A range of dramatic languages must be provided across the course of study and within each year of the course. Teaching and learning needs a strong focus that identifies the specific elements of drama, skills of drama and conventions of forms and styles to be explicitly taught in relation to context and purpose. Students understand, manage, manipulate, analyse and evaluate the dramatic languages within the dimensions of Forming, Presenting and Responding. Elements of drama Elements of are discrete but interrelated. Dramatic action and meaning are created when these elements are integrated and applied to a specific context. Elements of drama can include but are not restricted to the following: character contrast dramatic focus language mood movement relationship role situation space symbol tension time. Skills of drama Skills of drama are interrelated and underpin the knowledge and processes needed to create dramatic action and meaning. Skills of drama are provided below, organised according to the dimensions to which they are most typically applied. Forming Presenting Responding devising acting (movement, voice) critiquing directing applying stagecraft applying stagecraft working as an ensemble scriptwriting improvising Conventions of forms and styles Conventions of forms and styles are applied to produce dramatic action and meaning. Form and style are interrelated and often overlap. Conventions characterise particular forms and styles of drama. The selection and combination of conventions create form and style. Form refers to the way dramatic action is structured, organised and shaped. Style refers to the way in which dramatic action is expressed, or performed. Styles have particular characteristics which can be identified, used and manipulated to create, shape and evaluate drama. Most styles are placed within the structure of a form. Advice, guidelines and resources The following advice, guidelines and resources support the implementation of the syllabus. indicated further information may be obtained from the Drama subject page of the QSA website <>.
A range of dramatic languages must be provided across the course of study and within each year of the course. Teaching and learning needs a strong focus that identifies the specific elements of drama, skills of drama and conventions of forms and styles to be explicitly taught in relation to context and purpose. Students understand, manage, manipulate, analyse and evaluate the dramatic languages within the dimensions of Forming, Presenting and Responding. Elements of drama Elements of are discrete but interrelated. Dramatic action and meaning are created when these elements are integrated and applied to a specific context. Elements of drama can include but are not restricted to the following: character contrast dramatic focus language mood movement relationship role situation space symbol tension time. Skills of drama Skills of drama are interrelated and underpin the knowledge and processes needed to create dramatic action and meaning. Skills of drama are provided below, organised according to the dimensions to which they are most typically applied. Forming Presenting Responding devising acting (movement, voice) critiquing directing applying stagecraft applying stagecraft working as an ensemble scriptwriting improvising Conventions of forms and styles Conventions of forms and styles are applied to produce dramatic action and meaning. Form and style are interrelated and often overlap. Conventions characterise particular forms and styles of drama. The selection and combination of conventions create form and style. Form refers to the way dramatic action is structured, organised and shaped. Style refers to the way in which dramatic action is expressed, or performed. Styles have particular characteristics which can be identified, used and manipulated to create, shape and evaluate drama. Most styles are placed within the structure of a form. Advice, guidelines and resources The following advice, guidelines and resources support the implementation of the syllabus. indicated further information may be obtained from the Drama subject page of the QSA website <>.
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