Year 9 Drama

 
 

What will I do in Drama?


  1. ✦mime and movement

  2. ✦improvisation

  3. ✦experience a wide range of live performances

  4. ✦perform plays (already written)

  5. ✦devise plays in groups and perform them (playbuilding)

  6. ✦technical work (lighting and sound)

  7. ✦create posters and other promotional material

  8. ✦create video dramas

  9. ✦learn about the social aspects of Drama (performance spaces, history)


What will I learn in Drama?


I will learn:

  1. ✦to think critically

  2. ✦to speak confidently in front of other people

  3. ✦presentation skills (ie. the choice of content and style to suit a particular audience)

  4. ✦to work successfully as part of a team (group negotiation and decision-making)

  5. ✦the different ways that  plays can be performed

  6. ✦an appreciation of the creative work of other people

  7. ✦what goes into making an effective performance

  8. ✦planning and organisational skills

  9. ✦to be an independent learner


How can I do well in Drama?

  1. ✦am committed and work well with others

  2. ✦am prepared to extend myself and take risks with my learning

  3. ✦show that I can create a variety of roles and characters

  4. ✦demonstrate that my expressive skills have improved

  5. ✦complete my logbook and research assignments thoroughly

  6. ✦can present drama for a variety of audiences and purposes

...............then I will do well in Drama



Good luck and enjoy!


 

Script Interpretation and Performance

Term Three  2009


Part a – Performance  (20 marks) Task: Perform in a scripted play (or direct the play).

Date for Final Performance:
Week 7/8 – Fri 11th or Mon 14th September


and

Part b – Logbook (5 marks)

●record important decisions made in rehearsal: 4-6 pages in length

actors must include notes on blocking and a character profile of character(s) taken. See  below for alternative ways to reflect on your work using digital tools.

directors must include notes on how you have helped the actors manage their roles and how you have communicated your understanding of the play to them.

stage managers should also include notes on their role

●find out about Constantin Stanislavski and realistic drama.


Reflection on work using digital tools (optional)

This work can replace the individual logbooks that you normally use, or you may supplement this with your “paper”logbook.

An online character profile

Complete an online character profile for a character(s) you have created. Add photographs of yourself in role and add design elements that reflect further information about the character and her/his  function in the play (eg. relationship with other characters). Post on a blog or webpage or shared in another digital format.

A photo essay to develop the action in playbuilding

Create a photo essay that explores characterisation and plot in your play. Show the changes that the character undergoes. Post on a blog or webpage or shared in another digital format.

Group blogging for characterisation

Students work in groups for performance reflection and use group blogging as a way to reflect on the collaborative process and generate new ideas as the work takes shape. You can capture scene work on webcam and deconstruct these as a group as part of your appreciation of your own and others work. The group blog would replace the individual journals that you would normally write in playbuilding.


Due Date for Logbook: Wednesday 23rd September

Video Drama