You’re teaching the new GCSE or A Level specifications, and have to cover design skills with your students. Don’t have any practical theatre design experience of your own? Worried about finding resources to support your students? Relax. Help is at hand.
Most qualified and experienced drama teachers feel that they lack the experience in this area to be able to guide their students through the specification. Whilst you don’t have to offer an immersive crash course in all of the different design skills on offer, your students do need to have a fundamental grasp of theatre design; what it is, how it serves a text, and how it can be used to help communicate meaning. For actors, gaining a practical understanding of their chosen text, it’s relatively simple. You can pick up the scripts and start to explore. For designers, however, this is a bit trickier. Fortunately, the wealth of resources on offer on DT+ help teachers bring theatrical design to life, through examples of high quality filmed performances, interviews, photographs and a wealth of resources. Accessible, rigorous and rooted in contemporary practice, the resources below suit a range of learning styles and will be invaluable for students.
Into The Woods (2010)
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