Week commencing Monday 27 th April Todays Bell

Week commencing: Monday 27 th April Today’s Bell Task is… Recall Task: List 4 elements of Pantomime. Narrator 1

Today’s Learning Objective is… To understand the role of a Narrator in pantomime. To explore the importance of costume in pantomime. (A drama medium) Narrator

The Narrator What is the role of a narrator? _________________________________________________ ______________ How would you use your drama skills, as the narrator, to attract attention from the audience and bring focus to yourself? ______________________________________________________________ _______________________

Drama Mediums Drama mediums are the ingredients involved in staging drama. The mediums are often used to heighten the effectiveness and meaning of the performance and are combined to produce a successful performance. • • There are eight main areas to consider: costume, masks and make-up music and sound lighting space set props movement, mime and gesture voice and language

Costume In theatre costumes can help reveal more information about a character. It may inform the audience of the characters age, profession, mood, gender, class and personality. When exploring the roles of ‘Pantomime Dames’ we discussed their costumes. We used words such as: exaggerated, bold, big and colourful to explain them. We also discussed what this said about their character, we identified how a costume reflects a characters personality telling us that the Dame’s likes attention and wants to attract attention from the audience.

Stepsister Costume design Your task is to create a costume design for one of the stepsisters from Cinderella. You can either draw the costume and send a photo of your design or use google images to put together a costume and accessories for the character. Remember: the costume should display their personality.

Week commencing Monday 4 th May 2020 Today’s Bell Task is… Recall Task: Explain the meaning of: Drama Medium and list as many as you can. Drama Mediums

Today’s Learning Objective is… To consider the use of drama mediums in your performance of Cinderella To create a final plan of the Cinderella Pantomime

Highlight/annotate the Pantomime elements and Drama mediums you would use in scene of the cinderella script. Costume Props Masks Audience Participation Sound Slapstick Make-up Extension: Explain why and what effect the drama medium would have on the audience?

Demonstrating my understanding of the plot and relevant drama mediums. • Create a storyboard of Cinderella with a minimum of 10 scenes. (Draw images and include speech bubbles with character dialog • Include use of the pantomime elements and label them clearly (Audience Participation, Slapstick and Stock Characters) Storyboard template is provided (on next slide) OR you can draw your own. You can use the Cinderella script and story to help support you.