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CUAACT403 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Develop comedy techniques for musical theatre

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Issue Date: May 2024


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Unit of Competency CUAACT403 - Develop comedy techniques for musical theatre
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop techniques for bringing a comic dimension to characters and scenes in musical theatre productions.At this level supervision and guidance are provided during practice sessions. However, individuals are expected to work independently on experimenting with ways to use the comic potential of characters in a range of musical theatre styles.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to venues and spaces with suitable flooring and equipment.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Develop warm-up techniques
  • In consultation with appropriate personnel, analyse aspects of the human voice, especially those relevant to performers
  • Analyse physical problems that can limit movement and physical expression, or cause injury
  • In consultation with appropriate personnel, discuss ways to avoid physical and vocal problems and strategies for addressing problems if they arise
  • Perform vocal and physical warm-up procedures in preparation for performance activities
  • Strengthen and expand vocal and physical technique through regular exercises
       
Element: Extend comic performance concepts
  • Discuss the appeal of comedy and how comic performance techniques can enhance musical theatre performances
  • Experiment with using humour in the portrayal of characters from musicals in a range of musical theatre styles
  • Develop techniques for integrating comedy into songs and dance routines, and producing comic effects by speaking and singing in a range of accents
  • Develop techniques for exploring physicality of character through gesture, timing and action to enhance comedic effect
  • Experiment with ways of using comedy to engage with audiences
  • Experiment with improvisation, alone and with a partner, as a way of adding humour to characterisation
  • In a learning or rehearsal environment, perform solo and group routines that integrate dancing, singing and comic performance skills
       
Element: Maintain expertise
  • Practise and refine comic performance techniques relevant to musical theatre
  • Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends, stagecraft, and production protocols and procedures
  • Use feedback from others to improve own comic performance skills
  • Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique
       


Evidence Required

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Elements

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Performance Criteria

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Develop warm-up techniques

1.1 In consultation with appropriate personnel, analyse aspects of the human voice, especially those relevant to performers

1.2 Analyse physical problems that can limit movement and physical expression, or cause injury

1.3 In consultation with appropriate personnel, discuss ways to avoid physical and vocal problems and strategies for addressing problems if they arise

1.4 Perform vocal and physical warm-up procedures in preparation for performance activities

1.5 Strengthen and expand vocal and physical technique through regular exercises

2. Extend comic performance concepts

2.1 Discuss the appeal of comedy and how comic performance techniques can enhance musical theatre performances

2.2 Experiment with using humour in the portrayal of characters from musicals in a range of musical theatre styles

2.3 Develop techniques for integrating comedy into songs and dance routines, and producing comic effects by speaking and singing in a range of accents

2.4 Develop techniques for exploring physicality of character through gesture, timing and action to enhance comedic effect

2.5 Experiment with ways of using comedy to engage with audiences

2.6 Experiment with improvisation, alone and with a partner, as a way of adding humour to characterisation

2.7 In a learning or rehearsal environment, perform solo and group routines that integrate dancing, singing and comic performance skills

3. Maintain expertise

3.1 Practise and refine comic performance techniques relevant to musical theatre

3.2 Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends, stagecraft, and production protocols and procedures

3.3 Use feedback from others to improve own comic performance skills

3.4 Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique

Evidence of the ability to:

develop comedy skills appropriate to musical theatre performances

do vocal warm-ups and warm-downs

apply comic performance skills to solo and group song and dance routines

work collaboratively

develop own voice in response to constructive feedback.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

To complete the unit requirements the individual must:

describe features of a range of musical theatre and comedy styles

explain the principles and characteristics of comic performance techniques as they relate to performing in musical theatre

explain principles underlying vocal techniques in a musical theatre performance context

explain the relationship that builds up between performers and audiences in the context of comic performances

explain how aspects of stagecraft relate to performers

describe production protocols and procedures relevant to musical theatre performances.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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Elements

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance Criteria

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Develop warm-up techniques

1.1 In consultation with appropriate personnel, analyse aspects of the human voice, especially those relevant to performers

1.2 Analyse physical problems that can limit movement and physical expression, or cause injury

1.3 In consultation with appropriate personnel, discuss ways to avoid physical and vocal problems and strategies for addressing problems if they arise

1.4 Perform vocal and physical warm-up procedures in preparation for performance activities

1.5 Strengthen and expand vocal and physical technique through regular exercises

2. Extend comic performance concepts

2.1 Discuss the appeal of comedy and how comic performance techniques can enhance musical theatre performances

2.2 Experiment with using humour in the portrayal of characters from musicals in a range of musical theatre styles

2.3 Develop techniques for integrating comedy into songs and dance routines, and producing comic effects by speaking and singing in a range of accents

2.4 Develop techniques for exploring physicality of character through gesture, timing and action to enhance comedic effect

2.5 Experiment with ways of using comedy to engage with audiences

2.6 Experiment with improvisation, alone and with a partner, as a way of adding humour to characterisation

2.7 In a learning or rehearsal environment, perform solo and group routines that integrate dancing, singing and comic performance skills

3. Maintain expertise

3.1 Practise and refine comic performance techniques relevant to musical theatre

3.2 Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends, stagecraft, and production protocols and procedures

3.3 Use feedback from others to improve own comic performance skills

3.4 Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique

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

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
In consultation with appropriate personnel, analyse aspects of the human voice, especially those relevant to performers 
Analyse physical problems that can limit movement and physical expression, or cause injury 
In consultation with appropriate personnel, discuss ways to avoid physical and vocal problems and strategies for addressing problems if they arise 
Perform vocal and physical warm-up procedures in preparation for performance activities 
Strengthen and expand vocal and physical technique through regular exercises 
Discuss the appeal of comedy and how comic performance techniques can enhance musical theatre performances 
Experiment with using humour in the portrayal of characters from musicals in a range of musical theatre styles 
Develop techniques for integrating comedy into songs and dance routines, and producing comic effects by speaking and singing in a range of accents 
Develop techniques for exploring physicality of character through gesture, timing and action to enhance comedic effect 
Experiment with ways of using comedy to engage with audiences 
Experiment with improvisation, alone and with a partner, as a way of adding humour to characterisation 
In a learning or rehearsal environment, perform solo and group routines that integrate dancing, singing and comic performance skills 
Practise and refine comic performance techniques relevant to musical theatre 
Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends, stagecraft, and production protocols and procedures 
Use feedback from others to improve own comic performance skills 
Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique 

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