Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to:
clarify written and verbal instructions and specifications regarding dance documentation requirements
discuss dance documentation issues with a range of people
give and receive feedback on work in progress
initiative and enterprise skills to:
analyse dance movements for notation purposes
devise concepts for video recordings that meet documentation needs
anticipate and deal with issues that arise in the context of filming dance sequences
learning skills to improve basic dance notation skills through practice
literacy skills to:
read simple dance notation
use basic dance notation techniques
planning and organising skills to plan and implement all aspects of dance documentation projects
teamwork skills to work collaboratively with dancers and others involved in the recording of dance sequences
technology skills to:
set up and operate basic video recording equipment
edit video footage using a range of standard features in basic digital editing software
manipulate digital images using standard digital imaging software.
Required knowledge
well-developed knowledge of:
principles underlying dance movements and techniques, such as:
relationship with gravity
spatial awareness
successional movement
folding
extending
rotating
shifting weight
dance terminology
overview knowledge of:
theories of dance analysis
dance styles and genres, and conventions relevant to analysis
staging elements of live productions
choreographic process
range of methods for notating dance
OHS issues related to:
using video recording equipment to document dance
working for periods of time on computers.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Relevant personnel may include: | manager dance teacher dance student choreographer performer producer director wardrobe personnel make-up artist hair stylist venue staff camera operator representatives of dance societies sound recordist. |
Reasons may relate to: | creating a choreographic record teaching dance documenting all aspects of a production. |
Components may include: | dance movements costumes make-up sets props music use of silence lighting special effects. |
Elements may relate to: | effort, including: time: when the movement occurs in a composition weight: the intensity used to perform the movement space: shows where and what path the movement follows flow: how the movements are joined together spatial elements, such as: direction of movement in space level, where movement or gestures occurs on high, medium or low level shape, including symmetry and asymmetry dynamics, such as: rhythm: time and weight duration: length of time to perform a movement musical rhythms: association between musical notation and dance movements body and body actions, such as: body and body parts: the part of the body moving step or locomotor movement: complete transference of weight gesture, such as a movement that is not a step relationship to others, including audience. |
Materials and resourcesmay include: | reference material related to symbols and terminology used to document human movement notation software video editing software computers video recording equipment and accessories. |
Written notationmay include: | various notation methods, including: Labanotation Benesh DanceWriting in-house custom method motif notation notation software. |
Symbols may relate to documenting: | direction of the movement, such as: forward backward left forward diagonal right forward diagonal left side right side left backward diagonal right backward diagonal part of the body doing the movement level of the movement, including: low - bent leg middle - straight leg high - on the toes length of time it takes to do the movement related to music notation. |
Aspects of music notation may relate to: | musical rhythms, including: crotchet quaver semibreve minim time signatures, such as: 3/4 2/4 6/8. |
Adjustments may relate to: | gaps in notation legibility misinterpretations too much or too little emphasis on a particular element. |
Recording equipment and accessories may include: | camcorders tripods microphones microphone stands lights mini DV tapes DVDs sound recording equipment cables. |
Ways to accommodate may relate to: | mounting one or more cameras on tripods to film continuous long shots from different angles using hand held cameras to film close-up shots recording sound separately. |
Safety considerations relate to: | ensuring that the space is free of trip hazards testing and tagging electrical equipment running cables. |
Standard features may include: | cropping shots changing the sequence of shots juxtaposing long and close-up shots of the same movement slowing or speeding up motion inserting stills panning and zooming stills synchronising sound and vision when importing audio tracks replacing audio from original footage with separate audio tracks, such as: commentaries sound effects inserting captions and titles inserting pre-programmed animation effects. |
Software may include: | Final Cut Pro Pinnacle Studio Adobe Premiere Corel Video Studio Pro. |
Formats may include: | audio, including: MP3 WAV video, including: AVI MPEG FLV still images, including: JPEG TIFF GIF. |
Documentation material may include: | notated dance sequences music notation video clips raw footage still images of, for example: costumes make-up hairstyles wigs sets props written commentaries copies of program notes reviews testimonials. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist