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Mr Cresswell
22/1/2015
12/2/2015
05/3/2015
21 hours
2A.P1
2A.M1
2A.D1
2A.P2
2A.M2
2A.D2
1A.1
1A.2
To help you demonstrate your progress throughout the learning aim, every few weeks
you will be asked to set your own personal SMART target.
(Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic Target)
You should work toward achieving 3 personal targets over the course of the learning
aim.
In this section you should undertake an initial skills audit and write a definition for each of the
following keywords, which you will use over the course of the Learning Aim you are studying. You
should return to this regularly and update the words you have learnt. Please remember to Date
the definitions to show your progress!
Articulation
What is it?
Projection
What is it?
Breath control
What is it?
Learning lines
What is it?
What is it?
What is it?
Phrasing
What is it?
Pace
What is it?
Use of pause.
What is it?
Balance
What is it?
Coordination
What is it?
Movement memory
What is it?
Spatial awareness
What is it?
Weight placement
What is it?
What is it?
Relaxation
What is it?
What is it?
Gesture
What is it?
Facial expression
What is it?
Trust.
What is it?
Technique
Definition
Given
The information about a
Circumstances character including their
past, their relationships
and their behaviour that
are in the script
Objective
&
Super
Objective
Magic If
Method of
Physical
Action
Emotion
Memory
Circles of
Attention
Three types:
Inner Focus on just your
character.
Outer Focus on your
character and any they
delivering dialogue to.
Extreme Focus on
everyone and everything
on stage around you.
Concentration
Truth and
Belief
Tempo
Rhythm
Working in groups of your choice pick a scene from the play to direct and stage together.
Consider the following points:
Audience Position
Movement
Characterisation
Acting Techniques
Voice Accents
Set Design
Levels
In this section you should write a definition for each of the following keywords which you will
use over the course of the topic you are studying.
Script
Stage directions
Monologue
Duologue
Dialogue
Lighting
Sound Effects
Costume
Set
Prop
Audience Position
Entrance or Exit
Use the list below to record your experiments in rehearsal of the text
Freeze Frame
What is it?
Tableau
What is it?
Role Play
What is it?
Hot Seating
What is it?
Thought Tracking
What is it?
Conscience Alley
What is it?
Improvising Offstage
Moments
What is it?
Magic If Situations
What is it?
To help you in your preparations for your 2nd Performance you should undertake
the following activities to help develop your understanding of your character.
Write in the box below all the given circumstances you can determine about
your character from the text.
Explain what sub textual elements effect your character in the play and why?
Write a detailed backstory for your character charting their past up to the
start of the play.
Every scene of every play has to have a directors concept. This is the plan a
director has for what each scene should look like, feel like and what it
communicates to the audience.
Write in the box below what your aim as a director is for your chosen scene
including what it should look like the rehearsal techniques you plan on using and
why. Dont forget to explain what your intended impact on the audience will be.
Instructions: Tick off what levels you have met in this Unit and colour the traffic light to indicate how confident you are with this skill.