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YEAR 10 Drama
2015 to 2016 Scheme of Work and Programme of Study
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Thur 3
Sept
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
START OF IMPROVISATION
PROJECT (I1)
13WEEKS PROJECT- JACK THE
RIPPER
AREAS OF FOCUS
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TECHNIQUES
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5.
SPONTANEITY
TEAM WORK
RESEARCH
STIMULUS
PEER ASSESSMENT
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CHORUS
SYNCHRONISED MOVEMENT
BODY AS PROPS
USING PROPS AND FURNITURE
INTERESTINGLY
MACHINE OF EMOTIONS
SOUND COLLAGE
SOUND CIRCLE
PHYSICAL THEATRE
STAGE POSITIONS
BLOCKING
PERFORMANCE SPACES
TARGET AUDIENCES
18.
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27.
MOTIVATION
CHARACTER OBJECTIVES
ACTOR OBJECTIVES
OBSTACLES (INTERNAL & EXTERNAL)
PROXEMICS
ACTIONS
SPLIT SCREEN
LEVELS
COUNTERPOINT
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
TUESDAY 15 DECEMBER
PERFORMANCE
(IMPROVISATION OPTION 3)
2
7 SEP
I2
3
14 SEP
I3
2
4
5
21 SEP
28 SEP
I4
I5
VOCABULARY TEST 1
6
5 OCT
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REPETITION AND ECHO
FLASHBACK/FLASH FORWARD
DEVIL AND ANGEL
SLOWMOTION
NARRATION
STRENGTH AND TENSION AND QUALITY
OF AN OBJECT
PERSONALISING AN OBJECT AND PLACES
EYE CONTACT
CIRCLES OF ATTENTION
EMOTIONAL MEMORY
MAGIC IF
STATUS
WRITING IN ROLE
BASING YOUR CHARACTER ON SOMEONE
MASKS
I6
43. MOVEMENT
7
12 OCT
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56.
Body Language
Posture
Centre of weight (Centering)
Weight of the foor
Strength/Tension
Walking directions
Gesture
Attitudes
Mannerism
What part of the feet do I move from
Eye contact
Circles of attention
Idiosyncracies
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57. VOICE
Accent
Dialect
Tone
Pitch
Sybalance
Stutter
Lisp
Speed
Volume
Pause
Tempo
Rhythm
Clarity
Diction
Stoccato
Erratic
Quality of the voice
I7
3
75. Consonants
76. Vowels
77. Emphasis
8
2 NOV
I8
9
9 NOV
I9
10
16 NOV
I 10
VOCABULARY TEST 2
11
23 NOV
I 11
12
30 NOV
I 12
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BREATHNG EXERCISES
RAISING THE STAKES
INTERNAL DRAMATIC DIALOGUE
MONOLOGUE
BANNERS (BRECHT)
CHARACTER MODELLING
EXITS AND ENTRANCES
PREPARATION EXERCISES
STATUS (GAMES)
ANIMAL EXERCISES
THOUGHT TUNNEL
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99.
CREATING A SET AND ENVIRONMENT
SIZE OF PART/ROLE
SECRETS
MUSIC
CLIFF HANGER
CLIMAX
DRAMATIC TENSION
PROPS
COSTUME
ACTING IN DIFFERENT STYLES
GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES
100.
TECHNICAL THEATRE JOBS
101.
13
7 DEC
I 13
+
WRITTEN PAPER REVIEW 1
14
14 DEC
I 14
GENRES
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112.
Soap Opera
Straight/Serious
Historical Drama
Tragedy
Murder/Mystery/Whodunit
Comedy
Farce
Pantomime
Melodrama
Musical
Fantasy
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EXERCISES TO BE IN THE MOMENT
HOT-SEATING
ROLE-ON-THE-WALL
LISTENING BACK TO BACK
SUB-TEXT
THROWING BALL
RASPBERRY AND STRAWBERRY
ON-TEXT IMPROVISATION
OFF-TEXT IMPROVISATION
THOUGHTS ALOUD
UNITS
SITE-SPECIFIC REHEARSAL
4
125.
SELF-EVALUATION
NEVILLE’S ISLAND SCRIPTS
HANDED OUT TO LEARN FOR
WED 6 DECEMBER
TUE
15
DEC
15
WED 6
JAN
YEAR 10
JACK THE RIPPER PERFORMANCE
DAYTIME
YEAR 10
JACK THE RIPPER
PERFORMANCE DAYTIME
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION 1
VOCABULARY TEST 3
16
11 JAN
MON
NEVILLE’S ISLAND (OPTION 2 –
ACTING)
NI 1
14 WEEK PROJECT
WED 11 MAY DAYTIME =
PERFORMANCE DAY
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION 2
17
19 JAN
INTRODUCTION TO STANISLAVSKI
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NEVILLE’S ISLAND
NI 2
Given Circumstances
In your group list all the Given Circumstances in
Neville’s Island (What does the Playwright tell you)
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION 3
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25 JAN
NEVILLE’S ISLAND
NI 3
STANISLAVSKI
The need to annotate
A psychological approach
Naturalistic costumes
Intense character examination
Script examination
Lighting to echo real life
Audience concealed behind a “fourth wall”
Very reliant on emotional memory
Set is realistic
Knowing what motivates your character
Imagination
The story of the play
The events within it
The epoch
The time and place of action
Condition of life
The costumes
The props
The lighting and sound effects
The period and place in which it is set
The director’s and Designers’ interpretation
1. Imagination and Action
2. Motivations (character Objectives)
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WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION 4
19
1 FEB
NEVILLE’S ISLAND
NI 4
3. Units and Objectives
4. The 4th wall
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION 5
20
8 FEB
NI 5
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION 6
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22 FEB
Circles of attention
The magic if
The super-objective
Emotional memory
Actor Objectives
NI 6
Mood/Atmosphere
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION 7
22
29 FEB
NI 7
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION 8
Movement
How did you develop and realise all the areas below
1. Body Language
2. Posture
3. Centre of weight
4. Strength/Tension
5. Gesture
6. Attitudes
7. Mannerism
8. What part of the feet do I move from
9. Eye contact
10. Circles of attention
11. Idiosyncracies
Facts (Homework)
Play
Playwright
What was the piece about
Genre
Target Audience
Period
Performance space
Venue
Set
Style
Plot
Chosen Skill
What practitioner’s work did you use?
Describe in detail the character(s) you played
(Physical aspect, Vocal information, Movement)
15. Technical Elements
16. Design Elements
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Voice
How did you develop the following?
Why did you chose to use different accents, dialects etc?
 Accent
 Dialect
 Tone
 Pitch
 Sybalance
 Stutter
 Lisp
 Speed
 Volume
 Pause
 Tempo
 Rhythm
 Clarity
 Diction
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14
MAR
NI 8
Character
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION 9
How did you develop the following?
What formed your choices?
1. Age
2. Sex
3. Sexuality
4. Status
5. Race
6. Religion
7. Beliefs
8. Social Background
9. Family
Who is your character based on?
Physicality
How did you develop the following?
What formed your choices?
Appearance
Clean shaven/beard/moustache
Glasses
Contact lenses
Clothes
Smart
Casual
Messy etc.
Character
Please write information about all the criteria below
Status
What part of the body do they move from?
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Who is he based on?
How did you develop your character?
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21
MAR
Preparation Exercises
NI 9
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION
10
Which have you used to develop your piece?
Please see some examples below
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Role –on- the- wall
Role-on-the-Wall
Do a Role-on-the-Wall for the character you played
 Personal details
 Wealth
 Health
 Job
 Loves and hates
 Ambitions
 Places of importance
 Concerns and worries
 Secrets
 People admired
 Recent past
 Important childhood events
 Relatives
 Education
 Intelligence
 Habitat
 Important items owned
 Something the person is proud or ashamed of
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25
12 APR
NI 10
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION
11
26
18 APR
NI 11
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION
12
Writing in Role
Image of character
Watching film
Uniting
Actioning
Wrote facts about all the characters
Animal Exercises
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Costume
Site-Specific rehearsal
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Props
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27
25 APR
NI 12
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION
13
28
27 APR
NI 13
Props/Furniture
What do you use? – How old were they etc?
How did they affect you?
Have you personalized each object?
Do they have any emotional memory for you>?
Costume
What do you wear?
Where did you get the costume from?
Why the choice of this costume etc?
Music
What music have you chosen?
Why did you make these choices?
Have you used a sound circle?
Do you use your own voices to create mood?
Recording a rehearsal and Peer Assessment
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION
14
29
2 MAY
NI 14
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION
15
30
9 MAY
NI – 15
Blocking
Draw the blocking of your actors on stage during your
scenes.
Mood and Atmosphere
How did you create mood and atmosphere in your piece
Audience Response
What audience response did you get from your performance
- Preparation exercises
What did you do to prepare yourself before every entrance?
Creating a great performance
How did you create the best performance you could?
What prevented you from creating a great performance?
Energy Levels
What were your energy levels like during your performance
Line learning
How was line –learning for you?
What did you do to help line-learning?
Strengths and Weaknesses
 What did you do well in the play?
 What would you change about your
preparation for performance?
 What are your strengths as shown in the
piece?
 What are your weaknesses as shown in the
piece?
 How well did you work with others?
Ensemble Performance – No Star Actor
9
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION
16
TUE
10
MAY
31
32
16
MAY
23
MAY
6 JUN
YEAR 10 NEVILLE’S ISLAND
PERFORMANCE
Exam week
THEATRE IN EDUCATION
MODULE RESEARCH
13 JUN
THEATRE IN EDUCATION
MODULE 1
RESEARCH
34
20 JUN
THEATRE IN EDUCATION
MODULE 1
35
27 JUN
THEATRE IN EDUCATION
MODULE 1
WED
29 JUN
36
4 JUL
YEAR 10 NEVILLE’S ISLAND PERFORMANCE
WRITTEN EXAM PREPARATION
17
REVIEW OF EXAM
33
What research did you do?
How did you develop your character?
How did you research the world of the play?
How did you get into character and think like them?
Exam Week