Homework: Your task is to learn these lines by Thursday's lesson, as we will be working on character development and the presentation of the soliloquy.
Please bring ONE prop or small piece of costume that represents your 'Chris'.
Nobody Came - My Name is Chris
My name is Chris and I am three. My eyes are swollen, I cannot see. I must be stupid; I must be bad, what else could have made my daddy so mad. I wish I were better, I wish I weren’t ugly, then maybe my mummy would still want to hug me. I can’t do anything wrong, I can’t speak at all, or else I’m locked up all day long.
When I’m awake, I’m all alone. The house is dark, my folks aren’t home. When mummy does come home I’ll try and be nice, so maybe I’ll just get one whipping tonight. Sssshhhh, hold on…I heard a car, my daddy is back from Charlie’s bar. I hear him curse, my name is called, and I press myself against the wall to try and hid from his evil eyes. I’m so afraid I start to cry. He finds me weeping, calls me ugly words. He hits me hard and yells at me more, I finally get free and run to the door. He’s already locked it and I start to bawl; he takes me and throws me against the hard wall.
I fall to the floor with my bones nearly broken and my daddy continues with more bad words spoken. The hurt and the pain…again and again. Oh, please God have mercy! Oh, please let it end! And he finally stops and heads for the door, while I lay there motionless, sprawled on the floor.
My name is Chris and I am three. Tonight, my daddy murdered me.
Key questions and tips
1. Motivation/Objective – What do I want? (as the character)
2. Use Stanislavski’s Questions to help you with character development.
3. How do I consider my use of pace? When is it appropriate to pause? Why am I pausing at these particular moments?
4. What are my stage directions? (Action, body language, gestures, facial expression, tone of voice.) These should be noted in the margin, with detailed descriptions.
Year 7 Drama Homework - Full Evaluation (12th Sept 2011)
Create an A3 poster/document, which shows a FULL evaluation of what you have learnt in Drama. Come and see me if you need to look at examples!
Include the following:
1. An evaluation of your final assessment:
a) A) About your own group
b) B) About another group
2. A short description about what you have enjoyed most about Drama and what you think you have learnt…what do you know now that you did not know before?
3. A Storyboard or Script from any performance that you have done.
4. At least THREE key words. Include a definition and then describe HOW you have used this technique in your performance/s.
This work should be NEATLY presented (use a computer to type your work if you want to). You should try to use a variety of formats…words, pictures, mind maps, storyboard, script, full sentences, speech bubbles etc…
You will be commended for your creativity and imaginative input.
