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Here is my 3 week project work

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I chose this course because I really enjoy acting and would like to be an actor. It will help with my confidence, and give me an opportunity do get into the acting industry. It gives me great opportunities to get a part in a play or a film, gives me good opportunities to get into a drama school/ uni after college. It will lead to exciting opportunities and give me a chance to perform to a wider audience as I have not had that opportunity before.

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What is theatre in education?

Theatre in education is used to encourage effective learning in school, it calls for careful consideration of the audiences age and requirements in order to engage them and get the message across without doing 'GCSE drama'. Theatre is in front of you and you can't turn it off and ignore it, it shows you how the world really is and it makes you think, it can even change society.

Styles of theatre;

Research- facts, figures and statistics

Aesthetically pleasing

Hot seating

Elements of humour

Direct address

Content that's relevant and relatable

Verbatim theatre- taking words people said and turning it into a performance

Workshop performance

What does the audience want?

Teens- story that's relevant, not condescending, realism, stimulating

Parents- educational, appropriate content, ability to keep teenagers engaged, impactful

Effects:

Identification, empathetic bond between the character on stage and their self attachment- teenagers may identify and 'attach' implications to various actions, e,g victim of abuse. Exploration- ability to tackle hard hitting issues in a safe environment. Change perfections- change in attitudes and views in regards to a particular issue

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What is children’s theatre?

Children’s theatre is a hybrid form of theatre, which means it is a mixture of different styles. Its target audience is children aged between 3 and 11. Having it as a hybrid form of theatre makes it more entertaining for the children, keeping them engaged with the story and makes it appeal to a wider age group. There is always a meaning behind the play, for example to eat healthy.

Style of theatre:

Some of the things that are included in children’s theatre is: Direct address, choral speaking, audience participation and a chorus (ensemble). The play is usually spoken to the audience and not other actors in stage. This helps to spread the message to the children and keep them engaged in the story line. Children’s theatre should be: educational, entertaining, moral, aesthetically appealing, non- realistic styles such as a musical, puppetry, heightened sense of realism, magical, elements of humour, easy to follow and short snappy scenes.

What do the audience members want?

You must consider everyone in the audience when planning children’s theatre, this includes the parents.

Child- story that is relevant, humours and visually stimulating.

Parent/Adult- educational, things that’s relevant, keeps children entertained, ignites the children’s imagination and use of double entendres (inuendos).

Effects:

Identification, empathetic bond between the characters on stage and the children’s self. Attachment, the child may identify and ‘attach’ implications to various actions, e.g; swimming in lakes. It can cause a change in their attitudes, ‘it is my responsibility’ or ‘i now know…’

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A radio play is a dramatised audio performance, broadcasted on radio or published on audio media. A radio drama depends on narration, dialogue, music and sound effects as there is no visual performance going on. By the late 1930’s radio drama was widely popular as they had no T.V’s. There was do en of programs and different generes, just like there is dozen of different generes and channelled on the T.V. However, as the T.V was invented, radio plays got cancelled as no one was tuning in to liste to them anymore, most would rather watch a visual representation on the T.V. In radio plays the narrator laid the ground work for the show. Dialogue gives information, reveles characters, direct attention (foreshadow), reveals themes, establishes the level of reality, establishes the temp and rhythm of the drama. The characters repeat their names so the people listening know which character it is talking at which time. Music is to identify the program, every show has a theme song that was instantly recognised. Music is also used to create a bridge, a short three or four measure musical connection between the scenes, or to underscore dialogue, like in a movie. Radio dramas have become popular again due to podcasts, podcasts are easy to create, no restrictions on length and are cheap to create.

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This is the mood board I made for the Christmas Cabaret to help make sure people knew what costumes to wear in the rave scenes/ to give them all ideas on what to bring in

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I think that we all worked well as a mini theatre company to produce the play. I had the role to help with costumes because I asked Tom (the director and our tutor) if I could as I enjoy it, so I helped to come up with the costumes that people needed for each scene and made sure we had them available or made sure everyone could get them. I did a mood board for the 90’s rave clothes to give people an idea on what to get as well. We all helped with the props and helped to put the play together and make it our own. I think that I projected my lines well in the bar scene and brought a lot of energy with the dancing scenes, however I think I need to work on having more movement as I was stood still a lot. I think that the first night was okay, we could have done better but it didn’t go terrible. What went well on the first night was that everyone knew their queues and was on stage at the right time, we were all quiet behind stage, we knew our lines and portrayed the story well. However, what needed improving was our communication with one and other as there was a pause on stage because people didn’t have enough time to get changed backstage. On the second night it went a lot better, we had better communication and there was no awkward pause on stage while people got changed. We all projected our lines affectively, and we all brought a lot of energy to the performance. However, there was a few lines that got missed by the audience as we tried to talk over the laughing. On the final night it went really well again, we projected well, none of our lines got missed by the audience and we all had enough time to get changed. However, the energy did start to drop halfway through the play but we managed to bring it back up again. Overall, I think that we worked really well together to perform the play because we had amazing communication and helped each other out, if we were to perform it again I think we’d need to improve on keeping the energy high at all times in the play and making sure that we have that pause when the audience laughs to ensure our lines don’t get missed. I think that I projected my lines well, turned it out towards the audience and made it clear what my scene was about, however there was some improvements needed. For me personally I need to work on bringing more movement to my character to show the emotions more and to make that scene look more natural to the audience.

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Our radio play was called Little Monster’s and was aimed towards children between the ages of 6-9. We decided to creat a radio play about change as most children see change as a bad thing and are scared of it. Roses dad divorced her mum and they moved to a new house where she had to move schools. She didn’t like the house and was scared of it at first, she saw monsters all around the house and couldn’t settle to the new life she had. However, after a few weeks and a lot of comforting from her dad, Rose started to settle and see the monsters as her friends. We chose this because a lot of children are scared of monsters and imagine them in their house. We made them become her friend after to show that even though it is scary at first you get use to it and adjust to the change. We showed how her dad supported her through this and tried to convince her the change wasn’t bad by giving her reassurance. We chose to do children’s theatre as we could make it a lot more creative and it didn’t have to be realistic, it gave us more options and helped to open up new ideas for us to explore

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Over all A 'Good' piece of work - Well done