BLOGS ARE DUE IN ON THURSDAY!!!

Evaluation

Well done on a great performance on Thursday.

To complete your blogs please write an evaluation of at least 400 words covering the following:

What did you think about the overall performance? 

Was it suitable for the target audience? 

Which piece of our show worked the best and why?

Which devising skills were used to make the piece?

What character(s) did you play and how had these been developed? 

What have you learnt about devising? 

What could have been developed further and why? 

Week 3

Log questions:

What activities did we do today?

What ideas did you/your group come up with? 

Why have you chosen some of these ideas to develop further? You need to EXPLAIN WHY?

Why did you reject some of the ideas? You need to EXPLAIN WHY?

What acting skills/performance skills are you using? EXPLAIN WHY these are suitable for the piece and the target audience. 

If you use any internet pages/pictures/quotes in your answers you must say where you found the information by cutting and pasting the website under the work you have included.

Initial ideas sheets...

Week 2 - 18th June 2015

Log questions:

What activities did we do today?

What ideas did you/your group come up with? 

Why have you chosen some of these ideas to develop further? You need to EXPLAIN WHY?

Why did you reject some of the ideas? You need to EXPLAIN WHY?

What acting skills/performance skills are you using? EXPLAIN WHY these are suitable for the piece and the target audience. 

If you use any internet pages/pictures/quotes in your answers you must say where you found the information by cutting and pasting the website under the work you have included.

Lesson 1 Homework Tasks

Devising skills

What devising skills did we discuss today?

Which of these skills are you most confident in using?

Children's Theatre 

Our piece is for a very specific audience. Why is theatre for children so valuable?

Please go on the following websites and do some research on what both companies do.

• Who are they?
• Who do they make work for?
• What's on at the moment?
• How might these companies help us with the work we are devising?

http://www.polkatheatre.com/

https://www.unicorntheatre.com/

Log questions:

What activities did we do today?

What ideas did you/your group come up with? 

Why have you chosen some of these ideas to develop further? You need to EXPLAIN WHY?

Why did you reject some of the ideas? You need to EXPLAIN WHY?

What acting skills/performance skills are you using? EXPLAIN WHY these are suitable for the piece and the target audience. 

If you use any internet pages/pictures/quotes in your answers you must say where you found the information by cutting and pasting the website under the work you have included.

Here is the book that we are using for 'Little People's Day'...

AN AWESOME BOOK by Dallas Clayton

http://www.veryawesomeworld.com/

Questions:

What is your first opinion of the book?

Why has it been selected for our 'Little People's day' audience?