Higher Drama
Investigative
Drama
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Investigative Drama
• This will be your first unit in Higher Drama.
• You will work as part of a group to devise a piece
of Drama from a theme. A choice will be
provided.
• Each person within the group will take
responsibility to script and direct a part of the
drama.
• This will be performed and evaluated by an
external audience.
• You will sit your first N.A.B. at the end of this unit.
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• The following slides will
give you information on
what is required to
complete this unit.
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Success Criteria:
☺Each pupil must write and direct at least one scene in
the group’s drama.
☺To accompany this they must script the scene which
should be two-three pages in length.
☺They must complete a ‘Dramatic Commentary’ for their
script (the longest scene, if they have more than one).
☺They must complete five full length rehearsal logs
(using the headings given on the following slide).
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Rehearsal Logs
Rehearsal: Planned target; what are you trying to achieve from the rehearsal?
Today in detail: What happened in the rehearsal today, any developments or good
ideas?
Problems encountered: What were these?
Solutions attempted: Things that you changed, adapted, changes to make next time in
rehearsal, are there any other ways to tackle your scene?
Evaluation: How are things going? How are the group working? Are you getting your
ideas across? What is the progress of your directorial section?
Preparation for the next rehearsal: Improvisation outline, Role cards, experimenting
with different forms and structures and with Theatre Arts.
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Your drama will be performed to an audience and
questionnaires will be used to enable them to evaluate
your work. They will be asked to respond to the following
questions:
1. What do you think was the message of the play?
2. Did any scene leave you puzzled as to its relevance?
3. Who would you say would be an ideal audience for
this piece?
4. Circle one of the following to sum up this piece of
work: Thought provoking, comical, entertaining or
confusing.
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• The N.A.B alongside your individual
script, Dramatic Commentary and
Rehearsal logs will be used as
evidence to pass the unit.
• The N.A.B specifically focuses on
YOUR scene and most of the
questions are about YOUR
directorial decisions.
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To enable you to fully prepare for the N.A.B. make sure that you
are prepared to answer on the following:
a) The message of your group’s drama and the message
of YOUR own scene(s).
b) The importance of YOUR scene(s) in the drama
(purpose).
c) The Form, Structure and Devices YOU used in YOUR
scene and reasons why.
d) The rehearsal process and how this developed.
e) The overall GROUP performance and effectiveness of
YOUR scene(s).
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•The aim is to have these dramas
performed and the N.A.B. completed
before the October holiday.
•This gives you approximately SIX
weeks, allowing one week for
performance and one week for N.A.B
preparation and assessment.
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Learning Plan
• You must decide on your theme.
• You must write out a scene plan, detailing the brief plot of each scene and characters involved.
• You must allocate scenes to each group member to script and direct.
•You can, if you want, improvise the drama from start to finish to support each other, but each
person must take responsibility for the DIRECTION and SCRIPTING of their OWN SCENE(S).
•The first draft of your script(s) should be handed in as a full group within a few weeks, to enable
your teacher to offer advice and suggestions.
• You should aim to complete at LEAST ONE rehearsal log per week.
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Themes
Below is your choice of themes from which to
use as a stimulus to create your dramas:
POWER
RELIGION
SEXUALITY
DOMESTIC ABUSE
POVERTY
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There is a further presentation
designed to help you with your
‘Dramatic Commentary’,this can
be found on the Website.
http://www.calderglen.slanark.sch.uk/CalderglenPerformingArtsWeb/dramas5&6.htm
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Good Luck
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