Westlake Girls High School

Westlake Girls High School

September Examination

Level 1 Drama, 2014

90011/AS 1.7 Demonstrate understanding of the use of drama aspects within live performance

Credits: Four

Name: ______

Form class:______

You should answer ALL the questions in this booklet.

If you need more space for any answer, ask for extra paper and make sure to CLEARLY LABEL the number of the question you are answering.

Check that this booklet has pages 2-12 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.

YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.

For Assessor’s use only / Achievement Criteria
Achievement / Achievement with Merit / Achievement with Excellence
Demonstrate understanding of the use of drama aspects within live performance. / Demonstrate informed
understanding of the use of
drama aspects within live
performance. / Demonstrate perceptive
understanding of the use of
drama aspects within live
performance.
Overall Level of Performance

You are advised to spend one hour answering the questions in this booklet.

QUESTION ONE: DESCRIBE A PROCESS CONVENTION

In this question you are to discuss how you used a PROCESS CONVENTION to prepare for a live performance that YOU PARTICIPATED in. You may use your performances in 11 Drama this year to answer this question.

a)  Choose a process convention that you used in preparation for this performance.
You could consider:

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·  Freeze Frames

·  Hot seating

·  Research

·  Observation

·  Improvisation

·  Scene replays

·  Language Activities

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Process convention:

b)  Name the character you played in this performance

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c)  Briefly describe this character

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(d) Describe how you used this process convention in preparation for your characterization.

You might consider:

·  Who was involved in the process convention with you

·  What information was discovered about your character

·  How this information was used to benefit the performance as a whole

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e) Explain how you used the information discovered through this processing convention to develop your character, with reference to the performance as a whole.

You might include:

·  Characterisation decisions that you made as a result of the process convention

·  How you incorporated your discoveries into performance

·  What your characterisation may have been like without the process convention

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QUESTION TWO: USE OF TECHNOLOGY

In this question you are to discuss how TECHNOLOGY was used in a moment of TENSION in a live performance that you have SEEN

a)  Describe a moment of tension in the performance

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b)  Identify technology that was used in this moment of tension

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  Sound effects

  Song

  Projected images

  Other technology (specify):
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  Lighting

  Costume

  Special effects

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(c) Describe how this technology was used in this moment of tension
Include specific examples from the performance

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You may sketch in the box below to support your answer to c):

c)  Explain how your chosen technology supported the moment of tension in performance.

You might consider:

·  How the technology helped the audience to focus on an idea

·  How the technology supported the actors

·  How the technology added meaning or impact to the moment

·  How you felt as an audience member in the moment of tension

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QUESTION THREE: VOICE TECHNIQUES

In this question you are to discuss how an actor used VOICE TECHNIQUES to create their role in a live performance that you have SEEN

You may use the same performance that you referred to in QUESTION TWO

a)  Choose a character from this performance

Character name:

b)  Briefly describe this character:

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c)  Describe a situation that this character was involved in

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d)  Describe how the actor used voice techniques to convey their role in this situation.

Include specific examples from the performance.

Consider:

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·  Pitch

·  Pace

·  Pause

·  Projection

·  Emphasis

·  Accent

·  Tone

·  Inflection

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e)  Explain what the audience learned or felt about the character and the situation they were in, as a result of the way the actor used these voice techniques.

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Sketch in the box below if you want to illustrate your answers to Question Three (c) and/or (e).

Label your diagrams

Use this page to continue any answers, if necessary. Number all questions clearly.

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