SENIOR DRAMA
Aldridge State High School
YEAR 12
Senior Drama
One-person Show
“You don’t need a lot to be
theatrical. Money is not theatrical.
Curtains, lights, costumes are not
theatrical. […] I think it’s very
important that people realise that
what theatricality is, is
imagination.”
Dimension 3: Responding (Individual)
Non Practical: Analytical Essay
Semester 3 – Task 12 - Responding
Name_____________________________
Draft Due: _________________________________
[Matthew Ryan, co-creator of Boy Girl Wall]
Due Date: ________________________
RESPONDING
Task
Assessment: Construct a critical essay, analysing how the Elements of Drama and theatrical conventions
are manipulated in Boy Girl Wall.
In class you have been studying the conventions of a one-person show and the techniques involved in targeting a
specific audience. After viewing The Escapist’s production of “Boy Girl Wall”, you must respond to the following
thesis statement in the form of an essay:
“You don’t need a lot to be theatrical. Money is not theatrical. Curtains, lights, costumes are not theatrical.
[…] I think it’s very important that people realise that what theatricality is, is imagination.”
[Matthew Ryan, co-creator of Boy Girl Wall]
Dramatic Languages
Elements of Drama (specific)
Skills of Drama
Conventions of forms and styles
*Mood
*Tension
*Space
*Responding
• Direct Address
• Story-telling
• Transformation of character, place,
time and object
• Stylized gestures
• Episodic structure
• Flashback/disjointed time
• Enactment and re-enactment
• Exaggerated movement
Conditions
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Consultation with teacher provided in class time
Two weeks preparation time
1000-1200 words
One draft permitted – No drafting after assigned date.
 Scaffolding sheets are available for use, and are recommended
 This task sheet must be attached to final submission
 Reference list of cited works.
SENIOR DRAMA
Aldridge State High School
YEAR 12
Task 12- Analytical Response – RESPONDING / Individual
Criteria
A
The student work has the
following characteristics:
B
The student work has the
following characteristics:
C
D
The student work has the
following characteristics:
The student work has the
following characteristics:
E
The student work has the
following characteristics:
See task sheet
FINAL GRADE:
informed analysis of use
of the dramatic languages
to facilitate dramatic
action and meaning
analysis of use of the
dramatic languages to
facilitate dramatic action
and meaning
partial analysis of use of
the dramatic languages in
dramatic action and
meaning
.perceptive and thorough
evaluation with
discriminating supporting
evidence of
effectiveness of the
dramatic action in
communicating meaning
to audiences
informed evaluation with
convincing supporting
evidence of effectiveness
of the dramatic action in
communicating meaning
to audiences
evaluation with supporting
evidence of effectiveness
of the dramatic action in
communicating meaning to
audiences
partial evaluation with
evidence of how dramatic
action communicates
aspects of meaning to
audiences
explanation of aspects of
the dramatic action
synthesis of positions about
dramatic action and
meaning through use of
language conventions and
drama terminology
communication of positions
about aspects of dramatic
action and meaning
through use of basic
language conventions and
drama terminology.
communication of opinions
using basic language
conventions.
discerning synthesis of
positions about dramatic
action and meaning
through use of relevant
language conventions
and drama terminology.
effective synthesis of
positions about dramatic
action and meaning
through use of relevant
language conventions
and drama terminology
Teachers Comment:
Teacher's Signature:
explanation of aspects of
the dramatic languages
used in dramatic action
discriminating analysis of
use of the dramatic
languages to facilitate
dramatic action and
meaning.
Date: