1. WELCOME !!!!

2. About The Course…
Drama involves making, performing and critically evaluating drama you have seen, read and been practically involved in. The play that an audience sees on the stage is such a small element of drama. Drama is a way of exploring and gaining new insights into the world of thoughts and feelings and then communicating these to an audience. During this course you can expect to:

3. About The Course…
Explore a range of different stimuli such as poems, pictures, music and stories.
 Devise and script your own drama to convey a message to the audience.
 Explore the different elements that make up a performance.
 Learn about the way stagecraft such as set, costume, lighting and sound communicate meaning to an audience.
 Record the way your ideas and knowledge have developed and evaluate your own and other peoples work.
 Learn about drama from different times and places.
 Consider what you think of as effective and important drama and why.
 Explore the storyline, themes and characters of plays written by professional playwrights.
See a professional live performance!

4. Drama Journal
During the course you need to keep a working journal that explains in detail everything you have done in the lessons and also anything you have done in your own time. This will be classed as your independent learning and it will assist you when it is time to revise for your practical and written exam. It will also assist you in each controlled assessment, as it will give you ideas to include in your work.

5. Top Tips
Always keep your eyes and ears open for things that might make a good starting point for dramatic exploration.  Take risks, try things out, and be prepared to learn from things that don’t work out the first time.  Make notes in your journal about how you are linking different ideas, experiences and knowledge together.  The more plays you read and go see the more your understanding and appreciation of drama will grow.  Extra marks are awarded to pupils who use the correct terminology in their journals, so learn the correct words.

6. Rules
RESPECT
FOCUS
TAKE RISKS
BE COMMITTED
STAY SAFE

7. Drama is not a subject you can learn… it is a process in which you develop a talent, a gift and a love for all dramatic arts. 100% commitment = fantastic results!!