WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Drama: Designing Drama

Performance style 118 Structure, character and language 121 Using rehearsals to develop and refine your designs 124 Production meetings 126 Final rehearsals 127 Lighting Design for the Devised Piece 128 Stage 1: Response to the stimulus 128 Stage 2: The influence of the practitioner or genre 130 Stage 3: Developing and refining your lighting design 132 Reviewing and editing your portfolio 134 Evaluating your lighting design 135 Sound Design for the Devised Piece 138 Stage 1: Response to the stimulus 138 Stage 2: The influence of the practitioner or genre 140 Stage 3: Developing and refining your sound design 142 Reviewing and editing your portfolio 144 Evaluating your sound design 145 Set Design for the Devised Piece 148 Stage 1: Response to the stimulus 148 Stage 2: The influence of the practitioner or genre 150 Stage 3: Developing and refining your set design 152 Reviewing and editing your portfolio 154 Evaluating your set design 155 Costume Design for the Devised Piece 158 Stage 1: Response to the stimulus 158 Stage 2: The influence of the practitioner or genre 160 Stage 3: Developing and refining your costume design 162 Reviewing and editing your portfolio 164 Evaluating your costume design 165 Chapter 6   Unit/Component 2: Performing Theatre / Performing from a Text 169 How your design skills will be assessed 170 Six Steps to Lighting Design for the Scripted Performance 172 1 Working on your own with the script 172 2 The design brief meeting and rehearsals 174 3 Revisiting the script 175 4 Confirming your final lighting design 176 5 The final design meeting 177 6 The completed lighting design 178 Six Steps to Sound Design for the Scripted Performance 179 1 Working on your own with the script 179 2 The design brief meeting and rehearsals 181 3 Revisiting the script 182 4 Confirming your final sound design 183 5 The final design meeting 184 6 The completed sound design 185 Six Steps to Set Design for the Scripted Performance 186 1 Working on your own with the script 186 2 The design brief meeting and rehearsals 188 3 Revisiting the script 189 4 Confirming your final set design 190 5 The final design meeting 191 6 The completed set design 191 Six Steps to Costume Design for the Scripted Performance 192 1 Working on your own with the script 192 2 The design brief meeting and rehearsals 194 3 Revisiting the script 195 4 Confirming your final costume design 196 5 The final design meeting 197 6 The completed costume design 198 Chapter 7 Unit/Component 3: Interpreting Theatre 199 Introduction to design in the written exam 200 Preparing for the exam 204 Lighting design for the set text (Section A) 206 Analysing and evaluating lighting in live theatre (Section B) 212 Sound design for the set text (Section A) 216 Analysing and evaluating sound in live theatre (Section B) 221 Set design for the set text (Section A) 225 Analysing and evaluating set design in live theatre (Section B) 230 Costume design for the set text (Section A) 234 Analysing and evaluating costume in live theatre (Section B) 239 Glossary 242 Index 245 Acknowledgements 248