90011
Level 1 Drama, 2004
90011 Understand and reflect on drama processes and
performance, applied to new context(s)
Credits: Five
Before you start, read through the paper to gain an overall understanding of what you are asked to
do. The separate Resource Booklet 90011R contains the references to photographs you will need
to answer Part A.
© New Zealand Qualifications Authority, 2004
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the prior permission of the New Zealand Qualifications
Authority.
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You are allowed three hours to answer the questions in this booklet.
Sketches may be used to help explain your written answers.
Written work and final sketches must be in INK to be eligible for reconsideration.
INTRODUCTION
This examination has three parts.
Part A: Identify a range of drama processes
Questions ONE and TWO
Resource: Photographs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Part B: Describe ways in which components of drama produce an effect
Question THREE
Resource: Drama extract.
Part C: Reflect on drama processes and performance
Questions FOUR and FIVE.
You may use sketches to clarify your answers, but do not spend time on detailed illustrations.
Sketches can be used as additional information to your written answer but cannot replace it.
Label and annotate sketches to make the content clear.
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Part A: Identify a range of drama processes
QUESTION ONE
Study photographs 1 and 2 in Resource Booklet 90011R.
Both photographs show an emotional moment from a production.
Here are some words that might describe the emotions:
expectant
shocked
annoyed
loving worried
hurt
Choose ONE word for EACH photograph and write them in the spaces below.
Photograph 1 – emotion =
Photograph 2 – emotion =
Here are some elements that have contributed to the moments:
focus
tension
space symbol
For EACH photograph, choose TWO elements and give evidence of how they contribute to the
emotional moment. Give specific details. You may choose to use the same element/s for both
photographs.
You may use sketches on separate paper to illustrate and further explain your ideas.
Label all sketches clearly to show the point you are making. Final sketches must be in ink.
Headings for answers:
Photograph 1
Element One:
Evidence of the drama element:
Photograph 1
Element Two:
Evidence of the drama element:
Photograph 2
Element One:
Evidence of the drama element:
Photograph 2
Element Two:
Evidence of the drama element:
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QUESTION TWO
Study photographs 3, 4 and 5 in Resource Booklet 90011R.
Each photograph shows an important moment for a single actor.
Here are some emotions they could be expressing:
Loneliness
fright
anger confusion
thoughtfulness
hopefulness
Choose ONE photograph to write about.
Write the number of the photograph here.
Choose an emotion clearly shown by the actor and write it in the space below.
Here are some physical drama techniques:
Gesture posture/body language gaze/focus facial expression using properties
Give evidence of how the actor is using physical techniques to show the emotion you have chosen.
Give specific details from the photograph for your evidence.
You may use sketches to illustrate and further explain your ideas.
Label all sketches clearly to show the point you are making. Final sketches must be in ink.
Evidence of physical techniques to show emotion:
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Part B: Describe ways in which components of drama produce an effect
QUESTION THREE
Read this extract from a drama scripted by a drama class. They used lines from New Zealand
poems and images projected on to a screen as part of their work.
Our Land
Projected images on back wall of New Zealand surrounded by mist.
Music and sound of nature.
ALL
1
2
ALL
3
ALL
3
This is our land.
My land.
My land.
Our land.
I flew here.
Looking down on a salad-green sea
Gentle you said, stay with me.
Pause
4
5
4
2
ALL
I drove here.
In your family’s new car.
CD player, air conditioning, sun roof. Just me and the road.
I walked.
Hitched up my bundle
Went down the street
Long way to go
Walking on my feet.
2
Through straggly tea tree bush
and gorse, past the hidden spring …
It’s manuka.
Yeah, manuka.
Ancient canoes passed by this spot …
5
2
1
(a)
Here are some components you might use in the process of devising drama:
hot-seating
freeze-frame research
choral voice
sound-scaping
improvisation mime
group movement
Choose TWO of these components and write them below.
Devising Component One
Devising Component Two
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Describe ONE way you could use each component to work with the extract on page 5. Explain an
effect of using the component to work with the extract.
Component One
Component Two
(b)
Here are some production components a group might use to perform part or all of the extract:
audience participation
costume
choreography
lighting
sound effects
mask
Choose TWO of the components and write them below.
Production Component One
Production Component Two
(i) Describe how you would COMBINE your chosen components to perform part or all of the
extract.
(ii) Explain the EFFECTS you want to achieve. Use specific details.
You may use sketches to illustrate and further explain your ideas.
Label all sketches clearly to show the point you are making. Final sketches must be in ink.
(i) COMBINING components to perform part or all of the extract:
(ii) The EFFECTS you want to achieve:
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Part C: Reflect on drama processes and performance
QUESTION FOUR
Here are some drama processes you will have used in class this year:
exploring a technical or production role
exploring a theatre form or period
exploring an acting role
creating a set
Choose ONE of the processes that you have used and write in the space below.
You may use sketches to illustrate and further explain your ideas.
Label all sketches to show the point you are making. Final sketches must be in ink.
(a)
Describe the drama process you used, using specific detailed examples of what you did.
(b)
Reflect on the effectiveness of your own work, and that of others.
What was successful and why? What would you do differently next time and why?
QUESTION FIVE
This year you will have seen theatre performed.
Write the title, playwright and venue of ONE production in the space below.
(a)
Describe what the performance was about.
(b)
Reflect on the performance. What aspects were effective? What did you learn about drama
processes and performance?
Use specific details to support your answer.
Acknowledgements
Page 10
Hogan, Helen, Nowhere Far From the Sea, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd, 1971, NZ.
Page 10
Kidman, Fiona, Honey and Bitters, The Pegasus Press, 1975, NZ.
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