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Year 12 - Drama - Solos Prescribed Structures 2021

Character

Character: The International Rescue Team Member

Demonstrates why International Rescue is the right organisation for the job.

Above: Image sourced from - https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/shane-rimmer-thunderbirds-voice-actor-dies

Stimulus: The television series Thunderbirds, Season 1, Episodes 1–3 (‘Trapped in the Sky’, ‘Pit of Peril’ and ‘The Perils of Penelope’)

Character: The International Rescue Team Member

Performance focus:

Create a solo performance based on the character of one of the team members of International Rescue, the secret organisation from Thunderbirds. This character may be one of the team members at the organisation’s base or one of the field agents around the world. In early July 1979, International Rescue intercepts an urgent SOS about the imminent crash landing of US space station Skylab somewhere in Australia. Forced to prove the organisation’s worth to a panicked Australian Department of Defence, the International Rescue Team Member demonstrates why International Rescue is the right organisation for the job. The International Rescue Team Member does this by:

  • recreating some of International Rescue’s past achievements and rescues
  • showing how the organisation plans to alter Skylab’s orbit and bring it safely down to Earth
  • demonstrating examples of daring, real-life rescues that have had a positive outcome.

Performance Style:  Eclectic with aspects of musical theatre

Eclectic theatre draws on a range of performance styles to devise performances that go beyond the reality of life as it is lived. It juxtaposes a number of performance styles to make dramatic statements and theatre that is innovative, transformational and creative. Eclectic theatre is devised with a specific purpose and intention for the audience. Eclectic theatre draws on drama traditions and practice including:

  • ritual and storytelling
  • contemporary drama practice and performance styles
  • the work of drama practitioners and associated performance styles
  • a combination of any of the above.

Physical theatre exemplified by:

Physical theatre is a style of theatre that pursues storytelling primarily through physical means rather than the use of words or text. The primary focus is on the physical work of the actor through the use of the body. It is a highly visual form of theatre. Physical theatre is exemplified by:

  • use of mime/dance and exaggerated movement
  • use of acrobatics/circus skills
  • visual theatre.

Convention & Dramatic Element:  As selected by the student from the list (linked here).  Write your selected convention and dramatic element on your Statement of Intention.