WACE Drama Year 12 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the WACE Drama Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Character, role, relationships and situation: motivation, subtext, status and given circumstancesLanguage · Drama language - elements of drama and drama processes (Units 3 and 4)

   Elements of drama

2. Focus, tension, space, time, language, symbol, audience, mood and atmosphereLanguage · Drama language - elements of drama and drama processes (Units 3 and 4)

   Elements of drama

3. The ten aspects of voice and how to manipulate them for dramatic meaningLanguage · Drama language - elements of drama and drama processes (Units 3 and 4)

   Voice

4. The nine aspects of movement, proxemics and blockingLanguage · Drama language - elements of drama and drama processes (Units 3 and 4)

   Movement

5. Director's vision, themes and issues, improvisation, and rehearsal versus performanceLanguage · Drama language - elements of drama and drama processes (Units 3 and 4)

   Drama processes

6. Historical, social and cultural context, character values and point of viewContext · Contextual knowledge, drama conventions and theatre approaches (Units 3 and 4)

   Contextual knowledge

7. Realism and Non-realism; representational and presentational styleContext · Contextual knowledge, drama conventions and theatre approaches (Units 3 and 4)

   Form and style

8. Psychological approaches: Uta Hagen, Robert Cohen, David Mamet, Maria Knebel and Sharon Marie CarnickeContext · Contextual knowledge, drama conventions and theatre approaches (Units 3 and 4)

   Unit 3 approaches

9. Physical approaches: Anne Bogart and Tina Landau (Viewpoints) and Rudolf LabanContext · Contextual knowledge, drama conventions and theatre approaches (Units 3 and 4)

   Unit 3 approaches

10. Antonin Artaud, Jerzy Grotowski and Steven BerkoffContext · Contextual knowledge, drama conventions and theatre approaches (Units 3 and 4)

    Unit 4 approaches

11. Frantic Assembly, Jacques Lecoq and ComplicitéContext · Contextual knowledge, drama conventions and theatre approaches (Units 3 and 4)

    Unit 4 approaches

12. Theatre spaces, site-specific and promenade spaces, actor-audience interaction and transitionsProduction · Production and performance - spaces of performance and theatre design (Units 3 and 4)

    Spaces of performance

13. Design language: the five principles and the elements of designProduction · Production and performance - spaces of performance and theatre design (Units 3 and 4)

    Theatre design

14. Costume and set design: vision, choices and technologiesProduction · Production and performance - spaces of performance and theatre design (Units 3 and 4)

    Design roles

15. Lighting and sound design: focus, mood, transitions and multimediaProduction · Production and performance - spaces of performance and theatre design (Units 3 and 4)

    Design roles

16. Reading an unseen drama text and answering Section One in roleSection One · Section One - analysis and interpretation of an unseen drama text

    Unseen text method

17. Annotated diagrams and tables, command words and the marking-key levelsSection One · Section One - analysis and interpretation of an unseen drama text

    Diagrams and marking keys

18. Choosing questions and structuring four-part extended answers without preambleSet texts · Section Two - Australian and World set texts in role

    Section Two technique

19. Preparing an Australian set text for actor, director and designer questionsSet texts · Section Two - Australian and World set texts in role

    Australian drama

20. Preparing a World set text for actor, director and designer questionsSet texts · Section Two - Australian and World set texts in role

    World drama