Drama - Section A - Q3 and 4

Drama – Section A, Q3. Analyse how you developed your own skill to tackle problems. You should refer to at least one occasion in the preparation period when you used acting skills to overcome a particular problem. Problems • Character issues (over acting, learning an accent, being the character / role, lines) • Through rehearsal and practice, accent you could record yourself, look in the mirror, watch TV with American accent in it etc. Lines – break them down, key points, putting together line and action. • Interaction with other characters (rehearsal, fight scene or piece of action, dialogue intercutting) • Increase rehearsal, work out choreography – slow down the action and then slowly speed it up until the action works, split speech up – one person keeps talking, regardless of interruptions. Use props in practice to help and you’re familiar with them, so you don’t actually hit people in the real thing. BE SPECIFIC! TALK ABOUT PARTICULAR MOMENTS! Section A – Question 4. Evaluate your success in creating engaging Drama. You should support your answer with reference to at least one particular moment from your final performance. BE SPECIFIC! TALK ABOUT PARTICULAR MOMENTS! Positive Negative Remembering lines, being in character Forgetting your lines Character creation – facial expressions, gesture, body language Your other actors misleading you / or vice versa Creation of a bond with the audience – getting the audience to laugh in a comedy, in the murder mystery the audience are engaged when they’re asking questions Coming out of character Remembering choreography Ad lib, working around a problem