Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse acting as an art form
- Prepare for acting performance
- Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when undertaking acting rehearsals and performances
- Prepare body and voice by performing warm-up techniques
- Use make-up, hairstyle and costuming to portray character as required
- Prepare relevant materials for performance as required
- Contribute to discussions of the creative parameters of the role and performance
- Discuss technical parameters of the role or performance with relevant personnel and contribute ideas as required
- Respond to feedback during the rehearsal process
- Practise improvisation skills
- Interpret and create a character for performance
- Extend characterisation through the use of a range of vocal techniques
- Extend comic and dramatic qualities through different characterisations
- Analyse texts for performance through close reading and discussion with relevant personnel
- Develop a character for performance through practice and rehearsal sessions
- Extend and work creatively with interactions between various characters in the performance
- Perform a character in a theatrical context
- Use appropriate acting techniques to convey a convincing character
- Perform dialogue with clarity, accuracy and emotion using a range of vocal techniques
- Respond appropriately to fellow actors and performance cues
- Maintain characterisation and required standards for the duration of the performance
- Maintain spatial awareness of performance space or venue
- Analyse and evaluate feedback and develop strategies to improve own acting and performance skills