Study Guide

Objective

Knowledge and understanding
- Be able to motivate their own developmental goals in scenic interpretation
- Be able to relate their own stage presence to the reactions of a child audience
- Be able to account for the basic principles of children’s theatre

Skill and ability
- Be able to identify, create and make use of an opportunity to activate the audience
- Be able to develop a theatre production for children, with the fields of scenography, costumes, and sound and lighting taken into account
- Be able to reconstruct and analyse the production process, and the process of their own development

Mindset and evaluation ability
- Have discovered the importance of successful teamwork in theatre, and have developed working methods that make it possible
- Have found the courage necessary for a big stage presence
- Understand the basics of acting

- Have an understanding of questions of sustainability as they apply to theatre

Content

Children theatre

Production work that takes sustainability into account when it comes to stage production, props, costumes and make-up

Location and time

25.10.2021-22.12.2021, Pietarsaari

Materials

-free choice book about Children theatre

Teaching methods

-Learning by doing
-Group discussions
-Group work
-Tutorial by the director
-Tutorial princip for special abilities (the students are tlearning from each other)
-Self-analysis
-Portfolio method

Employer connections

public performances for children

Exam schedules

First night: in the middle of december 2023
Written homework
1.Deadline 20.12.2023
2.Deadline 13.1.2023
3.Deadline 20.1.2023

Student workload

104 hours

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Approved requieres minimum grad 3
The student
-activelyparticipates in the course
-completes assignments independently and in a manner that showsinitiative
-hands in the required assignments on time
-understand the contence of the course of studies
-gathers information independently

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Approved requieres minimum grad 3
The student
-activelyparticipates in the course
-completes assignments independently and in a manner that showsinitiative
-hands in the required assignments on time
-understand the contence of the course of studies
-gathers information independently

Assessment methods and criteria

-Achievements during rehearsals and performances
-Written homework

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

-Missed homeworks or examinations
-Attendance under 85% or under 65% witout compensation
-Doesn`t understand the contance of the course of studies

Qualifications

No entry needed