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Assessment Type 2: Folio

5 dot points, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

How do dramatic styles and their conventions shape an audience's experience of theatre?

Distinguish between major dramatic styles and their conventions, and explain how style shapes meaning and audience response.

Major dramatic styles - realism, epic theatre, absurdism, physical theatre and verbatim - their defining conventions, and how a chosen style shapes meaning and the audience's experience.

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How do the theories of major practitioners shape the way theatre is made and performed?

Explain the theories and techniques of major dramatic practitioners and apply them to the making and analysis of drama.

The core ideas of major dramatic practitioners - Stanislavski, Brecht, Boal and Artaud - their techniques, and how they are applied when making and analysing theatre for the Folio.

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How do contemporary Australian and First Nations theatre practices shape culturally meaningful drama and how should they be engaged with responsibly?

Investigate contemporary Australian and First Nations theatre practices and apply them respectfully when making and analysing culturally meaningful drama.

Contemporary Australian and First Nations theatre practices, the idea of culturally meaningful drama, and how to engage with cultural material respectfully when making and analysing work for the Folio.

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How do you analyse and evaluate a professional dramatic work with critical precision?

Analyse and evaluate the dramatic works of professional practitioners, supporting judgements with specific evidence from the performance.

How to write a critical review of a professional dramatic work - analysing performance, direction and design choices, evaluating their effect, and supporting judgements with specific evidence.

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How do you generate, develop and synthesise original dramatic ideas from theory, stimulus and practitioners?

Undertake creative inquiry by generating, experimenting with and synthesising dramatic ideas from diverse sources into original work.

How to generate and develop original dramatic ideas in the Evaluation and Creativity assessment, experimenting with stimulus, theory and practitioners and synthesising them into coherent dramatic outcomes.

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