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At the beginning of the semester, I was quite nervous about completing this unit. I questioned my abilities in the arts as I didn't have experience with drama and dance within my prior education.

Although nervous, a warm and supportive environment was immediately created in my tutorial which made me feel excited about what was ahead for me in this unit.

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At the beginning of each our tutorials through out the semester we participated in a circle activity as a warm up.

We had to say our name and create a move before having to say someone else name in the circle and change places with them.

By participating in this activity weekly, I felt more connected with my class mates. It also allowed me to feel more comfortable and confident in completing tasks.

I believe this will be an effective activity to take away to execute in my own classroom.

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Name Game

I am…

If I were an animal…

I am afraid of…

I want….

Instead of introducing ourselves to the class, we introduced ourselves to the person sitting next to us. They then had the task of introducing us to the rest of the class.

Introducing someone else took a lot of pressure off me and made me feel less anxious than when I have to introduce myself.

I believe that this strategy would be thoroughly effective within my future classroom.

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Within week 1 tutorial, we learnt what tableaux are and how we can create them in a classroom.

Tableaux are silent, motionless figures used to represent a scene, theme, or idea.

Within our tutorial, we separated into groups were we had to  create tableaux of image that may be displayed on a postcard.

Examples that were execute within our tutorial :
- Sydney Opera house
- Eiffel tower
- Uluru
- Colosseum
- Leaning Tower of Pisa

Creating these tableaux collaboratively made the task less daunting and more enjoyable.

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In our week one tutorial, to assist the class in being able to get to know each other better we created a socio-metric diagram.

By placing a chair in the middle of the room, representing university,  we had to locate ourself around it in accordance to where we lived.

I believe that this activity would be effective to use within my own classroom to allow students to create a bond, just like it allowed me to do in class.

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Within week one's tutorial we also learnt how to create stories using four different freeze shots.

Stories that were used within the tutorial:
- Humpty Dumpty
- Cinderella
- 3 little pigs
- Goldilocks and the 3 bears

This was my favourite activity within the tutorial. I enjoyed working within a group and collaborating ideas. Being able to create a story with something so simple was quite incredible.

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I was very eager this week to return to on campus learning as due to the public holiday, the previous week was online.

During this week we focused on imagination and creativity within drama.

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“Drama is a collaborative performing art where participants agree to imagine and actively construct a world which is known as the dramatic context. The central activity is live enactment: participants stepping into an imagined world to represent and bring to life the dramatic context”
(ACARA, 2010, p. 5)

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Creating freeze images using numbers and letters

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Creating freeze images using numbers and letters

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In our week 3 tutorial within groups of four, we had to create numbers and letters using our bodies. When creating the shape is was vital that we communicated effectively.

This activity was made more fun by making it competitive with the other groups for a prize.

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We also continued to create stories by using tableauxs. During this week we create one as a whole class. Our tableaux was based on what was in the city of Perth. I represented the clubs in Northbridge.

Working as whole class was a lot of fun and looked very effective.

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It may be difficult due to finances, time or resources available to access props that you want within your class. Within a classroom, sticking to a budget is always something to remember.

This week we discussed that anything can become a prop if we imagine it is. For an example, the scarf shown above could be used as plate, guitar or even a river.

I thoroughly enjoyed focussing on this, as it made me more aware of my own imagination.

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Creating a mime with a balloon and a bin bag

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Creating a mime with a balloon and a bin bag

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With the help of imagination and creativity with just using a bin bag for a body and a balloon to act as a head we created a character and portrayed feeling that the character may have.

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In pairs we got creative and came up with other ways to keep a balloon from touching the ground with using our hands.

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Sir Ken Robinson (2007) defined creativity as “the process of having original ideas that have value” while I found that imagination can be defined as “the process of forming new images within the mind that have not been previously experienced or only partially” (AED1260 Week 3 Lecture).

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the TED talk presented by Sir Ken Robinson. I took a lot away from his presentation on this importance arts and creativity has on the future.

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Through creativity and imagination, ‘Kirby Ferguson’ believes that we as individuals can not create any entirely new ideas. Instead we copy, transform and build upon existing ideas that have already been created.

Kirby Ferguson’s theory reinforces my idea that giving our students the time and resources to be creative and build upon ideas is vital for the future.

I found Kirby Ferguson's theory very fascinating as I had never thought of creativity and imagination like that before.

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In the week 4 tutorial, we presented our talks on the importance of arts within the education.

The importance of arts education is significant. Arts increases students growth in self-confidence, problem solving capability, and teamwork and cooperation skills. Overarching all of this is the development of creativity and imaginative thinking.

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Drama gives children opportunities to explore, discuss and deal with difficult issues and express their emotions in a supportive environment. It enables them to explore their own cultural values and those of others, past and present.

Throughout this semester I began to learn how crucial drama is for our future.

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During week 6 our improvised drama plan was due.

I found this assessment quite challenging as I struggled to think creatively. I based my drama plan off the book; "Oh! the places you'll go".

I found it difficult to come up with my own story and include teacher in role. I began to really stress about this assessment.

After spending some time going through my notes from week 3 and week 5, I was able to finally created a teacher in role lesson that I was quite passionate about.

My drama plan was based around a chameleon who had run away because he was nervous of people. Instead of running away he had actually just camouflaged himself to hide.

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Unfortunately due to a COVID lockdown this week was online. During online weeks I struggle to stay focus and often get more distracted than I do when I am on campus.

I struggle to understand information online clearly and much prefer working collaboratively on campus.

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During this online week we focused on different camera angles and how to create a story board.

A story board is a sequence of drawings or images, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a production.

I really struggled to create a story for my storyboard, however,  attempted it the best I could. (Shown on the right)

I did however really enjoy learning how to create one as I had never heard of them before.

I also found it beneficial revisiting my knowledge of different camera angles and have attached some images of sunflowers to signify my understanding.

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During week 10 week we continues to focus on camera angles.

I am quite uneducated with media components as I didn't participate in photography in school, so being given the time to experiment with camera angles was very beneficial in preparation for our groups media component.

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This week we were given the task of creating images or videos to advertise for a filmed called "The Giants".

In our performance groups we played with different camera angles to cause different effects.

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By having Brandon positioned closer to the camera in comparison to Austin and Nic, it almost gives the illusion that Brandon is a lot bigger and sitting on the seat.

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Similarly with the chair image, we played around with the positioning. We had Austin on Nic shoulders and Brandon standing closer however it almost looks as if they are the same height.

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Week 12 - The Creative collaborative Process

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Week 12 - The Creative collaborative Process

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Through out this week, we were provided with time to work on our end of semester performance.

Our performance focused on the themes; injustice, generosity and kindness.

We based it around a rich and selfish king and queen compared with the life of a poor jester.

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During this week's tutorial, we focused all of out time on rehearsing our end of semester performance.

With this time, my group created roles to ensure that we were all  contributing and had tasks that we were responsible for.

Roles
Nic - Responsible for choreography and written overview.
Brandon- Responsible for written overview.
Austin- Responsible for narration.
Lillian- Responsible for script, costumes, choreography and overview.

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During this week I also supported a different group with their media elements of their performance.

This meant I was responsible for playing videos and audio at correct times throughout their performance.

I was very stressed out about this task as I didn't want to stuff up someones performance.

Thankfully the group provided me with a copy of a script to follow along with.

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During this week, we were able to have time to practice and conclude working on our drama performance before the following week.

Creating this performance was enjoyable as well as being very challenging at times. I often struggled to think of creative and unique ideas.

In the future, I will ensure that I leave plenty more time to practice and perfect all parts of the performance as I felt quite stressed this time around.

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I've attached a snippet from our dance rehearsal for our end of semester performance.

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I've thoroughly enjoyed completing this unit as I have learnt many useful strategies and techniques for my future degree. I also have been blessed to meet and collaborate with many wonderful people within the class.

By participating in the activities weekly and having a supportive tutor, I have achieved tasks that I didn't imagine myself achieving. I now feel more comfortable in my arts ability as well as more confident all round. I look forward to using what I have learnt in this unit in my future classrooms.

THANK YOU !