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SECTION 2: PLAYMAKING

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

On completion of this Section, students should:

1. explore the imagination, emotional and sensory life as instruments of self-discovery and
personal imagination;

2. understand the structure of a play;

3. develop improvisation skills in order to produce a play;

4. develop the ability to produce a play based on personal experience and heritage; and,

5. experiment with Caribbean styles, cultural forms and content.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Students should be able to:

1. utilise the body and voice in order to communicate an idea;

2. create a text utilising plot, theme, character and dramatic techniques;

3. create a character for the playmaking exercise;

4. demonstrate the skills of playmaking; and,

5. perform a playmaking exercise which shows the skills of voice, physicality, use of space, and
thematic concern.

CONTENT

1. Voice and body:

- exercises in movement and voice.

2. Creating text:

(a) plot, theme and character; and,

(b) dramatic techniques:

(i) flashback;

(ii) soliloquy;

(iii) monologue;

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