WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Drama: Revision Guide

VOCAL WARM-UP Blow a long raspberry, with a hand gesture as if stretching gum from your mouth. If the note goes up, point the gum up. If the note goes down, point it down. Try different lengths and sounds. With your eyeline straight ahead and a finger on your diaphragm, breathe in then ‘shoot’ a consonant at the opposite wall as if it is a paintball. Try these, one at a time: • Hey • He • Ha • Ho. Now try a line of these, on one breath: • Tar Tay Tee Tor Too. Then try these sound pairs – repeat these sounds as pairs, throwing them like paintballs: • SS SS, ZZ ZZ, Shh Shh, K K, Wh Wh. Keeping your eyeline at middle-distance, breathe in and release the breath on a long vowel. Then breathe in again and release it on another: • Ahh • Ooh • Ohh. Now try the same with the vowels of these words: • Hey • He • Ho • Yes • Ha • No. Try these tongue-twisters: 1 2 3 4 Raspberry chewing gum Paintball consonants Standing snores Vocal exibility Flexible vocal tone and diction will often be the difference between a successful line and an unsuccessful line. See what happens if you try to say the ‘One-one was a racehorse’ tongue-twister (below) in monotone – it would lack meaning for the audience. TIP Think about what your character means for each of your lines and try to get that message across with your vocal tone, diction and facial expression. Experiment with how your face and voice communicate your meaning, even when speaking gibberish. TIP Copper-bottomed coffee pot. Whether the weather is cold, whether the weather is hot, we’ll weather the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not. In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen. One-one was a racehorse, Two- two was one too, One-one won one race, Two-two won one too. DOWNLOADABLE 14 part 1 DEVISING THEATRE