edexcel unit 1 paper 1 6 hour exam - page 1
Keywords: tableaux, croos cutting, role play, narration, sound scape and more conventions and strategies. Adaptable to your needs.
By keviniz on 20/01/2011
Level: GCSE Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
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GCSE UNIT1: The Impact of War
Aim: For pupils to use stimuli in order to understand how war affects a cross section of individuals from various cultures and work for a period of 6 hours exploring drama conventions and realizing various dramatic outcomes..
Skills:
Interpretation and creation of a range of characters from a range of texts.
Use objects as symbols
Use sound, voice, action and expression to convey meaning.
Use lighting to change atmosphere.
Show a range of emotion and character
Texts:
War photographer, poem by Carol Anne Duffy
A range of war photographs
Film clip War photographer by James Nachtwey
Explorative strategies:
Still Image/Tableau
Improvisation
Hot Seating
Thought Tracking
Monologue
Forum Theatre
Cross Cutting
Drama Medium:
Spoken Language
Levels and staging
Voice
Basic Lighting
Movement, gesture, mime and mannerism
Basic Set
The Elements
Conventions
Contrast
Action/Plot/Content
Climax/Anti Climax
Form
First Hour
1. Distribute the war photographs and allow 15 minutes for discussion about the dramatic possibilities. Ideas should be written on an A3 piece of paper in the form of a character plan.
2. Choose one of the photographs and characters to form a tableau which represents the content of the photograph. If there are any extra characters necessary they must be in keeping with the photograph. Know your exact thoughts and have reasons for them at the point of the tableau. If your character is dead, you will be required to convey your thoughts moments before the death.(5 minutes preparation)
3. Show the Tableau (30 seconds freeze)
4. Thought Track (1 minute )
5. Discuss and evaluate the work you have just done, paying attention to what you and others in the group could improve. Speak freely but make sure all are heard. Repeat the exercise with improvements (3 1/2 minutes)
6. Discuss the possibilities of what happened exactly 1 minute before the photograph was taken. If you were dead for a long time before, you will be required to speak in ghostly form, looking back at what happened. Improvise the scene leading up to the photograph and freeze when appropriate. It should last no longer than 1 minute. If the dead come alive to speak in narrative/monologue, the other characters should use a form which does not distract. (15 minutes preparation)
7. Act out the improvisation (1 minute)
8. Discuss and evaluate your work and take notes. These notes will be used in your portfolio. (10 minutes)
9. Watch the clip from A War Photographer by James Nachtwey
Total Time so far 1 hour you are now ready to begin part 2
Hour 2
1. From the film clip, discuss the following quotations: War photography is an antidote to war. Its not as if it is an advertisement for
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