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Devising and Practical Realisation
Quick questions on Starting points and stimulus explained: H2 Theatre Studies and Drama
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What is interrogating the stimulus?Show answer
The crucial skill is interrogation: not taking the stimulus at face value but questioning it from many angles. A company brainstorms associations, asks open questions (what does this make us think, feel, remember; what is hidden in it; what is its opposite?), free-associates outward from it, and researches around it. The aim is to generate a wide field of possible meanings, images and angles rather than seizing the first obvious idea. A photograph of an empty chair might lead to absence, waiting, authority, loss, an interview, a memorial, any of these could become a piece.
What are not recording discoveries?Show answer
The richest early finds are easily lost; document them in a working journal for the structuring stage.
What is q1?Show answer
Name four different types of stimulus a company might use to begin devising. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain what it means to "interrogate" a stimulus and why it matters. [3 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Why does a company need to distil a focusing idea before making much material? [3 marks]
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