More information on the expressive arts experiences and outcomes

The following explanations are intended to help you interpret the expressive arts experiences and outcomes.

Art and design

Opportunities to study design in the following contexts: graphic, product, fashion/textile, architecture, interior and jewellery should be made available across the five levels, taking balance and previous learning into consideration.

Term	Explanation
Art and design concepts	For example, space, scale, proportion and perspective.
Art and design technology	For example, computer software, photography, moving image media and screen printing.
Design brief	A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria and its constraints. The design brief is used to encourage consideration of all aspects of a problem before attempting a solution.
Design process	A systematic problem-solving strategy, with criteria and constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem. The process involves: investigation, development of ideas, production of solution and evaluation of solution.
Expressive	Activities involving the expression of personal ideas, thoughts and feelings in visual terms. This could include drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and photography.
Form	External three-dimensional outline, appearance or configuration of something that could be, for example, solid, transparent, rigid, flexible.
Medium/Media	Tool(s) for creating and presenting in art and design, such as chalks, drawing inks, gouache, acrylics, fabric dyes, printing inks, sculpting materials, jewellery metals and materials, and digital media, including photographs and moving image media.
Visual elements	The basic elements (building blocks) in art and design activities – line, shape, form, colour, tone, pattern, texture.

Dance

Term	Explanation
Choreographic form	Ways of creating dance, for example repeating phrases of movement.
Dance motif	A short pattern of movement that expresses and communicates a mood, a feeling, an activity or an idea.
Dance sequences	Routines which may contain the body actions of travel, turn, jump, gesture, pause and fall within safe practice.
Theatre arts technology	For example lighting and sound equipment used to enhance performances.

Drama

Term	Explanation
Drama forms	For example a play, comedy or pantomime.
Drama conventions	Alternative ways of presenting parts of a drama, for example mime, voice over, freeze frame.
Theatre arts technology	For example lighting and sound equipment used to enhance performances.

Music

Term	Explanation
Dynamics	The varying degrees of loudness and quietness in sound.
Music concepts	Terms that describe the ingredients of music, such as repetition, harmony, major key, syncopation.
Music technology	The use of electronic devices and computer software in music compositions and performance.
Pitch	The term used to describe how high or low/deep a note or sound is.
Timbre	The tone colour or quality of tone which distinguishes one instrument from another.