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Title
Demonstrate skills of mime in performance
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the
characteristics of mime performance; demonstrate mime skills
through presentation of a character; and present a mime
character within a narrative situation.
Classification
Drama > Drama Performance
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definitions
Mime is a performance without words, where selected stylised movement recreates the
essence of behaviour or a series of responses to a situation;
Narrative is storytelling with a beginning, middle, and end, and usually linear progression.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain the characteristics of mime performance.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Explanation distinguishes the style and contribution of two mime artists.
Range
1.2
may include - Marcel Marceau, Etienne de Croux, Charlie Chaplin,
Rowan Atkinson.
Explanation identifies stylisation of movement, for example, magnification,
separation and winding up.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate mime skills through presentation of a character.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Demonstration presents a range of movements.
Range
must include but is not limited to - falling, walking, tripping,
gesture, leaning, pushing, pulling, climbing.
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2.2
Demonstration includes miming use of properties and other characters.
2.3
Demonstration blends the face to suit body movement or style.
2.4
Demonstration includes evidence of characterisation.
2.5
Demonstration includes economy and clarity of gesture.
Outcome 3
Present a mimed character within a narrative situation.
Range
one of - solo, duo, group;
narrative must include an obstacle or problem of 5 to 10 minutes duration.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Presentation includes creative development of the problem or obstacle.
3.2
Presentation incorporates use of a range of movements and conventions.
3.3
Presentation includes relationship with other characters and props.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 16430 and AS90608
have been replaced by AS91512.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 February 1998
31 December 2016
Revision
2
18 August 2000
31 December 2016
Revision
3
12 September 2002
31 December 2016
Review
4
4 December 2012
31 December 2016
Rollover
5
20 March 2014
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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