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?
Mime
Why did we choose the theme? (E.g. what was it about the theme that excited and/or inspired us?)
We chose the theme comedy mime because it was a different take on performance also because it was a
form of performance that wasn’t really taken seriously and by showcasing and organizing a performance
on mime we could make it a memorable and a unique performance from our class.
Who is it for? (E.g. family audience, teenagers, pre-school children.)
Our target audience is family and teenagers as we will be performing in school. The performance targets
every one basically because the drama piece is based on comedy and everyone likes comedy.
What do we want our piece to do? (E.g. shock, amuse, educate.)
Our performance wants to make the audience amused and make them laugh and enjoy the show. I would
also like for the audience to see mime as an interesting form of performance so people see this as a
serious form of drama. And not just street performers with face paint.
What style(s) of performance will we use? (E.g. naturalism, musical theatre.)
We will be using musical theatre because there is no dialogue in mime so we will only be focussing on
music and the lighting to create a atmosphere and a clear understanding of the peice.
What are the dramatic possibilities of the piece? (E.g. for plot and character development,
staging.)
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