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LESSON OBJECTIVES
& The Big Questions
To understand genre and
different acting styles.

How many genre styles can

you name?

What are the key features of

these?
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PROGRESS PROGRESS +
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THIS I can work
independently to
I can show creativity
and flair in my
presentation.
LESSON produce the opening
sections of my
coursework. My coursework is
detailed, informative
and clear.
I can demonstrate my
understanding of I have taken care over
GENRE. SPAG.

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WHAT IS
GENRE? A GENRE is a type or category of
performance.

It will have its own unique

features you would expect to see
in the storyline.

It will have its own style of acting

specific to that genre.
WHAT IS GENRE
AND STYLE?

• What do these words

mean?
• How do they apply to
Drama / Theatre /
Acting?
STYLES & GENRES ROMANCE
COMEDY
PERIOD DRAMA
MINDMAP OR LIST SCIENCE FICTION
SLAPSTICK
ACTION
HORROR
ADVENTURE
WESTERN
FANTASY
SOAP OPERA
HISTORICAL
THRILLER
MIME
PHYSICAL THEATRE
BRECHTIAN
PUPPETRY
MELODRAMA
MUSICAL
Blood brothers is a play about the people who are best
friends but are really brothers but don’t know it yet
they live on different sides of lifestyle one is poor one is
rich and eventually they become friends and fight over
a girl and die because of it