Drama Production and Performance

1. Drama Production and Performance KriswandaKrishnapatria

2. The Drama Process Drama is a process involving: Thinking, feeling, responding, talking, listening, role play, movement, writing and reading. It is an on-going and extended effort to make a message clear (one practice or rehearsal can seldom achieve the best product).

3. Drama as a Process • The actor needs time and opportunity to think about and create, (alone or with others), the sequence and actions of a performance. • The skills of cooperative decision making are involved at the beginning, during and after; when it is revised effectively. • Finally, the actors can have confidence to present to the intended audience with the expectation of a positive response.

4. Stages in the Drama Process

5. Stage 1: Mastering the basics Learn the elements of drama. Practice the use of stress and intonation.

7. Part 2: Script Writing • Learn elements of a script. Transform a famous folk tale into script and introduce simple stage directions. • Practice writing a simple script. • Learn the assessment criteria of script writing.

8. Role-Play of a Short Scene • Role Play a short scene in the group and reflect on one’s own performance. • Evaluate the group members’ performance using a set of criteria • Role-play feedback form

9. Questions before Role Playing • Should you speak from memory or hold the script? • How fast should you speak? • How should you handle the stress and intonation? • How can the voice be made clear and interesting? • How can eye contact be used? • How can facial expression be used? • How can gesture be used?

10. Role-play Feedback Form

11. Actor’s Experience • To enrich actors’ experience, brainstorm the verbal and non verbal cues which showing emotions, feelings and motivation. (tips: using video clips to identify different emotions, feelings or motivations)

12. Process Writing and Cooperative Learning Approach • To identify purposes, roles and context for different scenes of a drama and rewrite the scene in order to effectively convey the emotions, feelings and motivations of the characters involved in the scene. • Act out the scene and evaluate the group performance of the scene using the Rehearsal and Performance Feedback.

13. To do list for writing a script and putting on a play • As a group • Select a story • Write a skeleton of the story • Write the first draft of the script • Give and get feedback on the script using the Script Feedback Form • Rewrite the script as many times as it takes to get it right. • Give everyone a speaking part in the play • Role delegation • Carry out rehearsals • Give and get feedback on the rehearsals • Carry out a dress rehearsal • Give the performance • Get feedback from your audience • Evaluate your performance and what you have learned

14. Script Feedback Form

15. Overall Script Feedback • What did you enjoy about the script? • What other areas could be improved on?

16. Stage 3 Performing a Play • To understand and identify purpose, audience, roles and context for developing a script. • To practice completing a script by using appropriate linguistic, structural and rhetorical devices, a variety of structures and vocabulary and imaginative ideas. • To draft, revise and edit a script using a set of criteria both independently and collaboratively.

17. Casting and Rehearsal • Discuss the roles and responsibility of the group members and assign each one a speaking part. • Each group create a portfolio of the drafts of their script culminating with the final drafts to be submitted to the teacher for assessment.

18. Performance and Evaluation • Students learn to participate with others in planning, organizing and carrying a drama performance. • Students also learn to respond to the characters, events and issues in a drama text through putting oneself in the imaginary roles and situations in the story and participating in dramatic presentations. • Students evaluate their own and others’ rehearsal using a set of criteria.

19. Difficulties encountered • Time-constraints • Resources include enough space for rehearsals, financial set up include make up, props and costumes. • Sustain junior students’ interests as quality drama involve great effort and energy as well as commitment and devotion

20. The Essential Elements of Script Writing • Concept • A script concept is a way to describe the idea that will help sell the script. It is the "hook" that captures a reader's interest. • Scene Heading • The scene heading element is used as a way to describe the location of a scene. It should include information stating that a scene is an interior or exterior scene. It should also state a name for the actual place. This could be a specific room or area of a forest. It is also used to describe what part of the day a scene is happening. A scene heading is also known as a Slugline.

21. The Essential Elements of Script Writing • Synopsis This is the detailed outline of the script. It's basically a fleshed out version of the treatment. • Format • The script format is the way in which the scenes, description and dialogue are written. It is a standard format in the industry that must be followed.

22. The Essential Elements of Script Writing • Characters • All scripts need interesting main and supporting characters who have needs that must be fulfilled. Proper characterization drives a script forward. • Character Name • The character name is a scriptwriting element used prior to any dialog spoken by a character in a script. The character name can be a generic vocational title, a visual description or a character's name.

23. The Essential Elements of Script Writing • Plot • Plot is the story that is told by the script. The plot is divided into three acts---a beginning, middle and end. • Conflict • Character conflict is what moves the plot from its introduction (the beginning of Act One) to its resolution and climax (the end of Act Three).

24. The Essential Elements of Script Writing • Dialogue • Dialogue is the element of a script in which a character is actually speaking. It may be beneficial to recite dialogue aloud while writing, as this can better ensure that it sounds appropriately natural. • Parenthetical • A parenthetical element is used in a script after a character name element and prior to a dialogue element. The parenthetical element is used to guide an actor or actress performing any action or dialog that follows in a script.

25. Resolutions • Start planning early • Seek professional support • Keep things simple and basis • Cultivate a positive and threat-free learning environment. • Tailor the tasks for learners’ ability • Teachers are also reflective learners

26. Thanks!

27. Free download of scripts • WhootieOwl’s Free Fairytale Play Scripts: www.storiestogrowby.com • Lazy Bee Scripts: www.lazybeescripts.co.uk