AQA GCSE Drama sample

Lighting design When creating your lighting design you might consider how to create: time of day and, possibly, season atmosphere or mood highlight particular moments how to help convey the setting and action, or enhance the impact of a character (such as a follow spot to focus the audience on a character’s journey or backlighting to make them appear mysterious). Some of your tools are: colours angles and intensity light from onstage sources (lamp-posts, lamps, neon signs) use of shadow and silhouette special effects use of blackouts or fades. TASK 20 Use the mindmaps below to make notes in your notebook on the different lighting demands of Act 2, showing the three summers of the teenage Mickey, Edward and Linda, starting with ‘There’s a few bob in your pocket’ and ending with ‘Where’s Mickey?’ ACT 2, THREE SUMMERS Direction of light and colours? Any onstage light? (Signs? Camera flashes? Glowsticks?) Use of shadow? Atmosphere? Blackouts or fades? Special effects? 15TH SUMMER Direction of light and colours? Any onstage light? (Signs? Camera flashes? Glowsticks?) 16TH SUMMER Use of shadow? Atmosphere? Blackouts or fades? Special effects? Direction of light and colours? Any onstage light? (Signs? Camera flashes? Glowsticks?) 17TH SUMMER Use of shadow? Atmosphere? Blackouts or fades? Special effects? 70 COMPONENT 1 UNDERSTANDING DRAMA