you will take your final pre-professional step and be ready to enter the industry as an independent theatre maker.
Lecture: 6 hours
Workshop: 68 hours
Main Assessment Methods:
Essay.
Assessment Details: Critical reflection on process (2,500 words). Worth 30%.
Performance.
Assessment Details: Solo or group performance - 5-10 minutes per group member. Worth 50%.
Viva voce.
Assessment Details: Solo or group examination - 10 minutes plus 5 per group member. Worth 20%.
Reassessment Method:
Like-for-like. Including, for the performance element: a recorded performance of 5-10 mins, OR a script/film treatment that would take 5-10 mins to perform, OR a design portfolio for a full Creative Project Festival show.
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On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1. Apply knowledge of appropriate performance vocabularies, techniques, crafts, technologies, structures, contexts and working methods to create a piece of original performance practice.
2. Select and appraise a range of independent research as part of the process of creating performance.
3. Initiate and carry out an independent project, including applying knowledge of collaborative dynamics to generate and pursue individual and shared goals.
4. Create safe and ethical working environments.
5. Reflect on their own actions and decisions, identifying personal strengths and needs, and reflecting on personal development.
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