1. Portfolio: 30 marks Performance: 15 marks Evaluation: 15 marks
Component 1
Portfolio: 30 marks
Performance: 15 marks
Evaluation: 15 marks

2. Writing the Portfolio Three Significant Stages
Introduction to the portfolio;
Which practitioner/genre/style
The evidence should focus on three stages which are significant to the development of the devised piece of theatre.
Illustrative material
sketches
photographs
ground plans
diagrams
storyboards
mood boards
sections of script
digital media, including brief recordings of sections of a rehearsal or material appropriate to the skill area, e.g., sound clips. These should be no longer than one minute.

3. Stage 1
How ideas have been researched, created and developed in response to the chosen stimulus
What was your stimulus?
What were your initial thoughts surrounding it?
How did you create an idea from it?
What did you have to research to develop this idea further?
What research did you do? Internet, verbatim, books?
Give an example of how you practically developed an idea from research. Did this add to the theme or plot?

4. Exemplar
The first thing we did was mind map all our ideas. We found a poem which dealt with someone questioning their identity.
We decided to base our TIE project on a 14 year old girl who was being bullied at school and as a result had lost her identity. After thinking about this we decided although an important TIE topic, it was quite stereotypical.
In PSHE lessons we had studied refugees and because of the Syrian crisis which was on the news, we decided that the protagonist would be a Syrian teenager. I went on the internet and found an interesting article called 'Diary of a Teenage Refugee'. By changing the identity of the victim the focus of the piece also changed. We have lots of students from different countries so we felt it was an important message to challenge pupils and to make them think how they treat them.
I loved the opening of the article which tells us that Amira is a pretty normal 16 year old who likes music, boys and her mobile phone. It made me realise that sometimes I forget that wherever we are from we are all the same and I wanted to put this across in my performance. We decided that like Amira in the article, music would be important and researched Syrian music that would be key to her identity and be a reminder of her home. The character would be lost and lonely in her new environment and asking 'Who am I?'

5. Deadline: Friday 7th September
I would like approximately 300 words.
Make sure that you meet this deadline. If you don’t, I will phone home and it is a rubbish start to year 11.
It can be handwritten or typed.
I need to be able to mark this over the weekend.

6. Physical Theatre – is it right for you?
For dramatic effects, Physical Theatre uses bodies and faces rather than using props, scenery or even sound effects at times. It does not have to have an educational or political message.
Physicality of objects
Use of sound/instruments
Use of objects in a symbolic manner, e.g. sticks
Animals, e.g. Two teenagers who are discussing another girl, in a rather nasty
Manner, take on the characteristics of two cats.
Use of ritual
Masks
Fast forward / slow motion
Using a piece of dialogue from a play and presenting it as a piece of movement in order to convey meaning
Use of puppets and dolls
Dream sequences
Disjointed structure
Minimalistic set

7. Brecht – is it right for you?
Episodic Nature - which means they stand alone and are constructed in small chunks
Multi role – an actor takes on a few roles in the play
Split role – two actors play the same role in the play
Direct address to audience – either in or out of role
Narrator - audience are constantly reminded that they’re watching a piece of theatre.
Symbolism to suggest location
Symbolic Props - A suitcase might become a desk, or a car door or a bomb.
Shock tactics – make the audience think and not allow them to wallow in emotion
Protest: Placards / Songs / Newspapers
Screen and Power points
Political message – relevant to audience (helping the decision process)
Actors that step out of role comment on the character in the third person
Actors speaking the stage directions
Alienation effect – audience not able to have emotional involvement, need to feel informed
Song and Dance – reminds audience they are watching a performance
Freeze Frames
Brecht – is it right for you?
Select One clear political message to your audience (Don’t try and put more than one in for your audience to think about, it dilutes the message)
The message must be something the audience can relate to in today’s society
Minimal costume/set/props (never want the audience to be to immersed in the action)
Characters multi-rolling. The audience must always be aware they are watching actors
Direct address to the audience
Humour (SPASS to break any tension)
Placards