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Evidence Guide: CUFDRT502A - Direct performers

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CUFDRT502A - Direct performers

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare for actual production.

  1. Brief performers about any specific technical requirements in collaboration with relevant production personnel where necessary.
  2. Establish appropriate lines of communication between relevant production personnel to ensure smooth running of production.
  3. Inform and update relevant production personnel of changes in production requirements that may have occurred since final rehearsals.
  4. Review relevant dramatic elements dealt with in rehearsals.
  5. Throughout actual production activity, run through scenes with performers immediately prior to recording where time allows.
Brief performers about any specific technical requirements in collaboration with relevant production personnel where necessary.

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Establish appropriate lines of communication between relevant production personnel to ensure smooth running of production.

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Inform and update relevant production personnel of changes in production requirements that may have occurred since final rehearsals.

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Review relevant dramatic elements dealt with in rehearsals.

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Throughout actual production activity, run through scenes with performers immediately prior to recording where time allows.

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Facilitate performances.

  1. Create an appropriate environment to maximise performances and characterisations, including conduct of appropriate warm-up activities.
  2. Ensure appropriate OHS requirements are met in line with enterprise procedures.
  3. Communicate with relevant production personnel clearly and provide constructive feedback throughout production process.
  4. Identify and rectify creative problems throughout production in collaboration with relevant production personnel.
  5. Ensure performers are kept informed of filming order of scenes as required.
  6. Assist performers throughout the entire production to understand desired mise en scene effect, size of each shot or framing, and their role in the context of whole shot or scene.
  7. Engage performers in the control of the narrative by use of techniques that allow for character sub text.
Create an appropriate environment to maximise performances and characterisations, including conduct of appropriate warm-up activities.

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Ensure appropriate OHS requirements are met in line with enterprise procedures.

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Communicate with relevant production personnel clearly and provide constructive feedback throughout production process.

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Identify and rectify creative problems throughout production in collaboration with relevant production personnel.

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Ensure performers are kept informed of filming order of scenes as required.

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Assist performers throughout the entire production to understand desired mise en scene effect, size of each shot or framing, and their role in the context of whole shot or scene.

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Engage performers in the control of the narrative by use of techniques that allow for character sub text.

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Wrap production.

  1. Check all scenes are recorded and complete, including spot checks of actual recordings for quality and accuracy.
  2. Stand down production crew and complete necessary documentation according to enterprise procedures.
  3. Make arrangements for additional production requirements as required and ensure relevant production personnel are informed appropriately.
  4. Evaluate all aspects of the shoot from a director's perspective, including own performance, and note areas for improvement.
  5. Provide positive feedback to relevant production personnel and invite comment on the shoot.
Check all scenes are recorded and complete, including spot checks of actual recordings for quality and accuracy.

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Stand down production crew and complete necessary documentation according to enterprise procedures.

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Make arrangements for additional production requirements as required and ensure relevant production personnel are informed appropriately.

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Evaluate all aspects of the shoot from a director's perspective, including own performance, and note areas for improvement.

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Provide positive feedback to relevant production personnel and invite comment on the shoot.

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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the following is essential:

directing of screen productions that demonstrates:

effective communication with cast and crew

ability to develop strategies to adjust planned performances

knowledge of all technical, staging and artistic aspects of a production

ability to meet production deadlines.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure:

access to screen productions that require the directing of performers

availability of performers

access to appropriate learning and assessment support when required

the use of culturally appropriate processes, and techniques appropriate to the oracy, language and literacy capacity of the assessee and the work being performed.

Method of assessment

The following assessment method is appropriate for this unit:

direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third-party workplace reports of on-the-job performance

observation of the candidate directing performers during a shoot to assess candidate's ability to communicate effectively with performers

evaluation of screen productions directed by the candidate to determine candidate's understanding of the directing process

written or oral questioning to test knowledge as listed in the required skills and knowledge section of this unit.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:

CUFDRT501A Direct rehearsals of performers

CUFDRT602A Audition and select performers

CUFDRT603A Direct screen production crews.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

communication and teamwork skills sufficient to:

work with performers to produce quality performances that build on rehearsal experience

provide constructive feedback to performers during shoots

work collaboratively with production staff and performers during shoots

respond appropriately to feedback from others about shoots

high level of initiative, enterprise and creativity in the context of:

developing ideas to a final outcome in original and innovative ways

demonstrating originality and innovative approaches in the creative directing process

being open to a wide range of ideas and approaches to visualising scripts

generating original and fresh approaches to visualising scripts

determining how a story can be carried forward from one scene to the next and throughout an entire production

being flexible enough to make last-minute adjustments to planned performances if unforeseen circumstances arise during a shoot

self-management and problem-solving skills sufficient to:

show strong leadership qualities

solve problems and challenges on set in a timely and collaborative manner

manage a number of tasks concurrently

work under pressure to tight deadlines.

Required knowledge

well-developed understanding of:

character development

the craft of screen acting

the craft of the director of photography

knowledge of communication techniques, including effective listening, questioning and non-verbal cues

industry knowledge, including:

roles and responsibilities of personnel in the screen production industry

sound understanding of artistic and technical elements associated with productions, e.g. staging, lighting and sound

issues and challenges that arise in directing performers in screen productions

conventions and practices of directing for the screen

broad historical and cultural context for types of productions relevant to area of work

visual story-telling techniques

techniques to transpose written to visual narrative

conditions of industrial awards and workers' compensation in relation to participation of cast and crew in shoots

duty of care to colleagues and general public

OHS standards as they apply to directing performers in screen productions.

Range Statement

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.

Performers may include:

Documentation may include:

Technical requirements may include:

cameras

floor space

lighting

make-up

props

sets, e.g. substitute furniture and flats

sound

taping

wardrobe.

Production personnel may include:

associate producer

camera operator

co-producer

director

director of photography

first assistant director

gaffer

head of department:

make-up

wardrobe

producer

production designer

production manager

script writer

sound operator

stage manager

technical producer.

Productions may include:

advertisements/commercials

animations

documentaries

factual programs, e.g. science programs

feature films

infotainment

interactive media productions

live performances

music videos

promotional presentations

shorts

television series and serials

training videos.

Production requirements may include:

budget

codes of practice

confidentiality

content

contractual

copyright

deadlines

duration

genre of production

intellectual property

location

purpose

schedule.

Dramatic elements may include:

act changes

attitude

character:

sub-text

objectives

actions

history

turning points

director's vision

nature of dramatic conflict

plot

production genre, e.g. drama, comedy or panel

rhythm

scene function

script narrative and story-line

style, e.g. period, contemporary, rock or classic

theme

timeframe and location

tone

relationships between:

characters

cast members

cast and director

cast and technical staff.

Warm-up activities may include:

blocking and staging

improvisations:

character

situational

movement, such as stretching, stage, yoga and aerobics

physical

vocal.

Mise en scene may include:

actors

blocking:

movement

positioning

costumes

lighting

props

sets.

Documentation may include:

accident report forms

agent lists

bump-in schedules

cast and crew call sheets

contact lists

dressing-room lists

front-of-house information

ground plans

memos

petty cash forms

preliminary cue synopses

production meeting agendas

production meeting minutes

production plans

production schedules

props lists

rehearsal reports

rehearsal schedules

scene breakdown/working division

scenery lists

technical plots, e.g. fly plots and dome plots

texts

tour itineraries

understudy and covers lists

venue information

wardrobe lists.