In this area of study students document and report on dramaturgical decisions that could inform a creative and Imaginative interpretation of a monologue and its prescribed scene.
Students outline an interpretation of the scene, focusing on the ways in which the scene could be approached as a piece of theatre, including its place within the script, its specific structure, its characters, its themes, its images and ideas, its possibilities and its theatre styles. Students conduct dramaturgy as the basis for decisions that will inform their interpretation. This includes research into the contexts of the script and influences on the playwright/s.
Students consider how elements of theatre composition and theatre technologies could be employed to realise their proposed concepts and aims. They identify issues relating to safe and ethical theatre practices that they will need to apply in their work to realise their proposed interpretation.
On completion of this unit the student should be able to describe and justify a creative and imaginative interpretation of a monologue and its prescribed scene.
This outcome forms the preparation for your external monologue exam (4.2). Your monologue is chosen from a prescribed list, and you interpret that monologue in 2 production roles: EITHER Actor/Director OR a combination of any 2 Design roles.
• dramaturgy and how it informs the interpretation of a script
• elements of theatre composition
• contexts of the period in which the script is set and was conceived
• influences on the playwright/s
• the place of the scene within the complete script for the play
• ways in which themes, images and ideas can be conveyed within a scene
• the structure and plot of, and the character/s in, the script
• the ways theatre styles and theatre technologies can be applied
• theatrical possibilities including ways in which the script may be interpreted as a piece of theatre for an audience
• the ways meaning can be communicated in the interpretation of a script through use of techniques and processes and safe and ethical working practices
• approaches to justifying creative and imaginative interpretive decisions
• theatre language, terminology and expression.
• undertake dramaturgy into the contextual background of the selected script to inform an interpretation of a monologue and its specified scene
• outline theatrical possibilities and describe a possible interpretation of a monologue and its prescribed scene
• justify dramaturgical decisions that underpin the proposed interpretation, including how the interpretation will convey intended meanings of a monologue, its specified scene and the wider script
• describe work in selected production roles that will be required to realise the proposed interpretation
• orally describe and justify proposed application of theatre styles and use of elements of theatre composition and theatre technologies to enhance the interpretation for performance to an audience
• outline safe and ethical working practices associated with theatre production that will be applied to realise the interpretation
• use theatre terminology and expression appropriately.
Written responses to short structured questions in an exam setting
Oral presentation about the possibilities, intentions and vision for an interpretation of a monologue and its prescribed scene, including responding to questions.