DEVISED DRAMA - PERFORMANCE PROJECT

DEVISED DRAMA - DRAMA PERFORMANCE PROJECT

Choosing a stimUlus and plot

homework task one:

Discuss and choose as a group a stimulus and storyline.

Fill in P7 of your booklet once you have agreed as a group on your Drama. Make sure this has a good plot, interesting characters for everyone, and a strong message for your S3 target audience.

JUSTIFICATION - This means your reason(s) for choosing this stimulus and storyline.

STORYLINE - Give a brief outline of your storyline.

1.1 Selecting ideas showing an understanding of social and cultural influences on drama.

• Look at the 'chalk and talk' diagrams.
• Choose one stimulus that interests you in particular. (You can take a photo on your phone of the chalk and talk sheet.

• You will choose an idea involving a social issue from this stimulus chalk and talk to research. Fill in P6 of your booklet with the research findings and a related idea for a storyline. THIS IS INDIVIDUAL WORK to generate a range of ideas for your group for next week.
• The deadline is: Monday 5th February.
• This homework will be put on Show My Homework along with photos of the chalk & talk diagrams so even if you are absent/have no booklet you will still be able to do your research.

social and cultural influences

Social influences: Things which are going on in society which can be explored in Drama.

Cultural influences: These are related to geographical location, religion, historical issues.

1.1 Selecting ideas showing an understanding of social and cultural influences on drama

EXAMPLE OF A CHALK TALK

THE PROTOCol

• Quiet voices
• Read, write, reflect.
• Add as many ideas as you like.
• If you see something you want to add to or connect an idea to, draw a line to connect with it.
• Once the chalk and talk is complete you will take notes in p 4, 5 and 6 of your booklets of the ideas that interest you.

yOU CAN NOTE ALL OF THESE AS PART OF A SPIDER DIAGRAM DURING THE CHALK TALK.

ASSESSMENT OUTCOMES

Learning intention

Today we are going to work together to respond the the stimuli from the booklet.

SUCCESS CRITERIA:

I can respond to stimuli by taking part in a 'chalk and talk' diagram.

I can select ideas which I am interested in and outline them in my booklet. (pages 4 & 5)

homework task two

You will prepare for, participate in and reflect on a small-scale drama performance in a selected role by:

1.1 Selecting ideas showing an understanding of social and cultural influences on drama

1.2 Selecting and applying skills and knowledge appropriate to the selected role

1.3 Carrying out your selected role effectively

1.4 Reflecting on your work and that of others

P8: MESSAGE AND TARGET AUDIENCE

CHARACTER RESEARCH FOR Friday 9th March

Conduct some research to help you portray your character convincingly.

Find out TWO things which will help you to develop your character/dialogue. For example:

"Research Source: NHS.gov.uk

I found out that signs of depression to look out for are a low mood and unhappiness, with tearfulness or irritability that may not be related to anything specific.

This will help me develop my character/dialogue as I will look tearful and snap at other characters, but when people ask me why I am upset I will create dialogue to show that I don't really know why I feel so bad."

MESSAGE = the principle or 'moral of the story'

This should apply to as wide an audience as possible and not be too specific.

Weak example: "Don't talk to wolves!"

Better example: "Don't talk to strangers..."

TARGET AUDIENCE - Your target audience is S3 pupils.

JUSTIFICATION - WHY is your drama suitable or relevant to S3 aged pupils? Refer to plot/themes of your drama.

P 8: EXPERIMENTING WITH FORM AND STRUCTURE

FORM = the way in which the drama will be performed or produced. This drama will take the form of IMPROVISED PLAY.

Justification - What are the advantages of improvising a drama rather than writing a script?

STRUCTURE - The order in which you tell the story.

Put all the main events onto index cards.

DO you want to use LINEAR or NON-LINEAR STRUCTURE.

Justification - to create more tension?

Get the attention of the audience? Add mystery? To keep the plot simple?

evaluation

p9: Your Character

characterisation or rehearsal techniques

Reasons to choose a role:

You need to take on a bigger role.

You will find it a challenge due to personality/age etc

You are good at playing this type of character - explain how/why.

Possible purposes of your character:

To create tension/conflict

To create contrast with another character.

To move the plot forward/give important information.

These are techniques used to help you to develop your drama and character further.

You will have just 8 minutes to try each activity so choose carefully which scene or character you want to focus on.

PLENARY: How did one of these techniques help you today?

How will this enhance your character/drama?

Q1: Your role = ACTING

Make bullet points of all your responsibilities as an actor from the start of the process to the end.

Q2: This is all about your ideas. You must personalise this by referring to examples you gave for the creation of your drama.

Q3: This is more about how well you got on with others in your group.

Q4 - You need to give examples of how you used voice and movement to show your character and how effective this was.

Q5 - 2 Specific strengths you had.

Q6 - 2 areas you would like to improve.

Q7 Now comment on two others from your group - their contribution and final performance

PRESENT AND EVALUATE

1.3 I can carry out my selected role effectively

Actors can achieve this by:

• Staying in role even if something goes wrong.
• Using voice and movement appropriate to the character and situation.

1.4 I can reflect on my work and that of others.

Audience can achieve this by:

• Being a considerate audience member during performances.
• Writing detailed feedback in full sentences.
• Including drama terminology in feedback.