Devising Apocalypse - 9x2/dr2 by natalie https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2 Homework blog en-us 2016-09-09 07:01:26 UTC 2016-10-11 15:43:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122799685 Mandeep Kaur 9H 

In todays lesson we had to make a role play about the zombie apocalypse. we use a lot of drama techniques such as: cross-cutting ,thought tracking and also still image. The areas of our piece which were really effective were the cross-cutting parts as we demonstrated it really well and we also used thought tracking for effect as well. On stage we chose to do the present future and then the past. We thought this would really set the mood for the audience and also wanting the audience to find out more about our piece. This was really effective because the audience would be intrigued to want to find out more and also getting them thinking of what has happened and why. overall I think our piece was intense and also effective in many different ways.  

Miss Jim says: You have demonstrated that you understood why the use of crosscutting was used in your work to try to engage the audience and build tension. Can you describe how you used transitions in the work and how they made it clear you were moving forwards and backwards in time?
We used transitions in our work to go forwards and backwards in time for the crosscutting scene. We made it clear that we were crosscutting by saying 2 years earlier in our piece and then actually transitioning into the crosscutting scene.
]]> 2016-09-09 16:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122799685 PDE  https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122875366 In our piece of drama what was effective is that we used flash back as we started of in the future and then back into to show how the zombie attack started. we decided to show how people starting dying and then the cause of that. this is effective because it creates a suspense    .    PRAAVINAA-PRABA

Miss Jim says: It is good that you discuss how you wanted to create suspense through showing the deaths first and then using the flashback to show the cause. Can you explain why this creates suspense for an audience?
]]> 2016-09-09 19:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122875366 Sohana Raja Our performance was based on the Zombie Apocalypse, it was mainly about the past, present and future transition. We first done the scene that showed the present, next we performed the scene that flashbacks to the past and lastly it was the scene shown in the future. this was a good idea because it gives the audience more of a clue of what we were trying to exhibition. in our group we were able to demonstrate transition easily and we also used a good amount of speech in it too. Our performance was clear enough for the reader to understand and know what we are trying to explain. In our role plays we used a few drama techniques such as crosscutting, Movement, and a few more. https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122876831
Miss Jim says: It is good that you got to think about to use flashbacks and flash forward to create interest for the audience. Could you explain a bit further how you used transitions to show that you were moving backwards and forwards in time? How did you make this clear to the audience?


]]> 2016-09-09 19:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122876831 EBI                         Sohana Raja https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122880842 We needed to add more detail to our role pay because it was quite simple, we also could've used some thought tracking to make our performance much more effective. To aim for a higher level i think our scenes needed a little more scariness to it because it wasn't that terrifying, it could've had some soundscape to give it that extra effect. 

Miss Jim says: Very good point about adding thought tracking. Why do you think this would have been more effective?



]]> 2016-09-09 20:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122880842 PDE paragraph Amina Lounici https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122915187 In this lesson we had used cross cutting to our piece so that the audience was able to have a better understanding of what had caused the apocalypse and what had happened after the apocalypse. In our piece the order of the scenes were future, past then present; I think that this order was effective due to the fact that it made the audience curious to see why a the events in the future were happening. However I think that we could have made the transitions from the different scenes more clear so that the audience did not get confused.

Miss Jim says: you have shown that you have understood how crosscutting can be used to create a better understanding of a situation. If you were able to work on your transition can you be specific about how you would have developed these in the piece?

To develop the piece further to make the transitions from the different times evident we could have all frozen for a few seconds before moving onto the next scene.

Miss Jim says: That is a good idea. Is there anything else you could include in the transition to indicate you are moving backwards or forwards in time? 
We could have used a split stage which could have shown what was happening in the different time zones (past, present, f
]]> 2016-09-10 12:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/122915187 PDE  Sabina Begum 9H. https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123296005 point: what i thought was effective was the cross cutting as it gives the audience tension and suspense as well as it gives the audience a time to understand what is going on and what will happen.
Describe: what i did on the stage was we started our scene with the future then go back to present then past. 
Evaluate: the reason why we chose it this way is because we all know that everyone will be doing the same old present to past to future so we wanted to change it up and be a little different and so the audience will be able to understand our plot. in addition we thought that starting from the future will make the audience wonder oh what happened how did this happen and why did this happen. in conclusion i thought this piece was good but we could improve more by practising more and go over things and understand the plot.

Miss Jim says: It is good that you decided as a group to take a risk and not do what other groups did when you used crossed cutting. In terms of the plot what changes do you think you would make if you were going to develop the work further?

]]> 2016-09-12 20:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123296005 Maleeha https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123472860 In my performance based on the zombie apocalypse I think what was effective was how we used cross cutting to show the events in different times and different years. It was effective as it was suspenseful and the audience would want to know what happened as Saffiya would shout this is all my fault it created climax as the audience was gripped and wanted to know how it was her fault. However if Saffiya said this but it was in chronological order it wouldn't be as effective as the audience already know what shes done. To improve we need to make more of a solid storyline and make sure that we use more drama techniques such as sound scape.

Miss Jim says: Some good use of drama vocab - including climax. What do you think the effect of adding a soundscape would have on the work?
]]> 2016-09-13 14:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123472860 Apocalypse evaluation https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123796249 We used levels and also some soundscapes for example- when we all fell at the end there was a loud bang. I think it was good as it signalled us (when we were meant to fall) and also fitted with the scene. The levels are also effective as it can help the audience understand how the character is feeling for example- when two people were hugging their knees it shows that they are scared of the zombies around them. However, I think we should work on transitions because as the still image was not clear the audience thought it was two scenes and not three this also meant that they could not tell the present scene and that they thought it was a flashback. Another thing we can work on is staging as we were too far from the audience and we were also near the corner at the end this means that the audience could not hear the  speech very well.

Salma


Miss Jim says: I am very pleased that you discuss your use of staging as it is important that you consider this drama skill. How do you think you could have developed your transitions further to make them clearer - give specific examples. 
]]> 2016-09-14 14:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123796249 emmannuella https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123819675 i thinking that they effective was when they disease was spread one person  at first  and then it continue going to all of us

one first scene we had done two people sit down also me person is person is primister ]]> 2016-09-14 15:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123819675 Hawah Naeem https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123902528 In the lesson today our aim was to create a drama piece including crosscutting. Our scene was based on a zombie apocalypse . i think that it was effective because we the crosscutting technique had created a effect on the audience as they had noticed a different view of different scenes and not just the normal past, present, future. Each group had the chance to make their drama piece in different orders. In my group the order was future,past and present. this was effective because the audience were curious to know why it was in this order as it had created suspense.
i think to improve our piece we could have made our transitions more clear so the audience could understand better.

Miss Jim says: You start to make some solid points about why the use of crosscutting was used in your work. could you give an example why the order you chose to structure your work (past/present/future) was effective at creating suspense?
]]> 2016-09-14 19:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/123902528 Fahima Islam https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124069210 so we did a zombie apocalypse themed performance in drama. we used many strategies like for example cross cutting, where we were changed to the hospital setting were we were going to find out that the person, who was acting out where she got bitten has the virus of a zombie. and we used staging and used different levels but our staging wasn't good because we were backing most of the time. also we did our scenes in different order because that would make a suspense for the audience because it would make them confused about what is happening.
Miss Jim says: You refer about how you structured your scenes using crosscutting - could you just explain why you think this was effective at creating tension?
]]> 2016-09-15 14:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124069210 Tanha Akter 9H https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124069235 In our performance based on the apocalypse we've used back in time on what happened before the plague started and in my opinion i think that was effective because it gives some time to the audience to think what happened in the past. We've also used levels to show what kind of person we are. However i think our space and staging wasn't that good, when we were standing we were backing the audience and i also think that we wren't speaking loud enough i don't think the audience heard us clearly so maybe next time we should talk louder and be aware of staging next time. 

Miss Jim Says: You are absolutely right when you say that the use of crosscutting allowed the audience to think about what might have happened in the past. If you were to develop you piece by thinking more about the use of stage and spacing, what would you do to improve it?

]]> 2016-09-15 14:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124069235 emmannuella https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124070565 I thinking that they effective was when they disease was spread at one person at first then it continued to go to all of us 

one of the first scean we had done two people sit down also one person is lady down that was two guirds .the first a person is lady down that was me. and one from doctor ,nrses and primermiter.and three one was when I was coughing and then I was died and effective was the way died and how did difference from everyone else.


I through is was effective and impact because how we started we in middle to also impact because how will made the audience thinking what is going on also it chanting tension. and the key informs that we used is flash -light-stage -cross cutting -body language -dialogue -level through-track -still image. this things I thinking that my group need inprove to add more dialogue .

Miss Jim says: you make some really interesting points - well done. If you could have included more dialogue what would your character have said?
]]> 2016-09-15 14:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124070565 Tamanna Akthar https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124076120 My performance was based on the zombie Apocolypse. Our role play consisted of 3 scenes, my group showed this through flash back and flash forward (A.K.A cross cutting). The first scene has shown present, then past lastly future. I believe that this was effective it helped illustrating how the apocolypse had happened. We used levels and staging to show an understanding of who we are and what we are saying. The impact these gave was that we included climax and creating a suspense to show how every one was effected by the touch of the zombies. I think it would have been better if we had developed our transitions to make it very clear we are moving from one scene to another e.g  if we are going to the past we could say 'the day it all began'  and then start moving slowly into the next scene.

Miss Jim says: Very good use of drama vocabulary in your response with a solid understanding of why to use crosscutting. If you were to develop the piece and work on the transitions what drama skills would you use and how would it be more effective to make it clearer to the audience? 
]]> 2016-09-15 14:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124076120 Drama homework PDE paragraph - Aimanah Wahid 9R https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124097399 I think that in my drama piece the split scene was effective. i think that it was effective because it showed that there were other things that were happening contrast to the zombie attack. later on we showed how the both scenes merged into one. they were two scenes that became one. i think that this drama strategy was important as it created a lot of curiosity within the audience which was soon answered.
To aim for a higher level we could have tried to bring up the suspense to an extreme and then use anti-climax as a sort of relief. 

Miss Jim says: you demonstrate that you have a good understanding about how crosscutting can create suspense.   can you be more specific about the aspect of the work e.g. staging or use of sound that you thought was particularly effective in your piece at helping to create the tension?
]]> 2016-09-15 15:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124097399 Taina Uddin  https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124124800 What was effective in my groups is that we did present,future,past to make suspense in the piece to get the audience more hooked and wanting to find out what is happening and the cause of the tragedy.

What we did on stage is that we started of with the zombie apocalypse as our present to create suspense. Then we went to the future to see the surviver one year later and the effect of the zombie apocalypse that did to the city. After that we go onto the past the reason for the zombie apocalypse which we find out that the soul surviver was the reason for it.

My piece creates effect because when we do the present first the audience is like what is going on, for the future it is like why where the zombies created then we answer the question by going back into the past to tell the audience why this happened which created the feeling so of shock,betrayed and relieve

Miss Jim says: You make some interesting points about why the use of crosscutting was used in your piece. If you were going to develop this further what other drama skills or techniques might has you included to help build the tension even further?
]]> 2016-09-15 16:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124124800 Symrah https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124137865 Our role play was based on a zombie apocalypse. We had to do past, present and future scenes to show how the apocalypse affected the public through time. We ordered our play in this sequence: present, past and then future. This order has an impact on the audience by leaving them in suspense after the future scene. It makes them wonder what happened that lead to what was shown in the first scene that we performed. Our transition were a little bit confusing for the audience as they thought that we only had future and past scenes whereas we had future past and present scenes. This means that our group has to go back and either refine our transitions, or come up with a clearer way to show it so that we can then use it in our future pieces.

Miss Jim says: You make a good point about how the use of crosscutting would impact an audience. When you talk improving your transition to make them clearer how might you do this?
We could do this by freezing for about 2-3 seconds so the audience know that it's the end of the scene, and then we could twirl into our next positions to start the next one.
]]> 2016-09-15 17:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124137865 Maahi 9H https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124188312 In our zombie apocalypse performance we had drama strategies like cross cutting and marking the moment. We learnt how to use a stimuli effectively to create our piece. We could make our piece better by adding sound effects to make it spooky and scary. We need to work on our space and staging to because many of us were blocking each other in parts of the role play.
Miss Jim says: It is good that you have started to consider the impact of use of space. If you had added a soundscape what sounds would you have chosen and why do you think this would have enhanced your piece?
I would add spooky sounds like strong wind and creaking doors to make it relate to the horror genre.
]]> 2016-09-15 19:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124188312 By safiyyah mangerah 9R https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124191058 In that lesson our role play was effective because of how we created that suspense as it wasn't  in chronological order. We created that suspense  as a team because the first thought's were  where are these zombies even coming from. However in the next scene it brings that climax. So that creates suspense to the audience. To improve i agree with what my team mate have written an we could add more soundscape to give that extra effect.

Miss Jim says: Good use of drama vocabulary in your response. If you were to use a soundscape can you be more specific about what sounds you would use and why? 

]]> 2016-09-15 19:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124191058 Amina PDE paragraph https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124251167 In our piece of drama I think our use of space and staging was effective as we knew where we had to be at what time. This made our transitions smoother and easier for the audience to understand what scene we were on. We also didn't come too close to the audience nor did we move too far away.

Miss Jim says: It is good that you are starting to think about the use of staging in a performance. Please could you give a specific example of how you used staging in an effective way in your work.
]]> 2016-09-16 05:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124251167 Amina.M PDE https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124251358 In our performance I think our use of space and staging was very effective as we were able to not block the audience and were not too far off centre stage during the piece. We were also able to smoothly transition smoothly into our next scene so that it made it easier for the audience to understand where each scene started and ended.We also used crosscutting  starting from present time to show the action and then we moved to the past to show the audience exactly how it happened. This would keep them hooked and wanting to know why someone was dying in hospital. So by keeping the dialogue short and the arguments consider we were able to improve our roleplay  using the feedback and advice we had received.

Miss Jim says: You are right when you talk about how crosscutting might keep an audience interested and hooked. Can you give a specific piece of feedback you were given in order to develop the piece further?
]]> 2016-09-16 05:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124251358 yasmin https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124258496 My performance was aboyt a zombie appocolypse. we used still images to mark the moment and crosscutting to make the story more interesting. we started our scene in the present then used a traansition to cut ahead two years later showing the after math os everything,. 

Miss Jim says: Why do you think your use of crosscutting made your story more interesting? can you give a specific example?
]]> 2016-09-16 06:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/124258496 Salma https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/127451569 To make the transitions clearer you can turn around or say in your dialogue "I can't believe it has been 2 years"]]> 2016-09-30 07:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/natalie_jim/apocalypse9x2dr2/wish/127451569