KRB308 Production Practice 6: The Future of Performance Production

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

This unit integrates all previous study by aiding you to demonstrate an advanced level of professional practice in senior creative, technical or management positions on a Creative Industries production. It exposes you to the rigours of public performance and production processes. Indeed, you will work autonomously and lead the production process to a professional standard, facilitating an effective transition into the production arts industry. This is the final production practice unit and you are expected to demonstrate a highly developed level of specialist practice in anticipation of your entry into the professional sphere.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Undertake a leadership role in a practical production context in a senior creative, technical or managerial position at a professional level working both autonomously and collaboratively.
2. Use highly-developed communication techniques at a professional level across the creative, managerial and production discourses.
3. Initiate advanced creative, managerial and production problem solving techniques at a professional level.
4. Appraise personal performance using embedded critical reflective practice principles related to theatre and live performance.

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit takes advantage of the production environment to refine existing skills in the Production Arts. This is facilitated through the undertaking of a senior technical, managerial or creative role on a QUT Creative Industries production. Learning is supported through mentoring from QUT staff and industry professionals.

Because this unit involves teamwork, developmental and creative processes and a public outcome, attendance at all rehearsals, and production and performance calls is expected. By enrolling in this unit, students acknowledge that much of the associated activity will occur outside of the official timetable and attendance on weekends and evenings will be required. Injury or illness (supported with medical documentation) or other exceptional circumstances preventing full participation must be discussed with the Unit Coordinator.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

A range of formative tasks and roles will be offered to facilitate progressive feedback to assist you in your learning. Weight: 0%

Assessment

Overview

Faculty Assessment Information

To access complete Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information please refer to the Canvas site for this unit.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Practical

Demonstration of senior technical, creative or managerial role on the Creative Industries Technical Production Showcase.

Assessment: Portfolio

You will create a display portfolio of your body of work to be presented at the annual Technical Production showcase.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 CIF General Health and Safety Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.

This unit also requires a Tier 2 CIF Health and Safety Induction which is provided by the technician on site in the theatre, workshop or studio. Not all students are required to complete the Tier 2 induction.

This unit also requires a Tier 3 CIF Health and Safety Induction which is a hands on induction on specific machinery. Not all students are required to complete the Tier 3 induction.

Theatres are potentially dangerous places, particularly backstage during performances when lowlight conditions prevail. You will be warned by the stage manager, the production manager, or supervising staff member (lecturer, director) of any specific risks that you will need to be aware of when your project team first moves into the venue or during class activities.

If you are aware of personal physical or emotional vulnerabilities you should inform your tutor if you are feeling unsafe or at risk in any way.

Every effort is made by staff at QUT to ensure that theatre students work in a safe environment. Conversely you are absolutely expected to follow all safety rules and directions, and to ensure that you do not put at risk the safety of others in any way.

Course Learning Outcomes

KK34 Bachelor of Fine Arts

1. Demonstrate technical proficiency in at least one area of your field of creative practice.
   Relates to: ULO1
2. Communicate independent learning clearly and coherently in diverse modes relevant to your field of creative practice.
   Relates to: ULO2
3. Discern, critically analyse and synthesise knowledge in complex creative practice settings.
   Relates to: ULO3
4. Work productively as a leader and collaborator in disciplinary and interdisciplinary creative practice.
   Relates to: ULO1
5. Formulate and apply an independent perspective through reflection and by acting on the informed critique of others.
   Relates to: ULO4
6. Operate with initiative, ethical judgement and professionalism in creative practice, both alone and in groups.
   Relates to: ULO3