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A PRACTICAL PROJECT weighted at 100% of no longer than 0.5 hours.

You will be assessed individually in three stages:

1. Final presentation worth 70% of module - Formal presentation to staff and selected audience on completion of the module. This will be individually assessed. [LO 1, 3]

2. Viva- Worth 15%. An individual viva allowing you to reflect upon your process and evaluate your final performance. You will use your portfolio as a tool for discussion. [LO 2,3]

3. Portfolio - Worth 15% . This will be individually assessed and will include concepts; ruling ideas; research; rehearsal schedules and any other material in relation to the specific project as negotiated with the tutor. [LO 2,3]

Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework

Using theoretical, practical and artistic skills in the particular area of theatre, performance and theatre arts that you have chosen, you will develop, through negotiation and prior agreement with your tutor, a practical project of between 20 and 30 minutes in length. This project will culminate in a performance, presentation, participatory workshop or other event appropriate to the context of your practical project aims. The project must be an original creative work and not just a new production of an existing play. (A re-imagining of a performance text may be allowed under certain circumstances.)

You can work as an individual or a duo. All assessment will be on an individual basis .

Following discussions and agreement between yourself and your supervising tutor, you will negotiate a programme of practical study and preparation which demonstrates and applies the knowledge, skills and experience and that you have gained on your Award. The project must not directly repeat or recycle creative work that you have already undertaken on the Award at Levels 4, 5 or 6.

You are expected to demonstrate high standards of research and self-organisation and professional standards of project management and presentation, working harmoniously with staff, peers and other team members.

You will present your final project in a designated performance space(s) negotiated with the Module tutor dependent on the content and context of the work.

This module runs over 12 weeks:

Weeks 1-3: You will work as a group on working towards defining your individual or group work through tutor led seminars and workshops.

Week 4: Interim Presentation of ideas.

Weeks 5-12: You will meet your tutor for consultations to support and developing your project.

The module will culminate in the presentation of your Practical project followed by the Viva and Portfolio.

Key Information Set Data:
8% scheduled learning and teaching activities
92% guided independent learning

Texts (Books, Journals, e-resources) specific to your area of research will be suggested by your supervisor.

Other generic texts include:
Burnham, D. Studying Independently:Writing Better Essays, Exams and Presentations. Faculty of Arts Media & Design Booklet 2006
Crawley, Greer. Transformation and Revelation, (SBTD 2011)
Heath, C (2010). Video in Qualitative Research. Sage Books.
Jones, Robert Edmund, The Dramatic Imagination, (Routledge 2004)