Section B
The students have seen various live productions throughout the year. They should choose one or two productions to complete their Performance analysis notes.
They are limited to ten sides of A4 both sides.
The specification requires students to:
Evaluate how characters, narrative and ideas were conveyed through the performance
Page one and two: Details of some of the notable performances in the production. Take one or two actors performances and analyse their use of practitioner’s techniques to convey the directors vision. Give specific examples from moments in the play and QUOTE from the PLAY! And analyse. Give quotes from practitioners to back up your points and analyse.
Page 3: Notes on the plot and subject matter of the play. Give quotes from the play and analyse moments that move on the plot.
Page 4: Theatrical devices and conventions that were used in the production?Analyse the style of the piece. Which practitioners does it reflect? Give examples from moments in the play, quote from practitioners and analyse, then quote from the play and analyse to back up your points.
Recognise the contribution made to the theatrical experience by directors, designers and performers.
Page 5: Notes on the overall impression of the production. What was the director trying to convey? How successfully did he/she do it? Analyse moments from the play and which practitioners they used to communicate their message. Quotes from practitioners and analyse and then quotes from the play and analyse to back up your points.
Page 6 and 7: Notes and sketches on the design elements and how they worked in the production.
Apply a knowledge and understanding of the social, cultural and historical background of the play to the performance under review.
Page 8 : research notes into the social, cultural and historical background of the play
Page 9: Notes on the influences apparent in the production. How were they used? Did they work? Give examples and analyse!
Page 10 What was the production saying about society/ culture/history? How was the production relevant to a modern audience.
Thursday, 29 March 2007
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Year 12 Revision Unit 3 Section A The permanent Way
Year 12 Revision notes Unit 3 written exam
For Unit 3, students are able to prepare 2 sets of notes to use as reference material in answering 2 parts of the question paper.
In section A, students are required to demonstrate their understanding of the context surrounding the production of the play they took part in for unit 2.
So this year it is “The Permanent Way” by David Hare.
The specification requires the students to :
Analyse how characters, narrative and ideas are conveyed through theatrical presentation.
Page 1and 2: details of each character in the play and how they were interpreted. Comment on individual performances. Discuss how you used practitioner’s techniques to develop your characters and give specific examples from moments from the play to back up your points. Quotes must not be given without analysis.
Pages 3and 4: Examples of how the ideas were put across to the audience. Comments on the way the audience responded. You must analyse specific moments from the play to back up your ideas and again quotes from practitioners on the techniques used to communicate your ideas and quotes from the play and analysis to back up your points. Theatrical devices and conventions used to put across the play to an audience. Again look at the choices you all made as a group on moments from the play and also the overall vision you had. What response did you want from your audience at specific moments in the play. Were these different at different moments in the play? How did these choices come about in the rehearsal process? Discuss and use specific examples and quotes from the play.
Quotes must not be given without analysis
Interpret and evaluate a text as directors, designers and performers
Page 5: Notes on the concept for the production. What was the ruling idea? The directors vision. Analyse how this was accomplished, through style choices and acting and set. Quote from directors vision and analysis, quote from practitioners and analyse, quote from the play to back up your points and analyse.
Page 6: Notes on how the design elements reflected the ruling idea and contributed to the overall interpretation. Draw a small set to clarify the ideas, discuss and analyse which practitioner this reflects and why, quote and analyse. The same applies to lighting/ sound and costume. Which practitioner did this reflect and why and how effective was it in conveying the ruling idea. Give specific examples from the text.
Page 7: Notes on what worked and what did not work and why in the production. Give specific examples and quote from the text and analyse.
Consider the social, cultural and historical background of a text and its relevance to a contemporary audience.
Page 8: rationale for putting on the play- What does it communicate about the time it was written or the time it was performed? Why are we doing it\/ what does it mean to us as a group. What relevance does it have? Give specific examples from the text to back up any point you make and analyse.
Page 9: Summary of research notes into the social, cultural and or historical context of the play. Notes about the playwright and /or the first production of the play. Notes about other productions of the play.
Page 10: How did the audience respond to the play? What did it mean to them? Was this response expected? Did it differ from the play’s original reception?
Make sure you use your actors workbook to help you in giving specific examples from moments in rehearsals which can be quoted and analysed.
The key to good notes is lots of quotes and clear analysis.
Now do some exam questions which are at www.edexcel.org.uk. The link is at the side of the blog. Go to the Theatre studies AS level and look for exam questions section 3.
For Unit 3, students are able to prepare 2 sets of notes to use as reference material in answering 2 parts of the question paper.
In section A, students are required to demonstrate their understanding of the context surrounding the production of the play they took part in for unit 2.
So this year it is “The Permanent Way” by David Hare.
The specification requires the students to :
Analyse how characters, narrative and ideas are conveyed through theatrical presentation.
Page 1and 2: details of each character in the play and how they were interpreted. Comment on individual performances. Discuss how you used practitioner’s techniques to develop your characters and give specific examples from moments from the play to back up your points. Quotes must not be given without analysis.
Pages 3and 4: Examples of how the ideas were put across to the audience. Comments on the way the audience responded. You must analyse specific moments from the play to back up your ideas and again quotes from practitioners on the techniques used to communicate your ideas and quotes from the play and analysis to back up your points. Theatrical devices and conventions used to put across the play to an audience. Again look at the choices you all made as a group on moments from the play and also the overall vision you had. What response did you want from your audience at specific moments in the play. Were these different at different moments in the play? How did these choices come about in the rehearsal process? Discuss and use specific examples and quotes from the play.
Quotes must not be given without analysis
Interpret and evaluate a text as directors, designers and performers
Page 5: Notes on the concept for the production. What was the ruling idea? The directors vision. Analyse how this was accomplished, through style choices and acting and set. Quote from directors vision and analysis, quote from practitioners and analyse, quote from the play to back up your points and analyse.
Page 6: Notes on how the design elements reflected the ruling idea and contributed to the overall interpretation. Draw a small set to clarify the ideas, discuss and analyse which practitioner this reflects and why, quote and analyse. The same applies to lighting/ sound and costume. Which practitioner did this reflect and why and how effective was it in conveying the ruling idea. Give specific examples from the text.
Page 7: Notes on what worked and what did not work and why in the production. Give specific examples and quote from the text and analyse.
Consider the social, cultural and historical background of a text and its relevance to a contemporary audience.
Page 8: rationale for putting on the play- What does it communicate about the time it was written or the time it was performed? Why are we doing it\/ what does it mean to us as a group. What relevance does it have? Give specific examples from the text to back up any point you make and analyse.
Page 9: Summary of research notes into the social, cultural and or historical context of the play. Notes about the playwright and /or the first production of the play. Notes about other productions of the play.
Page 10: How did the audience respond to the play? What did it mean to them? Was this response expected? Did it differ from the play’s original reception?
Make sure you use your actors workbook to help you in giving specific examples from moments in rehearsals which can be quoted and analysed.
The key to good notes is lots of quotes and clear analysis.
Now do some exam questions which are at www.edexcel.org.uk. The link is at the side of the blog. Go to the Theatre studies AS level and look for exam questions section 3.
year 13 revision section B
Section B
This part of the exam requires students to see one live performance of a play. This year it is A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream at the Roundhouse Theatre, Camden.
Then compare it with 3 other contexts drawn from secondary research sources.
The periods should cover the following periods:
Consideration of the original 16th/17th century performance conditions
Consideration of 18th/19th century
A production of the play in the 20th century
A contemporary production of the play seen as a live performance.
The notes should be as follows : pages 1-4 on the contemporary play
Pages 5-6 20th century production details
Pages 7-8 18th/19th century
Pages 9-10 16th/17th century
So what should be placed in each of the pages?
Historical/social/economic situation of the time.
Acting style
Staging
Theatre layout
Visual elements
Practitioners
Moments from the play including textual analysis
Language/text
Quotes from research/ and the play to back up your points
Class structure
Actor/audience relationship
Then practice exam questions on edexcel website again.
This part of the exam requires students to see one live performance of a play. This year it is A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream at the Roundhouse Theatre, Camden.
Then compare it with 3 other contexts drawn from secondary research sources.
The periods should cover the following periods:
Consideration of the original 16th/17th century performance conditions
Consideration of 18th/19th century
A production of the play in the 20th century
A contemporary production of the play seen as a live performance.
The notes should be as follows : pages 1-4 on the contemporary play
Pages 5-6 20th century production details
Pages 7-8 18th/19th century
Pages 9-10 16th/17th century
So what should be placed in each of the pages?
Historical/social/economic situation of the time.
Acting style
Staging
Theatre layout
Visual elements
Practitioners
Moments from the play including textual analysis
Language/text
Quotes from research/ and the play to back up your points
Class structure
Actor/audience relationship
Then practice exam questions on edexcel website again.
Year 13 revision part one section A and exam practice
A guide to Unit 6 Section A
Annotated scripts: What should I write?
The Social, cultural and historical context surrounding the writing and performing of the play and its relevance to a contemporary audience.
For example:
The Greeks reasons for having plays performed.
The function of plays and characters within the plays.
The themes of the play and communicated through the language and plot.
The history behind the plot of the play.
The ways in which the playwright has structured the play and uses plot, language, forms, characterisation and stagecraft to communicate ideas to an audience.
For example:
Function of chorus
Soliloquy
Theatre space
Role of men and women in the play
Movement
Language/dialogue
Direct address
The proposed production methods being used to communicate the directors ideas to an audience.
Theatre space
Themes
Actor/audience relationship
Language
Characterisation
Setting
Lighting
Costume/props
Structure of scenes
The performers and/or designers contribution to the realisation of the scene in line with the overall production concept.
For example:
Acting style: What style should you use and why?
Design: For a production and /or a particular scene in the play, including diagrams
Overall production concept; What are you trying to say?
The development and shaping of an original production concept for the play as a director.
Take your overall production concept and discuss how you would communicate that to an audience through acting style/ theatre space/costume design and structure and how you would realise it through rehearsal techniques.
The planning and communication of ideas to members of a design team.
Notes outlining what themes and practical needs do you have to communicate your production concept to an audience. How will design and costume and lighting help?
The planning and structuring of a rehearsal based on characterisation.
Rehearsal techniques for particular characters
Key scenes: identify what are the key scenes
Acting style: work on voice and movement and language and communication of themes.
The planning and structuring of a rehearsal based on the exploration of meaning
Communication of ideas/themes/character objectives
Acting style/voice/movement always thinking of themes, ideas, objectives within the scenes. Again identify key moments from the play to work on.
THE MAIN RESEARCH AND NOTES SHOULD CENTRE ON AN OVERALL CONCEPT OF HOW YOU WOULD DIRECT YOUR OWN PRODUCTION OF TROJAN WOMEN AND HOW YOU WOULD WORK ON IT.
Some practice questions:
See Edexcel website : http://www.edexcel.org.uk/home/ and look at drama theatre studies a2 exam papers and mark scheme
There are several practice exams and questions for you to try out.
Annotated scripts: What should I write?
The Social, cultural and historical context surrounding the writing and performing of the play and its relevance to a contemporary audience.
For example:
The Greeks reasons for having plays performed.
The function of plays and characters within the plays.
The themes of the play and communicated through the language and plot.
The history behind the plot of the play.
The ways in which the playwright has structured the play and uses plot, language, forms, characterisation and stagecraft to communicate ideas to an audience.
For example:
Function of chorus
Soliloquy
Theatre space
Role of men and women in the play
Movement
Language/dialogue
Direct address
The proposed production methods being used to communicate the directors ideas to an audience.
Theatre space
Themes
Actor/audience relationship
Language
Characterisation
Setting
Lighting
Costume/props
Structure of scenes
The performers and/or designers contribution to the realisation of the scene in line with the overall production concept.
For example:
Acting style: What style should you use and why?
Design: For a production and /or a particular scene in the play, including diagrams
Overall production concept; What are you trying to say?
The development and shaping of an original production concept for the play as a director.
Take your overall production concept and discuss how you would communicate that to an audience through acting style/ theatre space/costume design and structure and how you would realise it through rehearsal techniques.
The planning and communication of ideas to members of a design team.
Notes outlining what themes and practical needs do you have to communicate your production concept to an audience. How will design and costume and lighting help?
The planning and structuring of a rehearsal based on characterisation.
Rehearsal techniques for particular characters
Key scenes: identify what are the key scenes
Acting style: work on voice and movement and language and communication of themes.
The planning and structuring of a rehearsal based on the exploration of meaning
Communication of ideas/themes/character objectives
Acting style/voice/movement always thinking of themes, ideas, objectives within the scenes. Again identify key moments from the play to work on.
THE MAIN RESEARCH AND NOTES SHOULD CENTRE ON AN OVERALL CONCEPT OF HOW YOU WOULD DIRECT YOUR OWN PRODUCTION OF TROJAN WOMEN AND HOW YOU WOULD WORK ON IT.
Some practice questions:
See Edexcel website : http://www.edexcel.org.uk/home/ and look at drama theatre studies a2 exam papers and mark scheme
There are several practice exams and questions for you to try out.
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
year 7 set designs for Bugsy Malone
The year 7's have been designing their own box sets for a production of BUgsy Malone. These are photos of the work in progress. Look out for the finished designs.
Monday, 19 March 2007
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