Drama – ATAR Year 11 Unit 1 — Representational, realist drama Week Tasks and activities Unit content 1 Drama course overview Review collaborative and improvisational skills Review elements of drama 2–4 Effective writing skills workshop – short answer and extended answer Workshop on design principles – using and describing Workshop on drama responses and live theatre Workshop on extended improvisation – review of skills and techniques for representational, realist drama Attending production of ‘X’ and ‘Y’ – review of key impressions Oral and written communication Values, forces and drama practice Design and technology 5–7 Planning written response Task 1: completed in class under test conditions based on prompt Workshop on Stanislavski’s approach to representational, realist acting Workshop on the text ‘The Shifting Heart’ Workshop on forces in drama – impact of a labour shortage and an increased immigration rate with people from a non-English speaking background in Australia Planning extended improvisation Voice and movement Drama processes and the elements of drama Drama forms and styles Drama conventions 8–12 Collaborative processes for the extended improvisation Task 2: extended improvisation during Week 8 Design and acting roles and ‘The Shifting Heart’ Effective illustrations and diagrams workshop for design and acting roles Planning an extended response based on a design role and an acting role and the written examination ATAR Year 12 design brief Selecting scripted monologues (60-90 seconds) for following week for examinations Task 3: Short answer completed in class based on unseen extract and prompts Voice and movement Drama forms and styles Spaces of performance Design and technology Management skills and processes Oral and written communication Suggested Australian text Drama processes and the elements of drama 13 Workshop on scripted monologues based on representational, realist drama Script interpretation using Stella Adler’s adapted approaches Workshopping scripted monologues for performance under examination conditions Review of conventions of theatre posters – design principles in practice Review of the ATAR Year 12 practical examination design brief Voice and movement Drama processes and the elements of drama Drama forms and styles Drama conventions Values, forces and drama practice Spaces of performance
effectively your chosen designer used contrast and repetition to impact on the audience ‘X’ /5 Effectively and convincingly argues for the effectiveness of a chosen designer’s use of contrast and repetition, using clear and consistent references to ‘X’ in performance 5 Effectively argues for the effectiveness of a chosen designer’s use of contrast and repetition, using consistent references to ‘X’ in performance 4 Argues with some effectiveness a chosen designer’s use of contrast and repetition, using regular references to ‘X’ in performance 3 Explains how a chosen designer used contrast and repetition, using some references to ‘X’ in performance 2 Identifies some examples of contrast and/or repetition in ‘X’ 1 ‘Y’ /5 Effectively and convincingly argues for the effectiveness of a chosen designer’s use of contrast and repetition, using clear and consistent references to ‘Y’ in performance 5 Effectively argues for the effectiveness of a chosen designer’s use of contrast and repetition, using consistent references to ‘Y’ in performance 4 Argues with some effectiveness a chosen designer’s use of contrast and repetition, using regular references to ‘Y’ in performance 3 Explains how a chosen designer used contrast and repetition, using some references to ‘Y’ in performance 2 Identifies some examples of contrast and/or repetition in ‘Y’ 1 Total /24 Assessment task Drama – ATAR Year 11 Task 4 – Unit 1 Assessment type: Written examination Conditions Time for the task: 105 minutes plus 10 minutes reading time Written examination completed during examination week Total marks: 70 marks Task weighting: 5% of the school mark for this pair of units
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Section one: Short answer response (60 minutes) Drama text Snagged by Robert Kronk. First performed at Queensland Academy of Creative Industries Theatre, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane in April 2009. Characters in this script excerpt DAD – In his mid to late 40s, Sam’s father and the town butcher TIM – 16, long-suffering apprentice butcher SAM – 17 year old country girl Information about the play Form and style This is a representational script intended to be performed in a representational, realistic style. Staging requirements Designed for touring (for example, theatres, school or community halls that require little in the way of props or lighting). Stage size 4 metres x 4 metres. Background Oxbrook is like so many country towns in Australia, everyone knows everyone else and most young people want to get out. Sam, the butcher’s daughter and closet vegetarian, is no different. She and best mate Beth plan to head to Brisbane as soon as possible, to start their new careers and to check out Brisbane’s eligible bachelors. That is until Sam meets Josh – Josh has done the unthinkable and moved back home to try and start his own career and mend fences with his family. Snagged is a poignant and funny story about coming of age, discovering who you are, and the vegetarian sausage. Snagged was developed in consultation with young people through central Queensland and appeals to country and city audiences alike. This play is set in regional Australia where down-to-earth humour is part of the landscape embedded in our sense of identity and place. Snagged is written for young people with the key theme of coming of age and discovering who you are.
Script excerpt Scene Seven The butcher shop. DAD is singing off stage. DAD Tim, for God’s sake. TIM (off stage) Sorry. Still singing, Dad enters. SAM is outside the butchers rehearsing. SAM Dad. Dad ... I’ve been thinking about … you know ... how we talked about what I’m going to do after school well ... DAD Sam! Sam, what the bloody hell are you doing out there, get in here! SAM Dad, hi I’ve been … DAD I’ve just had Mrs Meddleton in here. SAM Oh yeah how’s she? DAD grabs a huge piece of meat and slaps it down on the chopping block. DAD What the hell’s she going on about vegetarian sausages? SAM I don’t know. DAD Samantha! (chop) SAM I don’t know, you know what she’s like. DAD Sam, don’t. SAM I just wanted to see what they were like. DAD What! Why? SAM I was just experimenting. DAD Experimenting! Experimenting! With vegetarian sausages? I’m the butcher Sam – how does it look if you’re running around with vegetarian sausages? Can you imagine how many people she’s told about that? SAM Dad ... DAD I’ve got Rotary tonight. How can I go after this? Where’d you get ‘em from? SAM From Foodworks. DAD Here in town? I don’t want to hear it.