1. Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma Unit 2: Performance
Level 2 Higher Diploma Creative and MediaUnit 1: Scene
2.2.5 Aims of a performance
Student Book
pp 60–67
Devised performances
Consider the aims of a devised performance piece of your choice, answering the questions
below.
What is the theme of the piece?
Our performance has a range of themes because we split in groups. Themes of friendship,
bullying, everyday life is presented through silent comedy (mime).
Why did we choose the theme? (E.g. what was it about the theme that excited and/or inspired us.)
We chose our theme, comedy mime because it’s different and our school doesn’t usually perform
mime so it’s unique and probably even the first mime show. Also from previous drama lessons, no
one from our class has ever studied mime performing so it’s like challenge for us and way to
develop team working to do this unique performance and make it memorable.
Who is it for? (E.g. family audience, teenagers, pre-school children.)
Our target audience for our performance is family and teenagers as it will be performed in our
school.
What do we want our piece to do? (E.g. shock, amuse, educate.)
As our theme is comedy, we obviously want our performance to make our audience amused and
also have fun and enjoy the show. I also want our piece to show our audience how miming works
and that it’s an interesting form of drama.
What style(s) of performance will we use? (E.g. naturalism, musical theatre.)
Musical theatre is the style of performance we will use because as we are doing mime there is no
dialogue do our focus is on music and lighting to create clear understanding of the piece.
What are the dramatic possibilities of the piece? (E.g. for plot and character development,
staging.)
We might use this light that creates this shattering effect which can make it a very dramatic
moment.
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