Unit 4, Section B: Interpretation Consideration
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- A2 Drama and Theatre Studies: Unit 4, Section B
- Facts
- The exam will ask you to describe you director's interpretation of 'Lysitrata'
- This refers to how you would stage the interpretation, or how it would look or be communicated during performance
- Take 40 minutes to answer this section.
- This section consists of one 30 mark question
- Aim to write 6-8 sides for this question
- Express ideas quickly and concisely
- Ensure your text is annotated in detail ASAP.
- Use the blank reverse side of the pages.
- Link particular aspects of your interpretation to certain scenes.
- E.g. Use the opening scene to write about historical setting, staging and set, but discuss costume on the arrival of the male and female chorus.
- Link particular aspects of your interpretation to certain scenes.
- Use technical vocabulary throughout annotations.
- Annotate the script by answering the questions posed on this page.
- Use the blank reverse side of the pages.
- Ensure your text is annotated in detail ASAP.
- Express ideas quickly and concisely
- Intended for a contemporary audience whilst respecting the play's original context.
- The exam will ask you to describe you director's interpretation of 'Lysitrata'
- Interpretation should reflect...
- Original themes and issues within the text.
- Identify those you want an audience to focus on/ learn from
- Purpose and intended impact of the original text (comedy) and of your interpretation
- This can be similar or different.
- Consider the effect of your directorial interpretation upon the text in performance, and the impact of your ideas on the target audience.
- This can be similar or different.
- Performance style (using a particular practitioner) of your interpretation.
- How entertaining will the production be?
- The audience understand the play.
- You understand the play in its original Historical, Social and Cultural Context
- Original themes and issues within the text.
- Performance Style/Staging Style
- Use a performance space that is familiar to you.
- Use drama studio as a flexible rehearsal/ performance space
- You need to be able to discuss the +/- of your choice of performance space / staging style
- This should relate to both the actors and the audience at specific points, or during key scenes in the text.
- The performance choice that you choose should reflect your knowledge of the performance/staging style in its' original context.
- Use a performance space that is familiar to you.
- Set and Props Design
- The chosen context/era will affect the overall style/ feel/ mood of the text
- It also affects the piece's appeal to a target audience.
- Set and props should be chosen wisely to ensure they work for a modern audience
- But they also need to communicate Aristophanes' intended meaning.
- The props and set should have a particular shape (style) and function, but should reflect their function in the original context.
- But they also need to communicate Aristophanes' intended meaning.
- Decide between representational or presentational props.
- Representational : realist
- Presentational: non realist and symbolic
- Colours should be a mixture of realism and symbolism
- Set design should reflect the historical context of the interpretation - when and where.
- It's best to be as specific as possible, so link your interpretation to a specific place and time.
- The chosen context/era will affect the overall style/ feel/ mood of the text
- Characters
- Your directorial interpretation of characters should make them appealing.
- This means that the audience will remain engaged with the plot and the message of the play.
- Your characterisation should match and compliment the context of your interpretation
- It should also make sense in the original era.
- How does each character enhance the overall feel / style / mood of the piece?
- What effect should each character have on a contemporary audience?
- Characters should be realist.
- Age
- Height
- Build
- Hair Colour (length and style too)
- Background
- Marital Status
- Occupation
- Personality
- Likes / Dislikes
- How do they act?
- Stance
- Movement quality
- Body language
- Gestures
- Vocal tone - pitch, pace and volume
- Your directorial interpretation of characters should make them appealing.
- Costume, Hair and Make-up Design
- Should support the set and props design - suitable for intended context.
- Should enhance the overall style of the piece to appeal to a target audience
- REALIST VS SYMBOLIC
- Should communicate a particular style, shape, function and colour for each character
- Should link in a way to the style, shape or colour of original context design
- Lighting Design, Sound Design and Special Effects
- Should enhance the historical/ social/ cultural context of your interpretation
- Should enhance the overall style of the piece
- Must appeal to target audience
- REALIST VS SYMBOLISM
- Style of Lighting - range of lanterns and effects
- Sound - live or recorded? Any special effects.
- Remember to consider how your design reflects, or differs, from the original design available to the playwright/ director during the original era.
- Performance Style and Form
- Focuses on engaging the audience - what do you want the impact to be?
- Dealing with the comedy
- "Lysistrata" is a mix of old and new comedy.
- Old - verbal wit and satire
- New - physicality and slapstick
- "Lysistrata" is a mix of old and new comedy.
- Majority of comedy originates within the choruses
- How do you visualise your chorus?
- Do they represent or reflect your audience?
- Do they represent your audience's thoughts and feelings throughout the performance?
- Do they echo the questions and individual responses of the audience?
- Through appearance/ age/ status/ character?
- Do they echo the questions and individual responses of the audience?
- Do they represent your audience's thoughts and feelings throughout the performance?
- Do they represent or reflect your audience?
- How do you visualise your chorus?
- Practitioners
- Choose practitioner(s) to influence your interpretation
- Which designers will influence your piece?
- Stanislavski
- Brecht
- The practitioner you choose must be appropriate to your interpretation
- Choose practitioner(s) to influence your interpretation
- Gender
- "Lysistrata" would have been performed by an all male chorus to an audience mainly consisting of men.
- Would you have an all-male cast? What are the reasons for your choice?
- Consider +/- of this for a contemporary audience
- Would you have an all- female cast? What are the reasons for your choice?
- Consider +/- of this for a contemporary audience
- Would you have an all-male cast? What are the reasons for your choice?
- "Lysistrata" would have been performed by an all male chorus to an audience mainly consisting of men.
- Casting
- Casting should be done carefully, considering how each character needs to be conveyed to an audience in order to enhance your interpretation
- Casting should be appropriate to your view for characters.
- Casting should link to the function and impact of the main characters and chorus in the play's original context
- Justification of Ideas
- As a director, you must be able to justify your creative decisions, and your overall interpretation
- Class Discussions
- Verbal Presentations
- You need to explain/ give reasons for your choices.
- Particular focus on the historical period and era/setting of your interpretation
- How does this speak today?
- Can you answer the question: What does my director's interpretation of "Lysistrata" say to an audience about the original text, its meaning and impact in Ancient Greece and most importantly, its meaning in today's society?
- Particular focus on the historical period and era/setting of your interpretation
- As a director, you must be able to justify your creative decisions, and your overall interpretation
- Facts
- Facial Expressions
- How do they act?
- Stance
- Movement quality
- Body language
- Gestures
- Vocal tone - pitch, pace and volume
- How do they act?
- Chorus are more presentational but they still have to represent real people within the context of the play's central debate.
- Characters
- Your directorial interpretation of characters should make them appealing.
- This means that the audience will remain engaged with the plot and the message of the play.
- Your characterisation should match and compliment the context of your interpretation
- It should also make sense in the original era.
- How does each character enhance the overall feel / style / mood of the piece?
- What effect should each character have on a contemporary audience?
- Characters should be realist.
- Age
- Height
- Build
- Hair Colour (length and style too)
- Background
- Marital Status
- Occupation
- Personality
- Likes / Dislikes
- Your directorial interpretation of characters should make them appealing.
- How does your presentation of each character link to the way that the character would have been presented in the original context?
- Characters
- Choose practitioner(s) to influence your interpretation
- Which designers will influence your piece?
- Stanislavski
- Brecht
- The practitioner you choose must be appropriate to your interpretation
- Which practitioner will help you to achieve the intended impact of the original context?
- Ensure your decision is justified against the original context
- A mixed gender cast is probably the most appropriate choice for a contemporary audience. Do you agree with, or challenge, this?
- A mixed gender cast is probably the most appropriate choice for a contemporary audience. Do you agree with, or challenge, this?
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