How to lay out working Record

Drama in The Making

• IntroductionThis is the Bit where you can talk

about all we have done within Drama to do with the Holocaust.

• What did you Know about the Holocaust Before we Started

• What have we done in the lessons and how has this helped your understanding– This can be any of the stimulus

material– Photos– Schindlers List– Extracts from Anne Franks Diary– Role Play of lining Jews up outside

Houses. – Shoes as a stimulus for Symbolism– Still Images – Listening to the radio

• Any Discussions you had with your group during the practical work.

• What practical work we have covered and how that has got you thinking

• Hot Seating• Creation of very short Monologues.

• Don’t forget to say Why you have done all of these things.

• What you have found from doing them• How they have furthered your

understanding • Has that given you Any Ideas or

thoughts of where to progress to.

Social, Cultural, Political and Historical

• Here is any research that you want to do. To make your performance valid.

• You may have been interested in a certain area of the Holocaust.

• This is the ideas you can bring to your group to add a different perspective and dynamics.

• This can be research o the Topic (Holocaust)

• ****Research on Practitioners – Brecht, Artuad, Stainislavski, Lorca****

• Research on events that were happening at the same time.

• Research on an Idea that you have had. • Poems • Costume• Names

– This will then all be used to support all of your ideas later on.

• Include Pictures and diagrams to Help

Item 1

• Ideas – • You could do a spider Diagram to

show your initial ideas

• A brief Paragraph about your idea.

• What is it about – Like the Blurb o the back of a book.

• What is the main message of your piece.

• Where did these ideas come from?– Why are they being used?– What ideas did you leave behind

and Why?

• It is really important here to demonstrate your knowledge.

Character, Context and Plot• Now right about how you have

developed your character within your piece. Be really precise with this how and where does he/she fit into your piece.

• What impact do they have within the Narrative of your extract– Consider– Semiotics – Audience– Use of space– Relationships with others– symbolism

Areas Of Study– When looking at the areas of

study try and give as much detail and justification as you can for each one and the idea.

– Structure

– Audience and Defining the performance space

– Improvisation

• Genre, Performance style and convention

• The Semiotics of Drama and Performance• Symbolism• Props • Lighting

• Look at other PPT to give you Guidance on this Section.

Development

• This is your rehearsal for your improvisation.

Evaluation of Item 1

• Evaluation of your piece.

• Audience questions ad feedback

• Go back and look at the Areas of study to help you.

• If you had more time

• Evaluation of another group.

• Terminology of Areas of study could be good here also.

• Practitioners

Item 2• Deviser – Creation of drama

whether improvised or in the form of a script:– It covers work created by you and

work created by others.

• Designers – Set, Costume, Sound, Make up, Furniture and Mixed Media

• Director – Guiding the ideas stimulated by the deviser or text work, Structuring it in such a way that will maximise impact upon the function of the director– Aim to work with clear intent, The

work may be presented as a work in progress by the impact of the director is evident.

• Here you must chose where you want to take your project.

Item 2

• Ideas • Areas of study

• What aspect are you working on, Director, Designer or Devisor

Development of Item 2

• Keep a track of ideas and how they have been developed.

Evaluation of Item 2

• Use the areas of study terminology here to help you with the vocab.

• Audience feedback after presentation

• If you had more time

Item 3

• Ideas • Areas of study

• What aspect are you working on, Director, Designer or Devisor

Development of Item 3

• Keep a track of ideas and how they have been developed.

Evaluation of Item 3

• Use the areas of study terminology here to help you with the vocab.

• Audience feedback after presentation

• If you had more time

Evaluation of whole topic.