The essay discusses a drama performance called "You Me and Ms. Jones" that the student watched. It analyzes various elements of the performance including the two main characters, symbols used, tempo/pace, lighting, music, costumes, and set design. The student provides details on how each element was used and their effectiveness. They conclude that while the performance was good overall, the stage design could be improved and recommend seeing it to learn about acting and other drama elements.

1. Chang Sun
Gr.8 Drama
30/11/2011
Drama essay
! The performance name is You Me and Ms. Jones. There are two characters that
this essay will talk about, which are Somebody and Lenny. Somebody is a student and
Lenny is gang boss. In this essay I am going to talk about Characters, Symbols, Tempo/
Pace, Lighting, Music/Sound/Sound Effects, Costume, and Space/Set design.
! There are two characters what I am going to talk about, which are Somebody
and Lenny. First, Somebody is one of the main character in the performance. He’s tone
was kind of light and high voice, which was kind of like grade 6’s voice. He’s inflection
was like kids. He was not speaking strongly, but he was speaking with Someone with
light and high voice. He was moving like he doesn’t have any power when someone
was catching Someone hand’s to ran away from gang. He was doing many hand
movements to show his character. He’s facial expression was kind of dark, because he
was looking like he is lonely or sad. He used high level, because he had to run and
walk. For example, he walking at the street to find hero, but there was gang boss. They
were talking with them and later Someone caught Somebody’s hand to run away from
gang. Also, he was speaking with normal speed. Lastly, Lenny is the second character
that this essay will talk about. He’s voice was really light. He’s inflection was like adult
and kind of student. He was speaking loudly and kind of strongly to make audience
hear. He was moving with wheel chair, because he got injured. He used wheels to move
around. He’s facial expressions were serious and surprised. He was doing serious face
when he was telling his story and he did surprised face when Someone and Somebody
were gone. He used mid-level, because of wheel chair. Wheel chair is not that big and
not that small so it’s middle level. For example, if Lenny sits on the wheel chair, he will
be sitting on the wheel chair so it’s kind of mid-level. The purpose of he is sitting on
wheel chair, because he got injured. He was speaking quickly first time, but he was
talking little bit slowly when he was telling the story. I think Lenny’s performance was
really good, because even if he was sitting on wheel chair he was trying to act well. So I
think he did really good.
! There are some symbols in the performance. First, there were some objects that
represents. Black jackets were representing gang. Wheel chairs were representing
Lenny got injured. Also, for Somebody and someone, normal clothes represents they
are normal students. Second, there were some impacts in the performance. There was
happening when Someone and Somebody ran away from gang. For example, When
Lenny was telling the story again, Someone and Somebody ran away from gang. That
time was really impact when I watching the performance. Lastly, there were reasons
why they were successful. They did really well when they were running from gang. For

2. example, when Lenny was telling story, they were disappeared so it was really good
timing so I think the performance was successful.
! There are many tempo/pace from the performance. First, the change of tempo/
pace throughout the performance in start, middle, and end. In start section, they were
saying slowly, because they were in the dark street. In middle section, which was telling
the story. It was slow too, because Lenny was telling the story slowly. The reason why
was that gangsters were demonstrating the story. For example, when he was telling the
introduction of story, he was kind of talking quickly, but when gangsters were
demonstrating the story Lenny was talking the story little bit slower. At end part, they
were kind of talking with normal speed. Second, there are some reasons why tempo/
pace were used. The reason why is that if there is no tempo/pace, the performance will
be not fun. Lastly, it was kind of effective. Because of tempo/pace, it was really effective.
I could see why they were talking slowly or moving slowly. I think because of tempo/
pace, the performance went really well.
! There were some lighting happenings in the performance. The lighting almost
spotted at the middle of the stage when actors came to the stage. For example, the light
was off then when the light was on the actors were coming out. The lighting is important,
because lighting makes actors show. In Bugsy Malone, the light shows when the actors
come out or before actors come out. There were no any special lights, but the lighting
was really effective. For example, before scene starts, they turned off the lights and they
turned music on. Then when the actors came in, they turned the light on. I think the
light is really important for showing actors well.
! There was one music when the light was off. When the light turned off, the music
was turned on for waiting. There was no music in the scene, but there was music when
the light was off. I think the music was some kind of effective when the audiences were
waiting for preparing for next scene. For example, when one scene finished the music
was turned one and light was turned off. When the scene starts the light was turned on
and music was turned off.
! There were costumes for everybody in the performance. Somebody was wearing
jeans, hoodi, and glasses. Someone was wearing pants, T-shirt and ribbon. Gangsters
were wearing black jackets and jeans. Any character didn’t change the costumes and I
think the costumes that characters wearing tells the audience who they are.Costumes
develop actors more likely a actor. For example, if gangsters walk on the stage without
black jackets, people will not know that they are gangsters. I think costume is really
important for the performance.
! The space and set design used effectively in the performance. There were some
black boxes when somebody and someone met gang. Set design influences the
performers by they are in like some place. For example, Somebody was in the street
and he met gang so the set design is street. If they know where they are, they can act
better. The stage used effectively, because they used the space well and they acted in

3. the stage without background pictures. I think they can improve on the stage design so
it can look little bit more like place.
! The performance was really great that I wanted clap hands. Even if there are
some needs part, but they did really well. I liked the part when they ran away, because it
was kind of interesting. I think they can improve on the stage design, because it’s so
simple. I want the performance like to be like Bugsy Malone. I will recommend this
performance to others to learn how the actors act and other things.