Drama MYP Grade 10

What were the successes of this unit? The unit covered the focus theme of naturalistic and realistic drama skills to improve in the course of different plays and performances we practiced and displayed in this term. We started our term by reflecting on different topics and identities people face, due to circumstances. In the beginning of term 1, we were exposed to realistic drama after the research conducted on low and high standard living in Brazil, this was an interdisciplinary unit for me, as I have chosen geography, which contained a section of a unit researching Brazil. We then went on to issues that people in Brazil face do to poverty and other sub-standard needs. We looked at train surfing, and in this unit I came across the element of 'marking the moment', and we were exposed to trying the effect with back story, which was provided by the teacher as a small command or mini script.  After developing multiple skills throughout the course I have developed my se...

Blue: Voice delivery (Volume, rate, pitch, pauses, pronunciation, dialect) Pink: Actions and gestures  Purple: Sounds and Lighting Orange: Props needed in the scene (and how they will be used) Green: Character Positions Yellow: Stage directions When we started creating the play, we decided to work on the epilogue. We wanted to show the audience main, key aspects of Martin's life, through flashbacks, and other drama techniques. Script during initial stage: Initially we had only jotted down some key scenes we wanted to include in the play, however we had still not devised the dialogues, entrances and exits, stage directions, make up, costumes, voice dialect, voice delivery, or actions or gestures yet. This is the edited script: CENTER STAGE Narrative Martin, Mark and Natalie sitting together.  Narrative Martin: It was a time like no other, something was lost, something was found. I changed - inside and out. I grew. yeah… this was the story ...

Face the Play

A) Read The Adaptor's notes about the way Act One is built up. Then discuss:  What he means by 'fairly fractured' and 'fluid'  Why he chose this narrative structure rather than 'a simple unfolding of chronological events'. In the adaptor's notes, Benjamin Zephaniah discusses the idea of the play (particularly Act One) being 'fairly fractured', this term is quite unique to use with such a play as it gives the reader an idea of the transition and order of the play. This form of description tells us about the structure of the narrative and tells us about the several flashbacks and cutscenes that we will encounter. The idea of the scenes being fairly fractured gives the idea that in Martin's life many horrible things happen to 'break' him, or so to say, 'fracture' his life, however, that play focuses on the brighter side of ideas, with the use of reality. Using the term 'fairly fractured' helps suggests the idea t...