Extended Diploma Year 2

The making of  "A Questmas Story" It all started with a brainstorm. What skills would we like to develop? Do we want to do an actual play like A Christmas Carol or do we want to create and write our own play? What do we want to do? The class leaned in the direction of creating our own Christmas play. We got into groups and further discussed what kind of play we could create, a recurring theme in each group seemed to be the idea that Christmas is banned. Idea During my groups brainstorm, I suggested that everyone in our group of five should have a character and each character will go through events that relate to Christmas. As a group we decided these characters should be slightly younger than us (15-17). Scene 1, the first child sees the birth of Jesus, Scene 2, the second Child sees a historical event that happened on Christmas day, Scene 3, the third Child sees Christmas day in the present day, Scene 4, the fourth Child sees a Christmas movie or a Christmas special on ...

How does the representation of people of colour in the media affect society? The media is an agent of socialisation; it is not often recognised how much of an impact it has on individuals . There are people part of society that are privileged enough to grow up seeing people that look like them and can relate to them on their screens. These individuals, they come in contact with a world that they are somewhat familiar with, they develop goals, aspirations and dreams knowing that it is possible to achieve them, simply because they have seen a “reflection” of themselves do so. The portrayal of people of colour in the media has altered the perception of individuals in society, depending on your racial identity you will (consciously or subconsciously), not only view the world differently but you will also receive the world differently and be treated differently.   I will be looking at both the negative and positive effects that the representation of people of colour have in society. ...

Preparing for Progression  In this assignment, I will be looking into relevant progression routes within the performing arts industry and preparing myself for any future auditions. I will also be looking at the skills I have developed throughout the course. Skills Audit: My objective for this course was to develop a diverse set of skills and in the time that I have been on this course, one of the skills that I believe that I have acquired is being good with creative responses. This means that while on stage or in the rehearsal space I can approach tasks with a different way of thinking and contribute unique ideas, for example, working on Love and Information allowed me to do this both through the set design and scenes with my partners. Another skill that I have developed is spacial awareness, I am now subconsciously balancing the stage and being aware of my surroundings, during Macbeth, there was a scene where all of the cast were on stage and you had to be conscious ...