DRAM3021 Creating Performance: From Concept to Vision

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Overview

This topic guides directors, dramaturgs, and designers in harnessing their own creative and intellectual preoccupations as inspiration for conceiving original work. Through a combination of practical exercises, research, and critical reflection, students will learn how to use their own unique perspectives and interests to generate original concepts and content for … For more content click the Read More button below.

This topic guides directors, dramaturgs, and designers in harnessing their own creative and intellectual preoccupations as inspiration for conceiving original work. Through a combination of practical exercises, research, and critical reflection, students will learn how to use their own unique perspectives and interests to generate original concepts and content for performance. Students will explore the process of curating and developing such concepts into a unified and unique artistic vision which informs all aspects of a production, including design, acting, and dramaturgy.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

Develop students’ understanding of the role of director/creative team/actor collaboration in the development of new ideas
Introduce students to an intellectual framework for generating creative inspiration for performance from recurring personal interests and instinctive response to external stimuli
Examine the role of design elements in shaping the creative vision, including set, lighting, sound, and costume
Create a practical plan for realising the creative vision in a production

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

Adapt discoveries made in collaboration with a creative team to the preparation and delivery of various learning tasks

Synthesise design, costume, sound, and lighting elements into a pratical production and/or learning tasks

Integrate personal responses to creative stimuli into the dynamic creation and interpretation of new, devised and extant texts for live and digital space

Critically reflect on and evaluate the process of generating original and innovative ideas in the production of theatre

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Creating Performance: From Concept to Vision

DRAM3021

4.5 Units