The Studio Process for Devising!
1. Do your research - Find out why your story was written, what is it about, themes explored, key characters etc. Has it previously been adapted?
2. Create clear purpose and aims for your production and for each scene (once you start to create.)
3. Decide on your staging and setting, this can have a dramatic impact on how the audience receive your work.
4. Get up and work practically as soon as possible. Start by improvising and be patient, you may need to try lots of ideas before you find ones you want to keep-
2. Create clear purpose and aims for your production and for each scene (once you start to create.)
3. Decide on your staging and setting, this can have a dramatic impact on how the audience receive your work.
4. Get up and work practically as soon as possible. Start by improvising and be patient, you may need to try lots of ideas before you find ones you want to keep-
Get on your feet. Try things out, adapt and refine. Remember that you don’t have to create scenes in their chronological order even if you aim to present the finished piece that way. Improvise in role around a theme or scenario and keep what works. Don’t rehearse the same scene over and over again until it’s perfect during these early stages, however tempting it is. Only rehearse in detail properly when you can view the whole drama as a piece in its own right.
5. Be clear on the plot, action and content -
- The plot of the drama is shown in the 'through-line' of the drama - its beginning, middle and end - although it doesn't have to be presented in a linear structure The characters in a play are also part of the plot.
- The action of the drama consists on the events that the characters take part in as they act the play.
- The content of the drama lies in the themes it deals with, eg bullying, the responsibilities of power, the bravery of ordinary people etc.
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