ACADRR045

Analyse how the elements of drama have been combined in devised and scripted drama to convey different forms, performance styles and dramatic meaning

Elaborations

• identifying and analysing how the elements of drama are combined to focus and drive the dramatic action for an audience (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
• identifying and analysing how the elements of drama are used in the historical and contemporary conventions of particular forms and styles (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding)
• discussing how the elements of drama have been used in a performance they have seen (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
• Considering viewpoints - meanings and interpretations: For example - What were the actor/director's intentions in this drama? What are your intentions in the drama you are making? What ideas did you think the drama expressed? How did you engage with the drama? (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking)
• accessing and researching directors' works through real or virtual performances to analyse directors' interpretations of scripted drama and considering implications for their own work (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking)

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