IB: YEARS 12 – 13 The Arts

Group 6 The Arts Film

Film is both a powerful communication medium and an art form. The Diploma Programme Film course aims to develop students’ skills so that they become adept in both interpreting and making film texts. Through the study and analysis of film texts and exercises in filmmaking, the course explores film history, theory and socio-cultural background. The course develops students’ critical abilities, enabling them to appreciate the multiplicity of cultural and historical perspectives in film. To achieve an international understanding within the world of film, students are taught to consider film texts, theories and ideas from the points of view of different individuals, nations and cultures. The film course emphasises the importance of working individually and as a member of a crew. Students are encouraged to develop the professional and technical skills, including organisational skills, needed to express themselves creatively in film.

Music

The Diploma Programme Music course provides an excellent foundation for further study in music at university level or in music career pathways. This course also provides all students with the opportunity to engage in the world of music as lifelong participants. In this course students engage with diverse musical material from personal, local and global contexts through four different areas of inquiry: ϐ Music for sociocultural and political expression ϐ Music for listening and performance ϐ Music for dramatic impact, movement and entertainment ϐ Music technology in the electronic and digital age

Students understand and practise three musical processes by exploring music in context, experimenting with music and presenting. Through this they develop competencies in three musical roles: as researchers, creators and performers. Higher level students also present a project called ‘The contemporary music maker’ in which they plan and create a music project that is rooted in the learning of the course and inspired by real-life practices of music-making.

Students who take this course must have an active interest and ability in Music. To complete the assessment requirements students should have completed at least three years’ instrumental or vocal tuition and be having regular music tuition in a selected instrument. It is also an advantage if students are part of at least one senior extra-curricular music group.

Theatre

This course is designed to encourage students to examine theatre in a diversity of forms around the world and to develop the organisational and technical skills needed for creative expression in theatre. This will be achieved through a critical study of the theory, history and culture of theatre and will find expression through workshopping, devised work and scripted performance. Students will be challenged to explore and understand alternative views, to respect and appreciate cultural diversity and to see the varied role theatre plays in reflecting these. By studying theatre and engaging with it practically and dynamically, students will develop their understanding of society and the relationships within it. From the perspectives of creator, designer, director and performer, students will study play texts, explore world theatre traditions, create original theatre collaboratively and perform theatre theory.

Visual Arts

This is a two-year practical course in which each student will undertake a range of school-developed units of work in the first year. These will provide experiences in a range of art making forms which may include drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, design and/or photography using a broad range of wet and dry media as well as the computer and the Adobe Creative Cloud software. Students will develop a working knowledge of contemporary artists and their methods that can be reinterpreted and applied to their artistic outcomes. This will ensure a variety of experiences in Visual Arts, while providing an integrated investigation into related themes and issues, cultural and historical contexts, core art concepts, art analysis and aesthetics. Near the middle of the first year of study, each student will create their own individualised programme of independent, self-developed art projects. This thematic work will carry on into the second year of the programme, which will conclude with a final exhibition of the student’s artworks. It is recommended that students have successfully completed Level 1 Visual Art.

VISUAL ARTS – TEXTILES

The IBDP Visual Arts Textiles course components and assessments are the same as the Visual Arts programme but may involve working in a different range of mixed media in the creation of student studio works. In the firstyear students will work in a range of school-developed units of work that may offer experiences in mixed media sculpture, textile printmaking, design photography, textile design, garment construction, wearable art, and/ or laser cutting - using a broad range of media as well as the computer and the Adobe Creative Cloud software. Students will develop a working knowledge of established and contemporary artists and their methods that can be reinterpreted and applied to their artistic outcomes.

This will ensure a variety of experiences in Visual Arts, while providing an integrated investigation into related themes and issues, cultural and historical contexts, core art concepts, art analysis and aesthetics. Near the middle of the first year of study, each student will create their own individualised programme of independent, self-developed art projects. This thematic work will carry on into the second year of the programme, which will conclude with a final exhibition of the student’s artworks. It is recommended that students have successfully completed

Level 1 Materials Technology and/or Level 1 Visual Art. Please note that students cannot take both Visual Arts and Visual Arts – Textiles.

Contributions ϐ There is a consumables fee of $140, which will be charged to student’s school account. Please note that this will cover both the student’s art kit and materials. Students do not need to purchase an art kit this year. ϐ Students will need to purchase the Adobe Creative Cloud suite for approx. $40. This gives them a oneyear subscription to industry standard software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. This will be installed at school and charged to students' school accounts.