Unit F

The Performing Arts Industry

Learning Outcomes

• 1. Understand the development of the

performing arts industry.

• 2. Understand employment opportunities

in the performing arts industry.

• 3. Identify potential opportunities for the

future performing arts industry.
Context

• The performing arts is an every changing industry.

From traditional forms of live theatre to media in film,
television and online content there are many
opportunities for emerging artists.

• In this assignment you will be given the opportunity

to explore the industry you may work in one day.

• You will investigate developments in live, and recorded

performance work, as well as the structure of the
industry. You will explore different types of
employment, and consider how future developments in
the industry may provide potential opportunities for the
future.
The Brief
•As someone aspiring to a career in the performing arts you will take part in group and
individual research activities to gain an understanding of the main issues and
opportunities in the performing arts industry and the freelance world.
•You will consider how these issues and opportunities affect the future of the industry in
relation to your own practice and potential career.
•Your work should focus on your own interests and specialism(s). For example, you might
concentrate on acting, dance or musical theatre performance. You might however focus a
specific area such as ballet, community theatre or variety performance.
•Your work for this unit will be an interactive timeline with minimum of 10 points, a
professional presentation with voice over of 10 – 12 mins, and a written report of 750
words (+ or – 10%).
•You are free to use diagrams, pictures, links to audio or video recordings etc. to illustrate
your work if you wish.
•You should carefully reference all sources used to create your work.
Task 1 • You will explore and research the
Foundations foundations and development of the
performing arts industry in relation to
and your own personal interests and
development of specialism(s).

the performing
arts industry
 Task 1

•You will consider the development of the performing arts industry is relation to:

 different types of live performance

 different types of recorded performance

 typical industry structures.

• You should collate your findings into a
interactive time line (With a minimum of 10
points) that:

 comments critically on the

development of the performing
arts industry in relation to your
specialism

 evaluates how key technological

advances have impacted on

Task 1
developments and the ways
performance is consumed.

 evaluates sociological impacts on

the industry.
 Task 1 Summary

You will create a interactive time

You will undertake research You will DESCRIBE the
line introducing your findings and
identifying the beginnings and development of the industry in
demonstrating your knowledge
history of your chosen specialism relation to your specialism
and research

You will EXPLAIN how key events

You will CRITICALLY COMMENT
and advances have impacted on
making links and judgements in
your specialism, giving detailed
your evaluation considering the
background information on why
impact of the identified advances
these advances and events have
and events
impacted your specialism
Unit/Criteria Reference To achieve the criteria you must show that you
are able to:
F16.P1 Pass At Pass, learners demonstrate a basic understanding of
Describe the performing arts industry’s development. They cover
key technological and sociological impacts related to their
specialism, such as advances in technology and changes
in the ways performance is consumed.

F16.M1 Merit At Merit, learners demonstrate a consistent and clear

Explain understanding of the performing arts industry’s
development and how key events and advances have
had an impact on it related to their specialism. They give
detailed background information on why these advances
and events made an impact.

F16.D1 Distinction At Distinction, learners demonstrate an in-depth

Critically Comment understanding of the performing arts industry’s
development related to their specialism. They evaluate
the impact of key events and advances, making links and
judgements.
 •You will explore and research
areas of employment within the
Task 2 performing arts industry related to
your chosen specialism(s).
Employment •You should also investigate the
function of two related industry
Opportunitie roles of your choice critically
commenting on how the roles
s relate to each other.
 Task 2
•In a professional presentation with a voice over (10 – 12 mins) you should consider:

 the key employment conditions of the two roles including issues relating to
contract types

 interdependence including how roles relate to each other and the impact they
can have on each other’s success.

•You should justify your arguments by pertinent links to industry successes and
shortcomings.
 Task 2 Summary

You will research

You will create a
employment opportunities
professional presentation of You will identify two related
within the industry in
10 – 12 mins with a voice roles within the industry
relation to your chosen
over
specialism

You will CRITICALLY

You will DESCRIBE the key You will EXPLAIN dependant
COMMENT on the links to
employment conditions and links between them, how
industry successes and
the relationship between they relate to each other,
shortcomings, discussing
your two chosen and the impact they can
contract types and
employment opportunities have on each other success
interdependence
Unit/Criteria Reference To achieve the criteria you must show that you
are able to:

F16.P2 Pass At Pass, learners cover the functions of two related roles
Describe within the performing arts industry, giving a basic
overview of their relationship with each other and key
employment conditions.
F16.M2 Merit At Merit, learners examine two related roles within the
Explain performing arts industry, detailing the dependent links
between them. They will cover how key roles relate to
each other and the impact they can have on each other’s
success.
F16.D2 Distinction At Distinction, learners assess how two related roles
Critically Comment within the performing arts industry work in relation to
each other, making pertinent links to industry successes and
shortcomings. They will discuss issues of contract types and
interdependence.
Task 3 Identify
potential • In order to consider potential
opportunities you should investigate
opportunities the current landscape of the
performing arts industry and the

for the future

ways in which it is evolving in
relation to your own interests and
specialism(s).
performing
arts industry
 • In a written report of 750 words you
should analyse the ways in which the
modern performing arts industry is
evolving considering

 the ways in which artists promote

Task 3
themselves and find work

 the impact of the growth of mass

media

 the future of the industry.

 Task 3
• Your work should show

 a clear understanding of
potential opportunities and
threats for the industry and
individual artists

 a detailed and perceptive

awareness of current
industry issues.
Task 3 Summary

1 2 3 4
You will create written report of You will IDENTIFY potential You will give a DETAILED You will give a COMPREHENSIVE
750 words (+ or – 10%) opportunities and threats ACCOUNT of the evolution of the considered and imaginative
introducing your findings and related to your chosen area of Performing Arts Industry and the analysis of how the modern
demonstrating your knowledge progression, taking into account opportunities and threats performing arts industry is
and research current industry issues showing a considered awareness evolving, showing a detailed and
of current industry issues perceptive awareness of current
industry issues
Unit/Criteria Reference To achieve the criteria you must show that you
are able to:

F16.P3 Pass At Pass, learners identify potential opportunities and

Basic threats related to their chosen area of progression. They
will demonstrate an awareness of current industry issues.
F16.M3 Merit At Merit, learners identify how the performing arts
Detailed industry is evolving, acknowledging and detailing
potential opportunities and threats. They will demonstrate
a considered awareness of current industry issues.

F16.D3 Distinction At Distinction, learners provide a considered and

Comprehensive imaginative analysis of how the modern
performing arts industry is evolving, incorporating a clear
understanding of potential opportunities and threats.
They will demonstrate a detailed and perceptive
awareness of current industry issues.
Evidence Required
 An Interactive Timeline with a minimum of 10 points
 A professional presentation with voice over of 10 – 12
mins
 A written report of 750 words ( + or – 10%)
 • You will each individually create and
submit your work
• You will upload any relevant research,
exploration, resources, discussion and
references to your Teams assignment
submission page
• You can express your research and
findings in pictures, videos, links to
external sites, galleries.

Assignment summary
 •29 April 2022 5pm
• Please submit on the Teams
Submission assessment page by sharing
Deadline the link to your google
folder on google drive.
Any Questions?