Drama 13 May 2011

Homework given.

WALT             Create conflict & tension in a piece of drama

WILF               See below

WILF's Click image to enlarge

First task, reminder “ what do we mean by hooking the audience”

5 mins to come to a conclusion.

Task 2             Demonstrate character effect          improvisation.

                        If the audience has any feelings towards a character that is character effect, the effect the character

                        has on the audience.

How to make the audience have feelings towards a character?

More extreme characterization,  greater degree of extremity.

How can you give a character more effect on the audience?   5 mins discussion for ideas.

Main Task

Concentrate on the character effect.

10 mins to prepare

Performance

Each group shows their piece to the audience and then they are analysed to see which criteria they met and was all covered and how was their character effect.

Criteria           Did they use the space.                     Success shown with thumbs

                        Did they have character effect, did you make a connection.

                        Did they show conflict

                        Did they think about staging.

                                                                                        Thumbs    UP; yes , SIDEWAYS; some, DOWN; none.

Semicircle around the white board.

Drama terms.             With praise starts                 Drama game show.

Aim is to show what you know so far about drama

Drama 6 May 2011

Drama 6 May 2011

The haunted School

The work to be done this term

WALT and WILF's for todays lesson

Newspaper article giving information related to the haunting at the school

Todays task

WALT Create conflict in a piece of Drama

WILF   to be successful y will

L3b     Develop characters who have the potential to have conflict between each other

L3a      Create a short scene which will hook the audience

L4c      Know what the characters motive is.

These are the characters to play with certain characteristics.

Part 1  Given the task, split into mixed groups and then discuss which characters will be involved  Decide where the conflict is going to take place and between who.

Create a scene



This is the situation presented to us



From 12 noon the scenes were presented by each group to the audience.

Art Potraits 26 April 2011

Potrait lesson 1

WALT   How to draw using guide lines

WILF    Accurate Drawing

              Use of  line

              Use mark making

You are going to be learning how to draw a portrait.

Facts about your face

Face fits into  palm of your hand.

Eyes start half way down the face

Ears start at the top of your eyes to the bottom of your mouth.

Nose made up of 3 spheres

Top of nose is shaded.

Lips shape is created by the central line.

Drama Games to help Focus

April 1^st 2011

Drama Games 

                                  

Reading people.

WALT

Use Drama games to help our focus and ability to read people

WILF

Strong concentration and focus levels (3b)

Students can read each other and know when to lead in a performance (3a)

Students will be supportive and helpful to each other ensuring the successful completion of the task given to them.

Part 1

First of the drama games, working on focus.

Pass the ball

The imaginary ball, passed from one to another, one ball to start with and then a second ball is introduced. Look for the gestures other others as they play the game in silence.

Another game.

Given a number.    

Sit down,       

Keep the focus,         

Rhythm, passing the focus,  the number is passed from one number to another person with the power stops the clapping and passes it on to another number.

Whoever gets the power changes the rhythm. Focus on the number and rhythm.

Everyone focuses on the number with the power.

Changed to keeping a beat where the beat stays the same but the style changes.

Next

Follow the leader.

Person from outside has to focus on the rest whilst the rest try to trick the person in the middle. One person is leader. Everyone one else follows the leader.

Person from outside the room has to find the leader.

None of these games can be done if we cannot read people and this is essential when on stage.

Next

Pass on the emotion,

Non verbal communication.

Get in pairs.

Find a space and sit down.

Each group is given an emotion and 2 mins to prepare. Then this emotion is transmitted to the rest of the class with none verbal communication.

This tests our reading skills

Performance are created to entertain the audience give a message, create an alternative reality. By communication.

Today we did non verbal communication as so much communication is non verbal.

Next   

Red amber green.

Individual performance, given instruction to walk across the room, but listen for commands  red –stop, amber - sit down, green - go.

Walk until you hear the command.

Last one to respond is out,

Winner is the last one in.