Welcome to GCSE Drama
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Welcome to GCSE DramaLearning Objective:1. To understand the GCSE Drama course2. To learn basic breathing techniques3. To learn how to experiment with voice
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What happens in the course?Year 10 Year 11
•Introduction•Monologues•Devised Piece•Theatre Visit
•Scripted Piece•Written Exam
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Year 10Monologues Devised• A performance with just
one person speaking.• You choose the topic and
write this yourself.• You will be marked on the
process and final performance.
• In a group• A performance using a
stimulus given to you.• You are responsible for
creating the story, characters, costume, props, set and lighting.
• You need to keep a written record of your work.
• 60 marks (30% of your GCSE marks)
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Year 11Scripted Written Exam• In groups you will cut
down and adapt a script for performance.
• You will need to learn all of the lines.
• You will be responsible for set, costume, props and lighting.
• 60 marks (30% of GCSE marks)
• 1 hour and 30 minutes• Two sections:
▫ A – Practical work completed during the course
▫ C – Study of a live theatre production seen.
• 80 marks (40% of GCSE marks)
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Questions?
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Warm up - Breathing1. Breathe from the diaphram.
2. Practice sounds of language so that words are not ‘lost’.
• bbb sss www oo oo oo kkk
• bah be bay boo
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More sounds...•Sigh•Yawn•Gasp•Laugh•Cry
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Voice and Sound•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.
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Experimenting with Voice
•In pairs:▫Take the phrase ‘Are you listening?’▫This can be said in many different ways.
▫Try and vary the way it is said by putting the emphasis on different words.
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Try the following:1. Say the lines in any order.•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.
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Try the following:2. Say the lines in reverse order.
•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.
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Try the following:3. Say your lines away from your partner. (minus the response)
•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.
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Reflection•What did that do to the meaning of the
scene?
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Stop and think about your lines.
Make the following decisions:
1. How quickly are you going to speak?2. Pick a particular line that you are going to emphasise.3. Develop a basic attitude for your character
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1. How quickly are you going to speak?2. Pick a particular line that you are going to emphasise.3. Develop a basic attitude for your character
•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.
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Reflection•Could you tell who the two characters
were?•What was the relationship between them?•Which lines had emphasis?•What did that do to the meaning of the
scene?
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What makes an actor good?
•Think about particular skills
•In pairs create a thought shower of what makes an actor good.
•You must have a copy each for your folders.