VCE Drama (Year 12)
VCE Drama (Year 12) on VCE Vault: 8 lessons written for Year 12 (VCE, Victorian Certificate of Education), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$14.99.
VCE Drama past exams 2023–2025: 40 questions matched to these lessons.
Lessons
The Language of Drama
- Expressive Skills and Performance Skills — The Actor’s Toolkit (free) — Name, use and analyse expressive skills (voice, movement, facial expression, gesture) and performance skills (focus, timing, energy, actor–audience relationship).
- Dramatic Elements, Conventions and Performance Styles (free) — Apply and analyse dramatic elements, conventions and performance styles, including transformation of character, time and place, and the use of symbol.
Unit 3 — Devised Ensemble Performance
- Devising Ensemble Performance — From Stimulus to Structure (free) — Use a play-making process to devise an ensemble performance from stimulus material, shaping structure, characters and audience experience.
- Analysing Your Ensemble Performance (free) — Analyse and evaluate how your ensemble used the play-making process, dramatic elements, conventions and skills to create meaning.
- Analysing and Evaluating a Professional Production — Analyse and evaluate how actors and production areas in a professional production from the VCAA playlist create meaning for an audience.
Unit 4 — Devised Solo Performance
- Solo Performance — Working With the Prescribed Structure — Interpret a prescribed structure from the annual VCE Drama performance examination document and devise a solo performance that meets every requirement.
- Analysing Your Solo Performance — Writing About Your Own Choices — Analyse and evaluate the processes and choices in devising and performing your solo, including the use of dramatic elements, conventions, production areas and expressive skills.
Exam Preparation
- Drama Exam Strategy — Performance Examination and Written Examination — Prepare for the solo performance examination and the written examination with effective rehearsal, revision and response strategies.