Character Creation and Dramatic Conventions in Drama Class
Hell’s Alley
Using a piece of written text
as a stimulus to create a
character
Today’s Lesson:
What is a stimulus?
Crack! The stone cools my ear, hits the bollard at the end of
our road and spends itself against the boarded window of
what had once been our corner shop. It was the Laz boys from
the Row beyond the ‘Engineer’ again. They do not like our
street. We do not like them either so I do not see why they
should like us. Only, why they have to pick on me I do not
know. I try to slip out of school and get home with as little
trouble as possible. Mind you, I can throw a stone when I
have to, because it’s no use being an angel when you live in
hell - and that is what the gangs round about our street call it
– “Hell’s Alley”. But we call it home.
Who is Marty Brown
Circle of Life
Conventions
Flash back Flash forward Tableaux Mime Monologue
Dialogue Split Stage Narration
Slow Motion Voice over
Write a scene - Task Three:
Use a convention to create a scene describing
one aspect of Marty’s life.
Extension: Class Timeline
You Have:
Starting from just a short piece of story with almost no
information:
1.
Created a character from a stimulus
2.
Thought in detail about their life and circumstances
3.
Thought about dramatic conventions and how they could
be used in this story
4.
Created an outline of a scene about their life
CfE Level 3: I can select relevant ideas to create a drama which
is suitable for performance
Using a short piece of text as a stimulus, students in a drama class dive into creating characters and exploring dramatic conventions to craft scenes depicting different aspects of their characters' lives. The story unfolds in Hell's Alley, where tension and conflict shape the protagonist's experiences, leading to insightful character development and scene creation exercises.
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Todays Lesson: Using a piece of written text as a stimulus to create a character
Crack! The stone cools my ear, hits the bollard at the end of our road and spends itself against the boarded window of what had once been our corner shop. It was the Laz boys from the Row beyond the Engineer again. They do not like our street. We do not like them either so I do not see why they should like us. Only, why they have to pick on me I do not know. I try to slip out of school and get home with as little trouble as possible. Mind you, I can throw a stone when I have to, because it s no use being an angel when you live in hell - and that is what the gangs round about our street call it Hell s Alley . But we call it home.
Conventions Flash back Flash forward Tableaux Mime Monologue Dialogue Split Stage Narration Slow Motion Voice over
Write a scene - Task Three: Use a convention to create a scene describing one aspect of Marty s life.
You Have: Starting from just a short piece of story with almost no information: 1. Created a character from a stimulus 2. Thought in detail about their life and circumstances 3. Thought about dramatic conventions and how they could be used in this story 4. Created an outline of a scene about their life CfE Level 3: I can select relevant ideas to create a drama which is suitable for performance
