Drama (Edexcel 2009/2010 New Spec)

I'm doing Woyzeck for section A and have also been told the same about notes! Has anyone focussed loads on Woyzeck own production? Cause thats where i'm hitting a wall!? x

I'm doing this, we're doing Woyzeck for Section A and we've been told the same thing about notes

Hey just a quick question, how did you get the university of notts thing on your signiture?
My firm is Notts too! For Film & American Studies though!
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Hey, Im doing Woyzeck too. We got into groups and directed our own production of Woyzeck, not the whole play, about 3 quarters as we only had a limited time. It's so helpful actually acting it out cos writing about how you WOULD do it is very different to doing it.
Firstly the characters all play a role in Woyzeck's life, work out what these are.
One of the most important things is that it is not just words, there are millions more things to think about. Eg. when we did the scene in the changing room where Woyzeck is asking Andres where the Drum Major is, we had the Drum Major in a changing room behind him, he didnt say a word throughout the scene so it wasnt in the script but it was really effective with creating tension.
Just because a character isnt in the script doesnt mean he's not there! (My eyes were opened when my teacher told us this!)
So what I mean is there are things beyond the script that make a scene good like characters, music, the set, costume(all characters in one colour?etc), pauses in between speech that arent shown in the script.
These details are what the examiner wants you to think about as a director.
I think thats the sort of thing you were asking! If it wasnt, hope it helped anyway!!
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And if anyone has any more tips I'd appreciate them!!

I'm really very worried for this exam, my teachers are AWFUL I'm doing all the work myself...argh

Thanks that does help- because of the whole edexcel muck up we're hvaing to resit the entire a level this eyar, so there isnt much time for creating a production... gah. But thanks that helps... are you doing shakespeare for section B ? xxxx

Me too ! What are you studying for sections A and B?
I've applied to WDP at York too xxx

Yeah Shakespeare for Section B. We went to see Romeo & Juliet at Stratford, what have you seen?
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Lysistrata for A and Twelfth Night for B

My coursework is a nightmare...We got given our FIRST ATTEMPT back this Easter hol, noone got over like 10/45 cos my teachers are so crap....argh!


Awh, is it your firm?

Section A : LYS - every page annotated with what happens, rehersal techniques, and directors concept within the front pages.
Section B : RSC King Lear, and 16/17th century Lear. - up to 10 pages of typed notes for this section

felling pretty good about it although not done much Lys for a while.

For our notes on Lysistrata (or whatever your text is) are we allowed to come up with our own interpretations of the performance in the sense of creating a different theme rather than the original Greek attire and set?