Close message Due to maintenance between 17:00 to 19:00 on Thursday 30th May 2024, Scootle website may face disruption in service. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Search results

Refine by resource type

Refine by year level


Refine by learning area


Refine by topic

Main topic Specific topic Related topic

Your search returned 36 results

Listed under:  Language  >  Literature  >  Drama (Literature)
Text

Film it! Screenwriting

  • TLF-IDA002447

Screenwriting is the act of writing what's known as a script or screenplay for film, television and web series. It involves a special set of rules that makes it different from a book or play. This module of Film It covers formatting, scene writing, script structure, themes, and character. Writing the script is part of ...

View detailsView resource
Text

Aesop’s Fables: Comedy and Tragedy Masks

  • TLF-IDA003793

In this teaching activity, students will explore how characters from fables express their thoughts and feelings in comedy and tragedy plays? The activity encourages insights into human nature and making connections between ancient Greek culture and contemporary cultures.

View detailsView resource
Text

Work Sample Year 9 English: Macbeth oral presentation

  • TLF-IDA003881

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 9 English. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic representation of ...

View detailsView resource
Video

Hannie Rayson on the Australian voice in theatre

  • TLF-IDM019984

How important do you think it is to hear Australian stories told on stage? Listen as Hannie Rayson explains her early beliefs about where great drama comes from. After watching this clip, try writing a dramatic scene that takes place at a family barbeque.

View detailsView resource
Video

David Williamson on inspiration

  • TLF-IDM020089

Listen as David Williamson explains where he finds inspiration for his plays. What are his aims as a playwright?

View detailsView resource
Video

Hannie Rayson on writing complex roles for women

  • TLF-IDM020009

Watch as Hannie Rayson describes her early desire to write multidimensional, complex roles for women in her plays. What was this in response to?  Why is it important for audiences to see female characters as well as male characters driving drama in plays? 

View detailsView resource
Video

How to be funny

  • TLF-IDM020220

What is the key to being funny? As Tim Ferguson explains, if you can laugh, you can write comedy. Has something funny happened to you lately? Or is there something in particular that you find puzzling or amusing about the world around you? Put your thoughts on paper and experiment with telling your story in different ways. ...

View detailsView resource
Interactive

When is a stick not a stick?

  • TLF-IDM025947

Explore a world of play and imagery, where nothing is as ordinary as it seems. Students respond imaginatively when using a stick as a stimulus to explore elements of drama and create characters. Students will develop their expressive skills through movement and voice. Students also create artworks using a stick as a stimulus.

View detailsView resource
Interactive

Drop the mic – hip hop and Shakespeare

  • TLF-IDM025941

A fresh and fun approach to Hip Hop theatre exploring, words, rhythm, movement, voice and creative writing. Drop The Mic Hip Hop Theatre class aims to develop voice, rhythm, physicality and character skills.

View detailsView resource
Interactive

Metamorphosis

  • TLF-IDM025969

Using drama and visual arts students explore a world of play and imagination where nothing is as ordinary as it seems.

View detailsView resource
Interactive

Lights up

  • TLF-IDM025920

Learn the fundamentals of lighting design with lighting designer Lincoln Gidney. Explore how to apply stage lighting conveys meaning and apply this knowledge and understanding to design lighting or a scene.

View detailsView resource
Interactive

Make ‘em laugh

  • TLF-IDM025935

See how effective comedy is in communicating ideas and engaging an audience. Good performances will have moments of humour and seriousness in order to provide variety and interest in the stories being told.

View detailsView resource
Video

Developing script ideas with Hannie Rayson

  • TLF-IDM019983

How do you come up with ideas to write about? Watch this clip to find out how Australian playwright and screenwriter Hannie Rayson begins her writing process. She begins with a "big question" - if you were writing a play, what big question would you ask?

View detailsView resource
Interactive

I like to move it, move it!

  • TLF-IDM025930

Engage the body to tell stories and entertain audiences. Explore the techniques of expressive physical movement to communicate ideas and create dramatic meaning. Students devise a story using mime, movement and gesture.

View detailsView resource
Video

Exploring themes with David Williamson

  • TLF-IDM020090

Watch this clip to learn about David Williamson's background and what themes fascinate him as a playwright. What ideas does he enjoy exploring in his plays?

View detailsView resource
Interactive

Going on an adventure

  • TLF-IDM025955

Explore drama and visual arts activities using an adventure story as a stimulus.

View detailsView resource
Interactive

Lights, camera, action!

  • TLF-IDM025952

Students explore screenwriting for video drama.

View detailsView resource
Interactive

Tune in and tune up

  • TLF-IDM025928

Tune in and tune up your acting skills with these fun drama warm up games that will strengthen you vocally, physically and imaginatively.

View detailsView resource
Interactive

Beats and rhymes

  • TLF-IDM025938

This class develops your vocal skills for performance. Write a Slam Poem or a Rap and then perform them for an audience.

View detailsView resource
Interactive

Musical theatre – drama

  • TLF-IDM025931

Discover the dramatic style of musical theatre through performance. Explore the origins and theatrical conventions and techniques of musical theatre as a performance style. Students will create a character performance based on a musical theatre piece.

View detailsView resource