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Title: DRAMA IGCSE
Post by: Petrol on June 07, 2009, 06:45:43 am
Heyy does anyone here take  IGCSE DRAMA    because im kind of screwed and dont know what to write in the written element of the exam.. help with essay;s please?
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Post by: ADIN on June 07, 2009, 04:46:03 pm
HAHAHAHAHA! sorry, but who gets worried about a WRITTEN drama exam????!!! sorry, but i couldnt resist
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Post by: reishamix on June 07, 2009, 05:15:27 pm
HAHAHAHAHA! sorry, but who gets worried about a WRITTEN drama exam????!!! sorry, but i couldnt resist

wow .. ur nyc ...

n petrol .. um srry ..i dn tke drama  .. but u cn google tips on essays
theyr really helpful ..
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Post by: Ukhti-R on June 07, 2009, 05:17:32 pm
Drama... wow .. sounds interesting ...
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Post by: Raed on June 07, 2009, 05:24:19 pm
wish i took drama! sorry no one can help you here... ;D
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Post by: DaaDoo on June 07, 2009, 08:36:34 pm
Yer I am taking it - which board are you doing it with? I am doing it with Edxcell.
What book/play you studying?

I would re read your play, look on the internet for info about it...
If you took classes and kept a log book read through that.

Look on the Edexcell website for past papers.

And good luck!
Hope I helped! ;D
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Post by: shafeeqshazana on June 08, 2009, 03:15:24 am
HAHAHAHAHA! sorry, but who gets worried about a WRITTEN drama exam????!!! sorry, but i couldnt resist

such a loser.
drama is one of the hardest subjects i take
and i do add maths and triple science

scre people who think drama sucks, lol.


yes. im doing cie drama.
its tommorow :S
sstudy characters.
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Post by: emi on June 08, 2009, 03:17:52 am
why are u being rude ?
people have their own opinions  so why scrw them ?

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Post by: IO4567 on June 08, 2009, 05:43:27 am
petrol i can help u with drama add me seangonzalez33@hotmail.com
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Post by: studentforumuser on June 08, 2009, 02:19:28 pm
Hey
Taken Drama
Were doing "The Memorandum", here in singapore..!
it's actually cool, all you can do is take help from your drama teacher, he may have some really imporant notes...
Hope you do wel,
All the best to all..!!
=D
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Post by: molii on June 08, 2009, 03:19:38 pm
oooh! u took drama..??
heard its real hard!!!
well good luck! hope its easy! hope ur doubts get sorted out..  :)
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Post by: DaaDoo on June 08, 2009, 03:29:05 pm
Drama is so hard...Its not like 'Oh its just a drama exam, just acting'. Its not half of your marks comes from a performance and half from essays..
Its not easy!

Good luck!
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Post by: jennie on June 08, 2009, 03:34:40 pm
I'm taking CIE Drama too. I reckon if you just read 'The Memorandum' and then pray like hell that we get easy questions, it should be fine. In the exam, pretend to yourself that you're in the audience of the play, and think about what you'd LIKE to see happening, to create the most drama. Then just make up a load of crap about that and you'll be plain sailing (: That's what I do anyway...

And when you're describing things, remember to include these points:
1. Lighting
2. Sound effects
3. Spatiality
4. Pace
5. Volume
6. Setting & backdrop
7. Props & furniture
8. Mood
9. Type of stage
10. Any kind of effects eg. alienation, kafkaesque, pinteresque, existentialism, absurdity, menace etc. etc.

I hope I've helped you. That might have been really tedious to read... Sorry haha.

And yea, Drama's hard. That's why I'll be happy with just a pass.
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Post by: nid404 on June 08, 2009, 04:04:09 pm
HAHAHAHAHA! sorry, but who gets worried about a WRITTEN drama exam????!!! sorry, but i couldnt resist

u think its easy? go **** ur mum b*tch

crudity is not tolerated >:( mind your language
thanks
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Post by: Petrol on June 08, 2009, 05:04:20 pm

10. Any kind of effects eg. alienation, kafkaesque, pinteresque, existentialism, absurdity, menace etc. etc.


Heyy can u explain because the only effects i kno are split stage, freeze, thought tracking.

And yes im doing the ' The Memorandum ' .. what do we do for the 25 mark essays  lol!

And Why the hell is Gross (managing director) holding a fire extinguisher in the last screnes?

And any notes u could share..?

Thanks Alot guys hope we all do well :) ...
HINT**** Smoke Weed  jk jk lol
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Post by: jennie on June 08, 2009, 06:48:48 pm

10. Any kind of effects eg. alienation, kafkaesque, pinteresque, existentialism, absurdity, menace etc. etc.


Heyy can u explain because the only effects i kno are split stage, freeze, thought tracking.

And yes im doing the ' The Memorandum ' .. what do we do for the 25 mark essays  lol!

And Why the hell is Gross (managing director) holding a fire extinguisher in the last screnes?

And any notes u could share..?


Alienation is when you remove the audience from the scene that's happening, like, when you use documentary drama ie. you play a video in the middle of your scene in order to show some sort of weird effect that I'm not sure of. Existentialism is the feeling that nothing exists except from fear and pain. Kafkaesque(ism?) is basically putting a person into an impersonal situation, creating confusion, making them feel isolated eg. the very first part of the Memorandum where Gross is reading the Ptydepe memo. You also need to talk about the stuff you mentioned, like tableaus and thought tracking.

The 25 mark essays: I really have no idea whatsoever of what we have to do. I think I might get like, 3 marks in total hahah.

I think the fire extinguisher is meant to symbolise Gross 'losing his mind' to a certain extent. It's as if he's using it to comfort him because he feels so isolated and confused. It could also be a symbol that he's desperately holding on to what's left of his job, or maybe, on a more literal level, it's protection from him being fired. But I'm really really not sure because we only did scenes 1 & 2 in class - I've had to analyse the rest by myself. So don't take my word for it!

Hope you guys do great (:
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Post by: IO4567 on June 08, 2009, 07:57:47 pm
that doesnt help me at all...
why would you ever put that smiley face?????????????
imsalah

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Post by: jennie on June 08, 2009, 08:19:26 pm
Sorry. Only trying to help.
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Post by: shafeeqshazana on June 09, 2009, 12:36:20 pm
how did oyu guys find it?
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Post by: Petrol on June 09, 2009, 06:19:34 pm
not so easy.. they give you 7papers with lines you should fill them up lol haha there are no WRONG answers but if u include stuff u gain more marks..
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Post by: jennie on June 09, 2009, 07:06:49 pm
Pretty hard. But it's Drama, so it doesn't really matter.
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Post by: shafeeqshazana on June 10, 2009, 05:40:36 am
haha i wrote s whopping 15 blodddy pages. i think i died after the exam.
what do you mena just drama lol

im doing it for a levels hahaha
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Post by: Petrol on June 11, 2009, 12:08:24 pm
same hahaha ;p
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Post by: Ukhti-R on June 11, 2009, 01:59:09 pm
where are you guyz from ?
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Post by: shafeeqshazana on June 12, 2009, 03:51:45 am
malaysia why?
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Post by: dave.ide on June 12, 2009, 06:08:08 am
People want to stalk you Shaf.
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Post by: shafeeqshazana on June 12, 2009, 07:36:36 am
malaysia why?

well... cant help it right?
its just to bad that im soo likeable.