Drama
What context can you comment on regarding DNA?
Bi)There are specific choices in this extract for a director.
As a director, discuss how you would use one of the production
elements below to bring this extract to life for your audience.
You should refer to the context in which the text was created and
first performed.
Choose one of the following:
- costume
- props/stage furniture
- lighting.
Written in 2000
Modern setting
Gang culture
Created for young people
Created to promote the ideas of peer pressure
The inability to connect with each other
Status within gangs
Belonging and personal responsibility
Section Ai) is based on the perspective of...
A Performer
How do you structure the answer to Bii)
For example:
Phil is in control.
As a director, discuss how the performer playing this role might
demonstrate this to the audience in this extract and in the
complete play.
You must consider:
voice
physicality
, stage directions and stage space.
Write 3/4 paragraphs: Point, How, Why
POINT - About the element
HOW - At what point would you use it in the extract/ play?
WHY - Why will it bring the extract to life for the audience?
One of your paragraphs must be about another part of the
play. The rest can be about the extract.
YOU MUST COMMENT ON VOICE, PHYSICALITY AND STAGE
DIRECTIONS/SPACE - Write one paragraph on each element
Section Aii) is based on the perspective of...
A Performer
How do you structure the answer to Bi)
For example:
There are specific choices in this extract for a director.
As a director, discuss how you would use one of the production
elements below to bring this extract to life for your audience.
You should refer to the context in which the text was created and
first performed.
Choose one of the following:
- costume
- props/stage furniture
- lighting.
Write 3 paragraphs: Point, How, Why
POINT - About the element
HOW - At what point would you use it in the extract?
WHY - Why will it bring the extract to life for the audience?
Choose ONLY one of the production elements
ONLY WRITE ABOUT THE EXTRACT
Section Bi) is based on the perspective of...
A Director
What does performance skills mean in the following question?
Aii) There are specific choices in this extract for performers.You
are going to play Adam. He is scared.
As a performer, give three suggestions of how you would use