10 DRAMA ALDRIDGE STATE HIGH SCHOOL Semester 2, Term 3

10 DRAMA – ALDRIDGE STATE HIGH SCHOOL Semester 2, Term 3

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#4 Group Script –

Group – Forming - Practical

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2-3 minutes per person

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Throughout this unit you have explored various dramatic conventions and manipulations of dramatic elements through participating in various Collage Drama workshops. You have used various types of pre-texts as a starting point in forming small, scenes which could be included in a Collage Theatre.

Your Task:

Apply your knowledge and experience of this unit of work to develop a Collage Theatre performance with your arranged group. You will need to base your Collage Drama around a chosen social issue as a theme and each scene created should, in some way, be relevant to this theme. You will need to include at least four styles of theatre in your performance. Furthermore, you will manipulate the Elements of Drama of space, movement and language to create a contrast in mood throughout the performance.

Be sure to outline your process on paper - this will become you’re planning documentation for the task.

CONDITIONS:

Min. 3 weeks preparation

Annotated scripts to be submitted

2-3 minutes performance time per person

CRITERIA:

ELEMENTS of DRAMA:

Human Context: Roles, relationships and situations Time / Place/ Space / Focus / Tensions / Mood/ Language/ Symbol / Movement / Contrast

DRAMATIC CONVENTIONS:

Role circle, frozen effigy, group sculpture, hot seat, movement sequence, montage, news report, game show, choral speaking, tableaux,


The student work has the following characteristics:

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GRADE: / ·  evidence of extensive knowledge and insightful understanding of the interrelationship of dramatic languages informed by the dramatic perspectives
·  innovative and discerning exploration of ideas to create, shape and interpret dramatic action and meaning
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·  competent management and proficient structuring of the dramatic languages, creating engaging and challenging interpretation and judgment about dramatic action and meaning. / ·  evidence of thorough knowledge and a significant understanding of the dramatic languages informed by the dramatic perspectives
·  meaningful exploration of and experimentation with ideas to create, shape and interpret dramatic action and meaning
·  skilful management and purposeful structuring of the dramatic languages, providing an individual interpretation and judgment about dramatic action and meaning. / ·  evidence of knowledge and understanding of the dramatic languages, informed by the dramatic perspectives
·  exploration of ideas to create and shape dramatic action and meaning
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·  management and application of the dramatic languages to justify dramatic action and meaning. / ·  evidence of some knowledge of dramatic languages related to the dramatic perspectives
replication of ideas to shape elementary dramatic action and meaning.
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·  use of some dramatic languages when applied to dramatic action. / ·  knowledge of a few dramatic languages
shaping simple dramatic action.
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