Introduction to Drama - Students will explore basic drama skills such as still image, mime and devising. The scheme of work will help to introduce the concept of group work developing collaboration and communication skills.
Practical performance at the end of the unit incorporating the new skills the students have learnt.
Conveys an emotion that tells us about the character and the way they react to a situation.
The action or process of working together to the same end.
To work together as a team and commit clearly to that group.
A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
An explorative strategy is a technique to explore and deepen understanding of the drama you create
A single freeze frame, a still image.
Is the act of imitating the character and behaviour of someone who is different from yourself.
When movement and action is deliberately performed slowly in order to draw attention to the moment.
A mime technique in which actors use their bodies to create props or part of the set.
A speech spoken by more than one person. Can be spoken in unison or with words and phrases repeated or echoed through the speech.
The retelling of a story.
The process of preparing a production and getting it ready for performance.
A warm welcome to the world of drama. Tasks encourage collaboration and creativity working in groups and as a whole class. Students will work to problem solve and deliver key skills to time constraints in a fun atmosphere.
Students will develop directing skills and independence in small structured practical explorations. A culture of positive support begins in the drama studio where students offer positive feedback on the drama shared in each lesson and how to develop further.
Students will explore different mediums of drama to consider how to create atmosphere on stage. They will continue to develop basic drama skills and use explorative strategies such as hot seating and thought tracking to develop character and plot.
Assessment will focus on the student's ability to evaluate their own work and that of others.
A activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand.
The action or process of working together to the same end.
To work together as a team and commit clearly to that group.
A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
An explorative strategy is a technique to explore and deepen understanding of the drama you create
A single freeze frame, a still image.
Is the act of imitating the character and behaviour of someone who is different from yourself.
When movement and action is deliberately performed slowly in order to draw attention to the moment.
A mime technique in which actors use their bodies to create props or part of the set.
The retelling of a story.
The process of preparing a production and getting it ready for performance.
A speech spoken by more than one person. Can be spoken in unison or with words and phrases repeated or echoed through the speech.
A warm welcome to the world of drama. Tasks encourage collaboration and creativity working in groups and as a whole class. Students will work to problem solve and deliver key skills to time constraints in dynamic way
Students will develop directing skills and independence in small structured practical explorations. A culture of positive support begins in the drama studio where students offer positive feedback on the drama shared in each lesson and how to develop further.
Students will explore poetry as a starting point for drama. They will develop drama skills previously explored such as mime, characterisation and still image as well as exploring new techniques such as flashback.
To complete a performance of a final devised piece to an audience.
The process of preparing a production and getting it ready for performance.
Something that is improvised, in particular a piece of music, drama, etc. created spontaneously or without preparation.
In drama, stimuli refer to the drama texts, videos and photos, etc available to work with.
The type of story being told.
A mime technique in which actors use their bodies to create props or part of the set.
A long speech by one actor in a play or film
A play or part of a play with speaking roles for only two actors.
Vocal skills and techniques eg clarity of diction, inflection, accent, intonation and phrasing; pace, pause and timing; projection, pitch; emotional range; song and/or choral speaking.
Physical skills and techniques eg movement, body language, posture, gesture, gait, co-ordination, stillness, timing, control; facial expression; eye contact, listening, expression of mood; spatial awareness; interaction with other performers;
The process of placing performers in a specific space.
A character is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.
Levels can be created through position of the body, set or staging. They show action in a different place/time and can reflect relationships.
The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting
There are many different types of staging, each presenting unique challenges and opportunities when creating a performance: proscenium arch,end-on, in the round, traverse, thrust, promenade.
Development of creativity and confidence through live performance.
Develop as creative, effective, independent and reflective students able to make informed choices in process and designing.
Students will look at Theatre History through the exploration of conventions used within Melodrama. They will create their own modern-day Melodramas through the use of storyboarding and explore alternative ways of communicating action through the use of symbolic mime and music.
To demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the conventions used within Melodrama in a live performance.
The process of preparing a production and getting it ready for performance.
Something that is improvised, in particular a piece of music, drama, etc. created spontaneously or without preparation.
In drama, stimuli refer to the drama texts, videos and photos, etc available to work with.
The type of story being told.
A mime technique in which actors use their bodies to create props or part of the set.
A long speech by one actor in a play or film
A play or part of a play with speaking roles for only two actors.
Vocal skills and techniques eg clarity of diction, inflection, accent, intonation and phrasing; pace, pause and timing; projection, pitch; emotional range; song and/or choral speaking.
Physical skills and techniques eg movement, body language, posture, gesture, gait, co-ordination, stillness, timing, control; facial expression; eye contact, listening, expression of mood; spatial awareness; interaction with other performers;
The process of placing performers in a specific space.
A character is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.
Levels can be created through position of the body, set or staging. They show action in a different place/time and can reflect relationships.
There are many different types of staging, each presenting unique challenges and opportunities when creating a performance: proscenium arch,end-on, in the round, traverse, thrust, promenade.
The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting
Development of creativity, performance and collaborative skills.
Develop as creative, effective, independent and reflective students able to make informed choices in process and performance.
Students will consider the environment and respond to music as a stimulus in the creation of original pieces of drama. They will explore mediums such as movement and slow-motion in the development of their work as they consider the human responsibility to look after our world.
Students to perform a live assessment piece and to evaluate their own work and that of others.
A thought-track is when a character steps out of a scene to address the audience about how they're feeling. Sharing thoughts in this way provides deeper insight into the character for an audience. ... Sometimes the character might feel something different
A character is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.
Vocal skills and techniques eg clarity of diction, inflection, accent, intonation and phrasing; pace, pause and timing; projection, pitch; emotional range; song and/or choral speaking.
Physical skills and techniques eg movement, body language, posture, gesture, gait, co-ordination, stillness, timing, control; facial expression; eye contact, listening, expression of mood; spatial awareness; interaction with other performers;
If you repeatedly turn your back to some of the audience when addressing another character then your performance is lost. It is said that you have 'upstaged yourself'. Movement is important because it gives a scene pace and energy.
Narration is a technique whereby one or more performers speak directly to the audience to tell a story, give information or comment on the action of the scene or the motivations of characters. Characters may narrate, or a performer who is not involved in
A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
Each moment of direct address is a moment of direct connection with the audience. It is a moment in which the character needs to off-load a worry or give an opinion, and check where the audience are with their thoughts on what is happening.
Explorative strategies are techniques that you can use to gain a deeper understanding of characters, to explore scenes and to experiment with characterisation.
There's a lot to think about when you're planning to stage a drama. You'll need to combine a range of elements that are appropriate to your project, such as costume, language, sound and music.
The process of preparing a production and getting it ready for performance.
Cross-cutting is an excellent way to explore the contrast between situations by making differences clear for the audience. It can also be used to give them additional information. It enables performers to move quickly between locations and scenes without
A scene enacting something that happened in the past; the enactment of a character's memory of a past event.
A flashforward is a scene that temporarily takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media.
Still images can be made by individuals, small groups or even the whole group. A still image is like pressing the pause button on a remote control, taking a photo or making a statue.
To further develop individual confidence in the creating and performing of pieces collaboratively.
Students to continue to develop a supportive group ethos where groups of different abilities can work together creatively
Students will explore a subject of relevance in response to a significant event of the time. They will need to create a short piece of drama that responds to stimuli provided and apply skills that they have developed over the year in a final year 7 performance to an audience.
Students use all the drama skills they have learnt this year to create a devised piece of Drama, as a final performance piece in Year 7.
A form of theatre which emphasizes the use of physical movement, as in dance and mime, for expression
The process of preparing a production and getting it ready for performance.
In drama, stimuli refer to the drama texts, videos and photos, etc available to work with.
Vocal skills and techniques eg clarity of diction, inflection, accent, intonation and phrasing; pace, pause and timing; projection, pitch; emotional range; song and/or choral speaking.
Physical skills and techniques eg movement, body language, posture, gesture, gait, co-ordination, stillness, timing, control; facial expression; eye contact, listening, expression of mood; spatial awareness; interaction with other performers;
The process of placing performers in a specific space.
A character is a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.
There are many different types of staging, each presenting unique challenges and opportunities when creating a performance: proscenium arch,end-on, in the round, traverse, thrust, promenade.
If you repeatedly turn your back to some of the audience when addressing another character then your performance is lost. It is said that you have 'upstaged yourself'. Movement is important because it gives a scene pace and energy.
Devising is a group collaboration in response to a stimulus leading to the creation of an original performance. Devising in drama demands inventiveness, an understanding of the rules of structuring a piece of theatre and a readiness to collaborate
Explorative strategies are techniques that you can use to gain a deeper understanding of characters, to explore scenes and to experiment with characterisation.
Continuing on the work from the past year, students should be confident enough to create their own devised pieces based around the stimulus given to them. This is will be very reflective of what GCSE students are studying.
Students to present their scenes to an invited audience to gain experience of the pressure of devised performance from a stimuli.
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