1.
Yes, I believe that focus, mood, and situation really helped make our drama more effective because the focus of the play was mainly on the corrupt characters since they would do all the killing (corrupt people would always have gun), also made the drama more effective because it helped people concentrate on what was happening in our play, and the audience would know where to look, the last reason focus made our drama more effective is because the focus on certain parts/characters built tension between the characters which carried on to the audience and made the play more interesting to watch. The mood of the play was also an element that made our drama more effective because the mood throughout the entire play was quite dark (without looking at the production elements) and serious, the audience did not laugh throughout our play which was our intention since we wanted to represent how serious and easy it is to be corrupt. So, the mood strengthened our play. Thirdly, the situation of our whole drama in general was very effective because the situation in which the characters all were perfeclty depicted how easy it is to become corrupt which strengthened our drama since it enhanced our intention and concept.
The example of the production element that made our performance effective is a part in the court scene where Robin and I stare at eachother for about seven seconds, which makes everyone feel uncomfortable because the tension is building and the drama becomes more effective because the audience also feels the tension and builds curiosity about what will happen next. The court scene and the focus in that scene on the two characters (robin and I) really made the play effective since it got the audience more interested in the play.
2.
The most effective moment in our drama performance was the court scene because it had levels, tension, focus, status, and because it had strong formal/real-life conversation. It was the most effective scene because all the different drama elements and the techniques of drama were all represented strongly which made it more interesting for the audience to watch since it became a very big, symbolic scene which was executed very well.
3.
Our group went through a variety of drama conventions before we decided on our final ones that we would use for the final performance. We wanted to use flashback for the first part of our drama but it was too confusing for the audience to follow (after performing once, the audience gave us feedback that it was hard to follow) so we decided to change and leave out the flashback. Our group also wanted to use narration but whatever way we tried, we did not manage to find a way to fit that into our drama. The other drama convention we wanted to use, we used (split stage and voice-over)
4.
At first our play was about me becoming corrupt because my husband was cheating on me, but then because we wanted a more original story and a more interesting as well as more corrupt story, we changed it to becoming so that my husband did an illegal deal and got killed which was the reason for me becoming corrupt. Another change we made to our play was instead of only killing one person, three people were killed. We changed this because the whole storyline was a bit boring and dull at first, and because we needed to add more dialogue and action to create a longer drama (to reach the requirement) we decided to add two more kills and to show the reasons for the two extra kills (Sarah and Robin dying).
5.
Originally we had Saif cheating on me with Sarah, and I decided to kill Sarah, Robin saw me kill Sarah and thus I need to keep him quiet with 15,000 dollars, then the case goes to court and I am found not guilty.
We changed this drama because it needed to be more corrupt and interesting to watch and especially original since other groups had something similar. So, to make it more interesting we decided to change it to;
Saif doing an illegal deal with Sarah, Sarah kills Saif because he is no cooperating, I find out and decide to kill Sarah, Robin is whitness of when I kill Sarah and I keep him quiet with 15,000 dollars, the case goes to court and I plead not guilty, then because I want the money back and it is risky, I kill Robin in the end.
The second version was more interesting, was longer (so that we hit our time mark), was more corrupt and was more original.
6.
Regarding the script, I would not change anything because the script represents corruption very well and represents our concept. Acting wise though, I would definetely have made sure that we had a technical rehearsal before the final performance and just have more script rehearsals in general because often our characters were very flat and some of us were quite monotone at times since we would be thinking about what our next line is. Also, I would have changed the transitions so that they went a lot smoother and faster to keep the tension, mood and focus on certain parts of the drama, since our transitions were quite long and thus made the audience loose interest/focus/feel for the drama. I would make sure that our voices are projected throughout the whole play whilst still staying in character because I felt like when I was waiting for my cue behind the curtains that it was quite hard to hear the people on stage talk, but otherwise I felt that we made good use of the drama techniques, in particular pause, and body awareness. So the only thing I would have changed to our drama is rehearse more so that our group would have been able to present it in the best possible way.
Yes, I believe that focus, mood, and situation really helped make our drama more effective because the focus of the play was mainly on the corrupt characters since they would do all the killing (corrupt people would always have gun), also made the drama more effective because it helped people concentrate on what was happening in our play, and the audience would know where to look, the last reason focus made our drama more effective is because the focus on certain parts/characters built tension between the characters which carried on to the audience and made the play more interesting to watch. The mood of the play was also an element that made our drama more effective because the mood throughout the entire play was quite dark (without looking at the production elements) and serious, the audience did not laugh throughout our play which was our intention since we wanted to represent how serious and easy it is to be corrupt. So, the mood strengthened our play. Thirdly, the situation of our whole drama in general was very effective because the situation in which the characters all were perfeclty depicted how easy it is to become corrupt which strengthened our drama since it enhanced our intention and concept.
The example of the production element that made our performance effective is a part in the court scene where Robin and I stare at eachother for about seven seconds, which makes everyone feel uncomfortable because the tension is building and the drama becomes more effective because the audience also feels the tension and builds curiosity about what will happen next. The court scene and the focus in that scene on the two characters (robin and I) really made the play effective since it got the audience more interested in the play.
2.
The most effective moment in our drama performance was the court scene because it had levels, tension, focus, status, and because it had strong formal/real-life conversation. It was the most effective scene because all the different drama elements and the techniques of drama were all represented strongly which made it more interesting for the audience to watch since it became a very big, symbolic scene which was executed very well.
3.
Our group went through a variety of drama conventions before we decided on our final ones that we would use for the final performance. We wanted to use flashback for the first part of our drama but it was too confusing for the audience to follow (after performing once, the audience gave us feedback that it was hard to follow) so we decided to change and leave out the flashback. Our group also wanted to use narration but whatever way we tried, we did not manage to find a way to fit that into our drama. The other drama convention we wanted to use, we used (split stage and voice-over)
4.
At first our play was about me becoming corrupt because my husband was cheating on me, but then because we wanted a more original story and a more interesting as well as more corrupt story, we changed it to becoming so that my husband did an illegal deal and got killed which was the reason for me becoming corrupt. Another change we made to our play was instead of only killing one person, three people were killed. We changed this because the whole storyline was a bit boring and dull at first, and because we needed to add more dialogue and action to create a longer drama (to reach the requirement) we decided to add two more kills and to show the reasons for the two extra kills (Sarah and Robin dying).
5.
Originally we had Saif cheating on me with Sarah, and I decided to kill Sarah, Robin saw me kill Sarah and thus I need to keep him quiet with 15,000 dollars, then the case goes to court and I am found not guilty.
We changed this drama because it needed to be more corrupt and interesting to watch and especially original since other groups had something similar. So, to make it more interesting we decided to change it to;
Saif doing an illegal deal with Sarah, Sarah kills Saif because he is no cooperating, I find out and decide to kill Sarah, Robin is whitness of when I kill Sarah and I keep him quiet with 15,000 dollars, the case goes to court and I plead not guilty, then because I want the money back and it is risky, I kill Robin in the end.
The second version was more interesting, was longer (so that we hit our time mark), was more corrupt and was more original.
6.
Regarding the script, I would not change anything because the script represents corruption very well and represents our concept. Acting wise though, I would definetely have made sure that we had a technical rehearsal before the final performance and just have more script rehearsals in general because often our characters were very flat and some of us were quite monotone at times since we would be thinking about what our next line is. Also, I would have changed the transitions so that they went a lot smoother and faster to keep the tension, mood and focus on certain parts of the drama, since our transitions were quite long and thus made the audience loose interest/focus/feel for the drama. I would make sure that our voices are projected throughout the whole play whilst still staying in character because I felt like when I was waiting for my cue behind the curtains that it was quite hard to hear the people on stage talk, but otherwise I felt that we made good use of the drama techniques, in particular pause, and body awareness. So the only thing I would have changed to our drama is rehearse more so that our group would have been able to present it in the best possible way.
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