Unit 3Performing to a Commission

AS Performing Arts

Warm Up 1.

• Specialist terms A to Z – I went to the performance and I saw

• An Audience/Auditorium/Angle of a light beam• A Backdrop• A Cyclorama...etc

• Further development – find online A-Zs of theatrical terms (UK versions not US) and paste into your logbooks.

Warm up 2.• 1-2-3• Add hand clap for 1• Add jump for 2• Add click for 3

• Development. 1-2-3 again.• Add a gesture or movement for 1• Add another for 2• Add another for 3

• Watch and see if we interpret any meaning – can we create it/ is there an inherent need for us to create a meaning?

Assessment Focus

‘Realise a confident performance through the secure application of skills and processes that reveal an understanding of technical and aesthetic factors and an awareness of professional practice’.

(mark band 3)

Let’s examine these in more detail, so that we fully understand what is expected of us...

Application of Skills and Processes

• 15-20 minute activity:• In each group, take it in turns to use HOT SEATING

as a rehearsal technique to explore CHARACTER.• Use questions to determine more detail about the

characters GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES• Discuss your findings as a group – • What more did you learn through the activity?• What SKILLS were required by both the

interviewee and interviewers?

Application of Skills and Processes

• Evidenced through:• An ability to employ a variety of skills in

rehearsal to explore character, create mood, improvise situations and develop the performance

• Able to use purposeful discussion, negotiation and decision making to agree action points for next steps in the process

Technical and Aesthetic Factors

• 6 minute activity:• In threes or pairs create 3-5 still images which

represent ‘Justice’• Perform to the rest of the group

Development – 5 minutes

• Repeat the performance with an alternate staging format, using music as background (8 minutes)

• Music – Eddie Vedder ‘The Wolf’ Into The Wild track 9 of 11

• Formats: In the round/Thrust/Promenade/Traverse/End

on/Arena

• Observe any differences in your performance and the impact on the audience

Technical and Aesthetic Factors

• Evidenced through:• Awareness of and an imagination of how the

production will look in performance to the target audience

• Using lighting and sound to support the production • Organisation of Props, Costume, Make Up• Setting the rehearsal space up in staging format

(marking out)• Experimenting with all of these

Quick Quiz

1. What week is this in your rehearsal schedule?2. Since the start of the process I have missed how

many lessons (0-2, 3-4, < 4?)3. My log book is up to date (True or False)4. I am still researching the subject matter (T/F)5. I use images, music and video as research

sources, as well as written research (T/F)6. I am enjoying developing the subject matter and

the performance(T/F)

Professional Practice• Evidenced in rehearsal through observations of :• How prompt you are, how quickly you start work• How well you remain focussed throughout a rehearsal or task• How you keep track of the rehearsal schedule• Thinking ahead – being proactive, as well as reactive.• Enthusiasm even when tired or feeling low – leaving negativity at the stage door.• Having an open mind• In Performance• How you organise yourselves and others in the space• How you have considered the needs of the target audience – seating plans,

sightlines etc.• How you prepare for the performance as a professional performer – vocal and

physical warm ups, dressing rooms etc.• Awareness of Health and Safety