Hi,
Your first assignment for DRA3 is:
"Discuss how you would perform the role of Dorine, in two or three sections of the play, in order to create comedy for your audience."
There will be some lesson time spent on workshopping Dorine this week.
The HAND IN date on this is the first lesson on the week beginning 21st September. This is 50 % of your progress grade for the half term. The usual rules on submission apply.
Your first assignment for DRA 4 (practical) is to submit a draft of your Portfolio Section 1.
Use this question as a spring board for exploring a range of ideas :
What is adaptation for the stage and how does it stretch the world of Theatre?
You will need to PLAN your response by writing a series of notes under different headings (e.g. "adapting film Vs adapting a novel"; "Camera Vs Audience"; "music"; "physicality Vs CGI"; "Naturalistic, realistic, impressionistic - can a film shot in the genre of Hollywood Realism adapt to the stage successfully through Naturalism?)
These notes will be a mix of your personal thoughts, things you have read, quotations from directors and actors, examples from productions, scripts and films you've looked into, ideas and theories you have worked out yourself, reflections on your chosen project, etc.
You will then have to go through each section of your notes and think about the project you have chosen. How does your production exemplify the ideas you've described in your notes?
Yes - you really will have to use your brains.
The exam board says your finished 500 to 700 words should contain "Evidence of exploration/research into the selected theatrical style [i.e. adaptation for the stage] , identifying its key features, and justification of the choice in relation to clear dramatic intentions for an audience. To be supported by a list of play(s) read and evaluation of the production(s)
seen performed in the chosen style as well as a list of sources and resources (as appropriate)."
The HAND IN date on this is the first lesson on the week beginning 28 September. This is 50 % of your progress grade for the half term. The usual rules on submission apply.
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What's All This?
Everyday I have hundreds of conversations with staff and students. I would like to think that each and every one of them is super-important. Some of them certainly are. The purpose of this blog is to record some of the verbal decisions and ideas that would otherwise be lost.
Please read regularly and try to keep up. Especially read the notes on other groups' projects because they will shed light on your own processes. I obviously welcome comments and would encourage you to both read and post comments.
Cheers!
Please read regularly and try to keep up. Especially read the notes on other groups' projects because they will shed light on your own processes. I obviously welcome comments and would encourage you to both read and post comments.
Cheers!
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