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2015 Unit 2 PRACTICE EXAM

Drama UNIT 2 !

END OF YEAR EXAMINATION !PRACTICE

!READING TIME: 11:15-11:30 (15 minutes)

WRITING TIME: 11:30am-1pm (90 minutes) !STUDENT NAME: _________________________________________ !SUBJECT TEACHER NAME: Darcie Kane-Priestley !HOMEROOM: ____________________________________________ !

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK STRUCTURE OF BOOK

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Section Number of questions Number of Questions Answered

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1 5 / 5 /16 2 6 / 6 /16 3 3 / 3 / 10 Total / 42

Examination Conditions • Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers,

sharpeners and rulers. • Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or

white out liquid/tape. • No calculator is allowed in this examination. !

Material supplied • Question and answer book. Spare pages at back of booklet for extra responses if required. !

Student Instructions • Write your student number in the space provided above on this page • All written responses must be in English • Attempt all questions

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and /or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

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Question 1 The following questions ask you to consider how you would use the three images provided as stimulus for developing and performing the character of The Explorer for a non-naturalistic solo performance.

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a. Briefly outline one idea from each of the images that you would incorporate in the development of your solo performance – The Explorer. ________________________________________________________________________________

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3 MARKS !b. Describe how you would use one expressive skill to perform the character of The Explorer in this solo performance.

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!c. Briefly describe two important dramatic moments within the narrative of this solo performance. ________________________________________________________________________________

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!d. Explain how you would apply a convention from the list below to enhance these two important dramatic moments. !You must select a different convention for each dramatic moment. • Exaggerated movement • Stillness and silence • Heightened use of language • Disjointed time sequences • Chanting !Dramatic Moment 1: ______________________________________________________________

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e. Explain how the dramatic element of sound will be used in a non-naturalistic ways in this solo performance. ________________________________________________________________________________

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3 MARKS !TOTAL 16 MARKS

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Question 2 This question asks you to consider how you would use the images and text provided as stimulus for developing and performing an ensemble performance in a non-naturalistic style. !!Your group is to create and present an ensemble performance in a non-naturalistic style called: On the Road. Some of the themes for this ensemble performance include hiding from your past, searching for the truth and hope. The following images demonstrate some of these themes and will assist you in creating and presenting the performance. !Your ensemble performance will include the following characters. • The housewife • The stranger • The taxi driver • The waiter

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a. Select a non-naturalistic performance style that you would use in this ensemble performance. !________________________________________________________________________________

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b. Describe two conventions of this non-naturalistic performance style that you would use in this ensemble performance. _______________________________________________________________________________________

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c. Describe two play-making techniques that your group would use in developing this non-naturalistic ensemble performance. _______________________________________________________________________________________

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d. Select one of the characters listed as your focus in the ensemble performance. Describe this character’s role and relationship with the audience in this ensemble performance. !_______________________________________________________________________________________

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e. Describe one dramatic moment that reveals something unexpected about this character’s past. ________________________________________________________________________________

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e. Explain how this dramatic moment would be presented using the dramatic element of conflict in your ensemble performance. ________________________________________________________________________________

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!TOTAL 16 MARKS

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Question 3

This question is based on the performance of A Social Service seen at the Malthouse Theatre. !1. Discuss the way in which one area of stagecraft was manipulated to create mood in the

performance A Social Service. ________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Discuss the ways in which the non-naturalistic performance style gave meaning to the theme(s) in A Social Service. ________________________________________________________________________________

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!3. Describe how one actor used one expressive skill to create multiple characters in the performance of A Social Service ________________________________________________________________________________

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END OF QUESTIONS

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END OF BOOKLET

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