CUASCE411 — Create special effects for scenic art
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What an assessment for CUASCE411 must cover
36 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 6 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 10 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Confirm special effects requirements
- 1.1Identify special effects requirements for scenic art with required colleagues
- 1.2Discuss visual interpretation of special effects and ways in which they could be realised
- 1.3Reach agreement on scope of own work and production deadlines
2 Test techniques for creating special effects
- 2.1Identify options for achieving required effects and establish criteria for selecting final approaches in consultation with required personnel
- 2.2Research different approaches and techniques using different sources
- 2.3Select tools and equipment to test approaches and techniques
- 2.4Test and experiment with different techniques and materials that might achieve required effects
- 2.5Evaluate testing processes against selection criteria and select preferred approach
- 2.6Document selected processes, including records of materials and equipment to be used
3 Produce special effects scenic art
- 3.1Calculate quantities of required materials, avoiding waste where possible
- 3.2Produce special effects for scenic art using selected techniques
- 3.3Seek feedback on work in progress and adjust as required
- 3.4Identify problems encountered while creating special effects, take action within scope of own responsibilities and refer to others as required
- 3.5Contribute to evaluations of set construction processes and note ways to improve own work performance
Performance evidence
- create special effects on scenic art elements for at least two different productions.
- identify special effects requirements in collaboration with colleagues
- research and test different approaches and techniques and select preferred approach to achieve required effects
- maintain records on testing processes, materials and equipment used
- meet deadlines
- work collaboratively with others throughout the production process.
Knowledge evidence
- issues and challenges that typically arise when creating special effects for scenic art and strategies to address them
- different special effects that can be achieved in scenic art
- different types of special effects achieved through the use of various techniques, tools, materials and equipment
- technology used to develop scenic art that includes computer-aided design and 3D printing
- technology used to project scenic art that includes digital projection technologies
- safety, environmental and organisational requirements related to the process of creating special effects for scenic art.
Foundation skills
- Learning: Seeks the views of others and identifies ways to improve own performance
- Reading: Obtains information from different source material
- Writing: Completes and amends workplace documentation and drawings
- Oral communication: Obtains information by listening and questioning Discusses ideas and solutions
- Numeracy: Performs calculations and takes measurements relating to creating special effects for scenic art Interprets budgets in relation to own duties
- Self-management: Follows workplace protocols and safety procedures Accepts responsibility for tasks making decisions about completion parameters and the need for coordination with others
- Teamwork: Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals
- Planning and organising: Adopts a methodical and logical approach to creating special effects for scenic art Plans and organises own workload
- Initiative and enterprise: Recognises and takes responsibility for addressing predictable, and some less predictable, problems when creating special effects for scenic art Adapts approach as a result of workplace trials
- Technology: Prepares workplace documentation using standard word processing and spreadsheet application Uses the internet as a research tool
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Questions about assessing CUASCE411
What does an assessment tool for CUASCE411 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUASCE411 needs to address all 36 unit components: 3 elements with 14 performance criteria, 6 performance evidence requirements, 6 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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