Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
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Enjoy a successful practical realisation of the conceptual, methodological and resource management procedures outlined in the presentation
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Realise an effective embodiboment of thematic material as outlined in the presentation
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Effectively organise resources as outlined in the presentation
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Use innovative approachess to form and functioning in performative exposition
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Reflect upon the relationship between the given theme and the practices and procedures of concept, exposition ans stylistic convention employed by the project
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Reflect upon the relationship between the stylistic conventions of the project and historical ans contemporary paralels as evidenced by personal reading and research
Brief description
To complete the requirement of the taught MA, students may choose, upon approval to embark on a practical project in lieu of dissertation.
Content
Students on the MA Theatre and the World, and those students on the MA Theatre, Film and Television Studies schemes who want to wokr for their dissertation in the field of theatre/performance, may chose, on approval, to embark on a practical project in lieu of disertation. Students opting for this practical alternative have to devise a proposal including:
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a statement of purpose: Why is this project being undertaken? What is it intended to examine or reveal about dramaturgical procedures? What are its unique features?
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a description of the theme or source material of the project
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an outline of the methodologies and dramaturgical procedures to be employed: procedures of devising and rehearsal
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an outline of the artistic concept:description of genre, style, aethsetic; use of site, space and duration; use of dramaturgical elements, text, action, sound, scenography; relationship of audience to context.
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a description of resource management: the effective employment of personnel, space, budget and timetable
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an appreciation of geneaologies of practice within which the project is set: what are its stylistic antecedents ans parallels?
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an appreciation of the relationship of the proposal to the work undertaken.
If the candidate's proposal, addressing the above points is satisfactory, the candidate will proceed to the planning stage and eventually carry out the practical work thus approved. Once the practical work has been presented in the agreed format, candidates will proceed to write an analysis of typically 5,000 words
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7