Welcome to GCSE DramaLearning Objective:1. To understand the GCSE Drama course2. To learn basic breathing techniques3. To learn how to experiment with voice

What happens in the course?Year 10 Year 11

•Introduction•Monologues•Devised Piece•Theatre Visit

•Scripted Piece•Written Exam

Year 10Monologues Devised• A performance with just

one person speaking.• You choose the topic and

write this yourself.• You will be marked on the

process and final performance.

• In a group• A performance using a

stimulus given to you.• You are responsible for

creating the story, characters, costume, props, set and lighting.

• You need to keep a written record of your work.

• 60 marks (30% of your GCSE marks)

Year 11Scripted Written Exam• In groups you will cut

down and adapt a script for performance.

• You will need to learn all of the lines.

• You will be responsible for set, costume, props and lighting.

• 60 marks (30% of GCSE marks)

• 1 hour and 30 minutes• Two sections:

▫ A – Practical work completed during the course

▫ C – Study of a live theatre production seen.

• 80 marks (40% of GCSE marks)

Questions?

Warm up - Breathing1. Breathe from the diaphram.

2. Practice sounds of language so that words are not ‘lost’.

• bbb sss www oo oo oo kkk

• bah be bay boo

More sounds...•Sigh•Yawn•Gasp•Laugh•Cry

Voice and Sound•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.

Experimenting with Voice

•In pairs:▫Take the phrase ‘Are you listening?’▫This can be said in many different ways.

▫Try and vary the way it is said by putting the emphasis on different words.

Try the following:1. Say the lines in any order.•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.

Try the following:2. Say the lines in reverse order.

•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.

Try the following:3. Say your lines away from your partner. (minus the response)

•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.

Reflection•What did that do to the meaning of the

scene?

Stop and think about your lines.

Make the following decisions:

1. How quickly are you going to speak?2. Pick a particular line that you are going to emphasise.3. Develop a basic attitude for your character

1. How quickly are you going to speak?2. Pick a particular line that you are going to emphasise.3. Develop a basic attitude for your character

•A: Jo?•B: Yeah.•A. What do you think about...•B: Huh?•A: Are you listening?•B: Sorry. ‘Course I am.•A: No, forget it.

Reflection•Could you tell who the two characters

were?•What was the relationship between them?•Which lines had emphasis?•What did that do to the meaning of the

scene?

What makes an actor good?

•Think about particular skills

•In pairs create a thought shower of what makes an actor good.

•You must have a copy each for your folders.