Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Traditions, perspectives, worldviews, and stories can be shared through scriptwriting
composing prose or verse presented in dialogue and action
and directing.
Growth as an artist requires perseverance, resilience, and reflection.
Scriptwriters and directors use language and action to present ideas and influence others.
Directors shape the audience’s aesthetic experiences
emotional, cognitive, or sensory responses to works of art
through script the written words of a play or film (e.g., for a stage play, musical, screenplay, teleplay)
interpretation and artistic choices.
Scriptwriters and directors are influenced by history, culture, and community.
Content
Learning Standards
Content
roles and responsibilities of scriptwriters and directors
literary techniques, devices, and forms as applied to scriptwriting
theory, vocabulary, and practices related to a variety of directing environments
for example, stage, screen, film or television studio
dramatic elements
character, time, place, plot, tension, mood, focus, contrast, balance
dramatic forms
structures associated with specific genres (e.g., comedy, tragedy, melodrama) or types of dramatic expression
scriptwriting and directing vocabulary, skills, and symbols
strategies, techniques
the use of dramatic elements and devices in rehearsal and performance contexts for a desired effect, including but not limited to:
, and technologies to support creative processes
- skills such as interpretation
- use of levels, blocking, movement elements, and speaking to the audience
- speech techniques such as tone, pitch, tempo, accent, and pausing
- character techniques involving body language, expression, gesture, and interaction
traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews, history, and stories communicated through directing and scriptwriting
ethics of cultural appropriation
use of a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, story, song, or drama, shared without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn
and plagiarism
health and safety protocols and procedures
Curricular Competency
Learning Standards
Curricular Competency
Explore and create
Explore, create, and refine dramatic works
Explore a variety of voices, styles, and perspectives in scriptwriting and directing
Explore ideas, emotions, and perspectives through dialogue and action
Work collaboratively with scriptwriters, directors, actors, and production teams
producers, designers, and a variety of technical and support personnel
Demonstrate creativity and innovation through scriptwriting and directing
Write and direct for an intended audience or with an intended message
Explore ideas through words and action
Reason and reflect
Receive and apply constructive feedback
a form of assessment for learning in which the learner is provided with meaningful observations, comments, and ideas from teachers and peers during the creative process
to refine dramatic works
Reflect on their work and make connections with personal experiences
Explore the influences of dramatic works on social, cultural, historical, environmental, and personal contexts
Reflect on aesthetic experiences and how they relate to a specific place
any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives on the world.
, time, and context
Communicate and document
Document
through activities that help students reflect on their learning (e.g., drawing, painting, journaling, taking pictures, making video clips or
audio-recordings, constructing new works, compiling a portfolio)
, share, and respond to dramatic works and aesthetic experiences
audio-recordings, constructing new works, compiling a portfolio)
Communicate about and respond to environmental and social issues through scriptwriting and directing
Express personal voice
a style of expression that conveys an individual’s personality, perspective, or worldview
, cultural identity, and perspectives through scriptwriting and directing
Connect and expand
Demonstrate personal and social responsibility associated with scriptwriting, directing, performing, and responding to dramatic works
Explore the role of story and narrative in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, and beliefs, including protocols related to ownership of First Peoples oral texts
Demonstrate awareness of self, others, and audience
Explore educational, personal, and professional opportunities in scriptwriting and directing
Explore impacts of scriptwriting and directing on culture and society
Explore First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing
First Nations, Métis, Inuit, gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive
, and local cultural knowledge to gain understanding through scriptwriting and directing
Explore the expectations and structures that exist in various scriptwriting and directing environments