Blood Brothers Documentary Response
‘Blood Brothers’ Documentary Response
Introduction
This documentary response encompasses the assessed work on the chosen stimulus, ‘Blood Brothers’.
The text provoked different responses displayed varyingly across the group.
Underlying themes which arose were social background, the individual within society, friendship and education, and growing up and money.
Essentially, I have learnt that the play is an exploration of the above themes surrounding an embedded theme of love and the risks and dangers we face for those that we love during life’s many unexpected turns.
In my opinion, the different dramatic explorative strategies were useful in different ways. Freeze frames allowed us to pin-point specific moments and analyse them which …show more content…
Evaluate your own work and that of others.
When writing about each strategy, always say what decisions were made as a result of working in that way and how that rehearsal strategy helped you to understand the play and its characters.
1: The initial lesson exploring the themes of social class and background. Evaluate the still image exercise with Olivia’s group.
2: The third lesson exploring the relationship between Mickey and Edward using an extract from the text. Evaluate the role-play exercise with Alfie’s pair.
3: The penultimate lesson exploring the relationship between Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons using an extract from the text. Evaluate the role-play exercise with Eden’s pair.
4: The final lesson exploring the relationship between Mickey, Linda and Mrs Johnstone using an extract from the text. Evaluate the marking the moment exercise with Tiegan’s group.
Answer the following questions in your responses:
How were the drama strategies used to create effect and explore the text further?
How was the drama medium(s) used in this exercise to explore the play ‘Blood Brothers’?
How was dramatic meaning communicated through these different
Introduction
This documentary response encompasses the assessed work on the chosen stimulus, ‘Blood Brothers’.
The text provoked different responses displayed varyingly across the group.
Underlying themes which arose were social background, the individual within society, friendship and education, and growing up and money.
Essentially, I have learnt that the play is an exploration of the above themes surrounding an embedded theme of love and the risks and dangers we face for those that we love during life’s many unexpected turns.
In my opinion, the different dramatic explorative strategies were useful in different ways. Freeze frames allowed us to pin-point specific moments and analyse them which …show more content…
Evaluate your own work and that of others.
When writing about each strategy, always say what decisions were made as a result of working in that way and how that rehearsal strategy helped you to understand the play and its characters.
1: The initial lesson exploring the themes of social class and background. Evaluate the still image exercise with Olivia’s group.
2: The third lesson exploring the relationship between Mickey and Edward using an extract from the text. Evaluate the role-play exercise with Alfie’s pair.
3: The penultimate lesson exploring the relationship between Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons using an extract from the text. Evaluate the role-play exercise with Eden’s pair.
4: The final lesson exploring the relationship between Mickey, Linda and Mrs Johnstone using an extract from the text. Evaluate the marking the moment exercise with Tiegan’s group.
Answer the following questions in your responses:
How were the drama strategies used to create effect and explore the text further?
How was the drama medium(s) used in this exercise to explore the play ‘Blood Brothers’?
How was dramatic meaning communicated through these different