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Drama PortfolioHow did the first drama exercise go up your ideas?We first tried a simple drama interview with some prejudice. Wethought we could develop it by adding more drama strategies. We alsothought that we could increase the prejudice of the interviewer andmaybe, instead of him saying his own inner thoughts, he could have a conscience/alter-ego to say it for him. This lead on to the thoughtthat we could make his alter-egos control him and his actions.What were your first thoughts?We discussed several meanings of the poem. We all thought that thepoem was about prejudice in the featplace. The of import character isinterviewing people and discriminating against them because of theirdifferences. We thought that a good drama developing from this poemwould be in the form of an interview.What did your conference decide?Our group decided to do the interview. We had 3 interviewees. Eachwould have a different characteristic i.e. colour, mentality,disability and so on They would be i nterviewed by a very prejudiced, antiblackperson who would become increasingly so after each interview.Strategies, media, elementsWe used 2 main strategies within this drama. The interviewer had whatwe called, an alter-ego or conscience. There was a good (angel), impersonal (everyday man) and an evil (devil) conscience. Thesecontrolled him. As each interviewee enters, the scene would freeze andthe conscience would give their inner thoughts about the person. Thealter-egos were placed on chairs, above, and surrounding theinterviewer to show control over him. We build this drama up to astring climax. One second, noise and business, and the next, silenceand solitude.What did you learn from other peoples ideas and work?I learnt, from one of my group members, that you should deal beyondthe actual drama and use as mevery drama elements as you can to developyour drama. Also, to offer and accept good criticism and/or adviceabout how people can improve their acting abilities.Rounded Rectan gular Callout You will be hearing from us shortly by U.A. Fanthorpe What would you like to work on next?The next thing I would like to try would be to see how prejudiceaffects people in other ways e.g. at home, school, etc. and to developa few dramas on that. Also, I would like to focus on one particularaspect of prejudice/discrimination e.g. racism, ageism, etc. and use adrama to get the message across as to how these prejudices are wrongand why these people are no different to any others.You Will Be Hearing From Us ShortlyYou feel adequate to the demands of this position?What qualities do you feel you