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Drama Skills

Name: _______________________________________________Class: _______________________________________________Teacher: _______________________________________________

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Contents page of set tasks:

Please read below to identify which tasks you are expected to complete each week. (1 hour)

Week commencing 23 rd March: Understanding key terms.

Week commencing 30 th March: Understanding stage space

Week commencing 20 th April: Word search AND create a character profile for a character from your favourite film- Stating age, appearance, personality and hobbies.

Week commencing 27 th April: Word search language and voice AND explain how you would apply each one to show your character is feeling

Week 5: Word search form and structure AND choose one genre from the list and watch a TV show or film in that style. Briefly explain 3 conventions of this style you saw throughout the program.

Week 6: Read through the script and answer the questions on the next page.

Week 7: Script mood board.

Week 8: Costume design

Week 9: Set design

Week 10: Sound design.

Week 11: Lighting design

Week 12: Extension task 1- Blue.

Week 13: Extension task 2- Green.

Week 14: Extension task 3- Red.

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Understanding Key Terms

Provide a definition for each of the Drama Techniques identified below, use you Knowledge Organiser to help if you get stuck:

1. Thought tracking______________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

2. Slow Motion_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

3. Direct Address_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

4. Chorus_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

5. Still Image_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

6. Monologue_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

7. Flashback_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

8. Physical theatre_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

9. Narration_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

10. Movement_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

11. Mime_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

12. Soundscape_____________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

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Understanding Stage Space

Research the different stage spaces and add images or draw what each stage space looks like.

End on Stage

Traverse

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Theatre in the round

Promenade

Thrust

Can you label the areas of the stage from memory?

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Word search

How could each technique be used in a performance? What would the impact of each skill be?

Slow motion

Thought tracking

Direct Address

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Still Image

Narration

Conscience alley

Soundscape

Improvisation

Hot Seat

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Word search

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Word search – Form & Structure

Script

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Read through the script below,

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Script development: Questions to consider

Task: Over to you!

Using your imagination and creativity answer the following questions to develop your scene.

1. What is the mood of the scene?

(can you JUSTIFY how you know this)

2. Who are the characters involved?

(Consider: Age, appearance, personality, hobbies)

3. When is the play set?

(Does the language tell us it is old or modern? What does the language Infer?)

4. Where is the play set?

(What set would be appropriate based on the conversation they are having?)

5. Why are they here having this conversation?

(Consider why these two people would be having this conversation? What has just happened? What is about to happen next?)

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Script – Mood Board

Create a mood board (collection of 15-20 pictures) that sums up the scene you have read. They could be of the location, themes, characters, feelings…

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Script – Costume Design

Design a costume for each of the characters. Don’t forget to annotate your designs and give reasons for your ideas.

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Script – Set Design

The script is not set in a particular location. Decide where the scene would take place and design the stage set below.

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Script – Sound Design

You need to add sound to your performance to make it come to life for the audience. Create a mind map of the different sounds you would use and justify them below.

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Script: Lighting design

Task: Research the following key terminology involved in lighting design and provide a definition for each.

Lantern:

Spotlight:

Strobe:

Gobo:

Gel:

LED:

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You need to add lighting to your performance to make it come to life for the audience. Create a mind map of the different lighting you would use and justify them below.

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Extension Tasks:

Many books are turned into plays (films, tv etc.), these are called adaptations. Have a go at creating your own adaptation of your favourite book into a full-scale production.

You will need to create the following designs for your production:

1. Create a set design for your book. This could be a bird’s eye view; a 3D drawing from the audience’s perspective; a series of sketches of the stage layout and the backdrops; or a computer generated collection of pictures to illustrate your ideas. You could even create a live 3D version in miniature—the choice is yours. You should annotate your work, explaining your decisions.

2. Create a costume design for one of the key characters. This could be sketches, computer images, a collage including swatches of fabric; or you could photograph yourself or a family member in the sort of costume you would use. You should annotate your images with suggestions of what colours might suggest or represent, and with any further design notes you want to make that explain your decisions.

3. Create a poster to promote your performance. This might include sketches, computer images, text and background to your performance ideas. You may wish to look at some existing programmes or posters online to help develop your ideas. You should include annotations to explain your ideas.