Edexcel Drama and Theatre Unit 4

Original post by magicalyoghurt

I'm hogging it too lol :tongue:

I think for designers you could talk about how the set would work. Like I don't know it could revolve or Woyzeck could enter through the audience? (I don't know if that is design though lol) Maybe you could say I would have Woyzeck enter in such a way and this would be added to by the costume, creating maximum impact :s-smilie:

But then it is rehearsal... Hmm that is a hard one. I never know how the answer that (a) question. Thankfully it is just 4 marks :tongue:

We're definitely the keen ones :wink:

Thanks for this what you said before :smile:

I just hope they don't ask anything like that in the exam!

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Original post by JoshCampell

Thanks for the rehearsal techniques =)

By sounds, i got told that for the concept (B) you have to cover:
lighting
sound
costume
set

I don't know what sounds to use =/

and i meant quotes as in like what a practioner said (for woyzeck, ignore romeo and juliet) - then saying how that quote relates to your concept. That what i have seen some people made in a practice paper and my teacher said it would be good to use quotes.

Ahright, I'm just using recorded music to underscore a few scenes..
Hmm didn't think of using quotes, do you know any quotes that practitioners use? I'm baffed haha

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JoshCampell

Original post by Wanttobeasucess

Ahright, I'm just using recorded music to underscore a few scenes..
Hmm didn't think of using quotes, do you know any quotes that practitioners use? I'm baffed haha

Yeah

"Woyzeck is a politicalized play, not a political play politics, the struggle for power amongst masses and elites worked out through stage crafts and revolution" - Richard Schedner

"When we are on stage, we are here and now" - Stanislavski

Anyone know any good websites where i can find some pretty useful information for 'original shakespeare conditions' as well? (for part C)

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Original post by JoshCampell

Yeah

"Woyzeck is a politicalized play, not a political play politics, the struggle for power amongst masses and elites worked out through stage crafts and revolution" - Richard Schedner

"When we are on stage, we are here and now" - Stanislavski

Anyone know any good websites where i can find some pretty useful information for 'original shakespeare conditions' as well? (for part C)

Great, thanks.

Does anybody know if we are allowed to write historical context and original perofrmance conditions in our script? :/

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magicalyoghurt

Original post by Wanttobeasucess

Great, thanks.

Does anybody know if we are allowed to write historical context and original perofrmance conditions in our script? :/

I think so :-) I have everything in there but essays lol. Even put in all my rehearsal techniques. Might put in some quotes and all :P

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Original post by magicalyoghurt

Aw yeah you can't have any essays in it!! We were told we could put in anything but essays cos if they find them you would be disqualified lols. Not sure about the mark scheme in? I suppose you could actually put that in :smile:

I just checked the specification out, and the ONLY set rules they have are that there's no pre-published text. So that would include any work that you haven't written yourself (incl. mark scheme unfortunately, sorry!)

I don't think there's anything stopping you taking good sentences/parts of essays and bullet pointing them or writing them in to jog your memory. I have big massive sections that I've pre written linking each design element to my concept. I hope they're ok. They're obviously all my own work but they're pretty long :P

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KWilli

hey guys, my drama teacher made it clear that this is a drama exam - not history/english lit papers. we are drama students and need to reflect our personalities - don't over complicate things either!! like someone said before, just a chance for us to write / show our understanding of the plays and all the things we've learnt over the past 7 years - good luck! xx

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Also, does anyone have a good structure for section B?

Edit: Sorry, also, I'm struggling with what to write about for historical context with woyzeck. Any ideas? Thanks everyone x

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JeffMcSheff

Original post by xoxjubixox

Also, does anyone have a good structure for section B?

Edit: Sorry, also, I'm struggling with what to write about for historical context with woyzeck. Any ideas? Thanks everyone x

Well as far as I understand it's your interpretation, which means, you choose basically.

I've done mine pre-WW1, only because I've studied that in History and I know about all the political and social problems of the time.

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Ellee

Original post by xoxjubixox

Also, does anyone have a good structure for section B?

Edit: Sorry, also, I'm struggling with what to write about for historical context with woyzeck. Any ideas? Thanks everyone x

get some background information of when it was written, we got given worksheets that said woyzeck is based on a real criminal case in the time where psychology was becoming big. so you could say that woyzecks pschological problems relate to the time sort of thing. dont know if that helps atall

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Apperently in section B you will get one general question where you can just basically talk about your concept and another more focused one????

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Original post by Wanttobeasucess

Apperently in section B you will get one general question where you can just basically talk about your concept and another more focused one????

I really hope this is the case. I guess it was last year, because the choice (for woyzeck anyway) was 1 about historical context, and the other about 2 design elements. Would LOVE a general one. But it's only been run once before so you never know :frown:

bleh.

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tula baby

Original post by xoxjubixox

I just checked the specification out, and the ONLY set rules they have are that there's no pre-published text. So that would include any work that you haven't written yourself (incl. mark scheme unfortunately, sorry!)

I don't think there's anything stopping you taking good sentences/parts of essays and bullet pointing them or writing them in to jog your memory. I have big massive sections that I've pre written linking each design element to my concept. I hope they're ok. They're obviously all my own work but they're pretty long :P

Could you give us an example of this? It seems a good idea and I want to try it myself but I wouldn't know what to write!
Also, with the notes.. so they are DEFFO taking them away??

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ojpearson

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OK guys this is my understanding so far of what to cover in each part of drama exam:

SECTION A: Woyzeck.

a) Two ways performers might explore stage direction / transition (4)
b) Three rehearsal techniques to explore an exchange / relationship (6)
c) How I intend to explore a particular aspect (giving reasons + examples) (10)

SECTION B: Woyzeck.

a) Approach to the play understanding historical context, or two design elements. (30)

SECTION C: Shakespeare.

a) Compare an aspect of the production with its original performance. (30)

On the Shakespeare topic you get two choices of questions but comparing it with its original context mostly comes up.

Hope that all helps, GOOD LUCK everyone :smile:

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loopynutcase

OP

Original post by Wanttobeasucess

Great, thanks.

Does anybody know if we are allowed to write historical context and original perofrmance conditions in our script? :/

For section A and B? Yeah we are :smile:

Have you got the same layout as me? Like the left hand side of the script if blank for you to write on then you have the right side of the script with the text
I'm using the lower half of the page in the script to write out the different concepts for section B and then the upper half for section A and also you can use different coloured pens to make your notes in the script which might help with seperating the information :smile:

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