CUESMT11A - Create, update and use production reference documents

CUESMT11A
Create, update and use production reference documents

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to create and maintain the range of production documents that are used during rehearsals and ultimately during performance. Use of these documents includes prompting and cueing of performers. Stage managers generally undertake this role.This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to create and maintain the range of production documents that are used during rehearsals and ultimately during performance. Use of these documents includes prompting and cueing of performers. Stage managers generally undertake this role

Application

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Elements and Performance Criteria

Elements and Performance Criteria
Element		Performance Criteria
1	Determine requirements for production reference documents	1.1	Read and interpret production and design documentation to achieve an understanding of the artistic and technical aspects of the project
1	Determine requirements for production reference documents	1.2	Liaise with relevant colleagues to determine precise documentation requirements and scope of individual responsibilities
2	Create and maintain production reference documents	2.1	Draft production reference documents using the appropriate format for the type of production and in accordance with organisational requirements
		2.2	Accurately and appropriately record information required to stage the production on the script
		2.3	Confirm drafts with relevant colleagues and make correct adjustments as required
		2.4	Copy and circulate copies of document in accordance with production requirements, maintaining accurate records of distribution
3	Use production reference documents during rehearsals	3.1	Provide accurate prompts and cues at the appropriate time in accordance with technical and director's requirements
		3.2	Adjust physical elements in accordance with the setting and running documents
		3.3	Provide prompts and cues sensitively ensuring appropriate timing accuracy and audibility for performers
		3.4	Use documents appropriately to stand in for absent cast members when required.
		3.5	Update documentation as required to ensure currency of versions being used.

Required Skills

Not applicable.

Evidence Required

Underpinning skills and knowledge

Assessment must include evidence of the following knowledge and skills:

broad understanding of artistic and technical elements of the production/event such as staging, lighting and sound elements, including roles and responsibilities of different cast and crew

the features and formats of source documents used to create production reference documents including scripts

the features of and formats used for different production reference documents, including production script, cue sheets and running sheets

documentation requirements for different types of production

documentation requirements of different cast and crew

communication techniques for the provision of prompts and cues.

Linkages to other units

This unit has strong linkages to the following units, and combined training and/or assessment with those units may be appropriate:

CUESMT09A - Plot and rehearse cues

CUESMT08A - Call the production/event

Critical aspects of evidence

The following evidence is critical to the judgement of competence in this unit:

correct interpretation of artistic and technical requirements of the production/event

ability to create accurate, clear and technically correct production reference documents

knowledge of the range of documentation used in different types of production.

Method and context of assessment

The assessment context must provide for:

practical demonstration of skills through the creation and use of documents for at least two different productions

interaction with and involvement of a technical and performance team to reflect the collaborative nature of the process

presence of time pressures in the creation and updating of documents

Assessment may incorporate a range of methods to assess practical skills and the application of essential underpinning knowledge, and might include:

review of production reference documents prepared by the candidate

project activity which allows the candidate to create documents for different productions

written or oral questioning to assess knowledge of artistic and technical requirements of the production/event

review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the job performance by the candidate

Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands and the needs of particular groups (e.g. people with disabilities, and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties such as speakers of languages other than English, remote communities and those with interrupted schooling).

Resource requirements

Assessment of this unit requires access to:

a production

source documentation on which production reference documentation can be based

a rehearsal venue.

Key competencies in this unit

Key competencies are built into all workplace competencies. The table below describes those applicable to this unit. Trainers and assessors should ensure that they are addressed in training and assessment.

Level 1 = Perform

Level 2 = Administer and Manage

Level 3 = Design and Evaluate

Collecting, organising and analysing information (2)

Assessing artistic and technical aspects of a production.

Communicating ideas and information (2)

Drafting documentation.

Planning and organising activities (2)

Organising circulation and updating of documents.

Working with others and in teams (2)

Liaising with director.

Using mathematical ideas and techniques (1)

Calculating timings.

Solving problems (2)

Responding to changes arising from rehearsals.

Using technology (1)

Using computer to create documents.