ADA 3MY: Staging Assignment

You are responsible for creating three (3) pieces to show your understanding of The Elephant Man by Bernard omerance and some of the production re!uirements for mounting it as a theatre performance piece" lease complete each of the following components indi#idually: $" %&amine a #ariety of sources to get a sense of the appearance of two (') characters (one male and one female) from The Elephant Man" (nce you ha#e selected your characters) use the guide * highlighted for you at the bac+ of your script to help you get started with the re!uired pieces"

You may use a #ariety of media sources such as maga,ines) -.) web articles) etc" or you may s+etch it yourself" /onsider clothing style) hair style) height) weight) accessories that you en#ision the character wearing) etc" ro#ide clippings or s+etches of your #arious ideas and a basic drawing of your selected two characters in accordance with the con#entions of the specific time period"

%ach creati#e piece must include brief e&planations for the #arious inclusions" 0emember the e&emplars we loo+ed at in class" '" /omplete one ($) of the following written tas+s for the character of your choice: i) ii) 1rite a diary entry from either: one month or one year ago 1rite a complaint letter

3" -he difficulty in staging this piece stems partially from the short scenes and multiple locations" 2ow might you tac+le this challenge as a set designer3 -hin+ about the setting (time period) location) and time of year) etc) in detail" a) De#elop a list of set pieces and4or props that you will re!uire" 5se the bac+ of the script for help with this" Di#ide items into sublists if this helps organi,e it" A properties manager is not going to organi,e additional costume items or manage set pieces"

b) 5se the pro#ided template to create a stage plot" 1hen you are designing this) imagine that we are mounting this show in our Drama room"

*nclude images to show clearly the style of props and set pieces that you will re!uire in order to align it with the appropriate time period"

c) 1hat colour palette and4or motif (something used more than once and often symbolic ie" -a&idermy birds) might you use in order to help de#elop this piece"

60ubric for this assignment will be distributed separately" 7or now) use this assignment to guide and focus your reading of the play"

60emember) e&emplars are in the Drama room for you to refer to if4as re!uired"

EVALUATION: Appearance of characters are ade!uately de#eloped using mi&ed media

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1riting in 0ole shows depth of de#elopment and understanding of character

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Ade!uate attention to detail has been gi#en to setting

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