PROFESSIONAL REALISATION - 2020/1
Module code: MUTM034
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Module Overview
This Professional Realisation module is designed to ensure comprehensive understanding of industry level musical theatre skills, and how to realise these skills on completion of training. The module consists of two units of assessment: (1) Industry Showcase: Discussion and selection of musical materials, followed by intensive rehearsal period and culminating in the performance of an Industry Showcase (2) Coursework: A personal critical evaluation of training, and a professional career development plan.
Module provider
Guildford School of Acting
Module Leader
WILLIAMS Frances (GSA)
Number of Credits: 60
ECTS Credits: 30
Framework: FHEQ Level 7
JACs code: W312
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Module Availability
Semester 2
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
Enrolment on: Acting Techniques, Vocal Techniques and Dance Techniques, Musical Theatre Practice - 1, Musical Theatre Practice - 1 and Public Performance.
Module content
Indicative content includes:
• Rehearsal and Performance of Showcase; including discussion, selction and execution of Musical Theatre material
• Compostion of Critical Evaluation Essay and Professional Development Plan
Assessment pattern
| Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Practical based assessment | Performance in Showcase | 40 |
| Project (Group/Individual/Dissertation) | Critical Evaluation (7000 words) | 40 |
| Project (Group/Individual/Dissertation) | Professional Development Plan | 20 |
Alternative Assessment
In the event of a student being unable to complete a Performance in Showcase, a resit opportunity will be arranged where they will be required to attend a viva voce and to present practical work to a panel of GSA staff.
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate comprehension and progression of vocal techniques required for a career in musical through continuous classroom and performance assessments.
Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:
Performance in Showcase – 40%. Teaching Block 3
• Vocal Technique (1,2,3,4)
• Dance/Movement Technique (1,2,3,4)
• Acting Technique (1,2,3,4)
• Creative approach (1,2,3,4)
• Engagement with professional methods of delivery (1,2,3,4,7)
Critical Evaluation (7000 words) – 40%. Teaching Block 3
• Academic & Writing Skills (5,6,7,8)
• Contextual Understanding (5,6,7,8)
• Analysis (5,6,7,8)
• Understanding and Application of theory (5,6,7,8)
• Academic presentation (5,6,7,8)
• Research Depth (5,6,7,8)
Professional Development Plan – 20%. Teaching Block 3
• Academic & Writing Skills (5,6,7,8)
• Contextual Understanding (5,6,7,8)
• Analysis (5,6,7,8)
• Understanding and Application of theory (5,6,7,8)
• Academic presentation (5,6,7,8)
• Research Depth (5,6,7,8)
Formative Assessment and Feedback Formative assessment is crucial to this module. In mirroring industry practice, students are given detailed constant verbal feedback and during classes, which enables students to develop and act upon notes given. Students are encouraged to create a reflective journal which encourages and develops their own reflective practice.
Student Activity Link to Learning Outcome(s)
• Vocal Technique
• Dance/Movement Technique
• Acting Technique
• Creative approach
• Engagement with professional methods of delivery
• Academic & Writing Skills
• Contextual Understanding
• Analysis
• Understanding and Application of theory
• Academic presentation
• Research Depth
Module aims
- • Thoroughly prepare the student for engagement in the professional Musical Theatre industry
- • Provide an opportunity for successful presentation to the professional Musical Theatre Industry in an industry-attended showcase
- • Enable the student to plan and take responsibility in the pursuit of artistic, creative and commercial opportunities
- • Stimulate constructive and critical reflection upon process and outcome
Learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | ||
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Illustrate flexibility, variation and depth within the realisation of a musical theatre performance | CKPT |
| 002 | Display an ability to be creative and imaginative within the bounds of text/music and to respond positively to staging | CKPT |
| 003 | Integrate skills in order to effect an appropriate, truthful and professional standard of performance | CKPT |
| 004 | Communicate effectively in a physical and/or verbal form, displaying highly skilled understanding of style and genre | CKPT |
| 005 | Demonstrate a critical understanding of the historical, technical and integrated skills required in the exploration or realisation of musical theatre | CKPT |
| 006 | Reflect critically and constructively upon process and outcome | CKPT |
| 007 | Demonstrate comprehension of the musical theatre profession and the students’ role within it upon entry to the industry | CKPT |
| 008 | Generate analytical and critically reflective processes in written format commensurate with the standards of postgraduate-level study | CKPT |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Overall student workload
Independent Study Hours: 510
Tutorial Hours: 6
Practical/Performance Hours: 84
Methods of Teaching / Learning
The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:
Enable the student to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of a career in Musical Theatre.
The learning and teaching methods include:
• Rehearsal and Performance for Showcase (Teaching Block 3)
• Group and Individual Tutorials (Teaching Block 3)
The module is delivered over 300 hours study across rehearsals and self-study.
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
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Other information
Under the three term structure that commences from academic year 2019/0 – this module’s delivery falls in Semester 2 due to the teaching occurring in Teaching Block 3.
Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2020/1 academic year.