Hey Mate
Just wondering if you have already done your P'Essay (i didn't look when you posted the thread). If you have then there is not much point telling you about mine, but I will anyway, just in case you still need the info.
Our question was "How do Australian theatre practitioners respond to issues in our society through the use of dramatic forms, performance styles...etc." or something like that anyway.
This is the basic process we used for our P'Essay, it was a group project, so i'm not sure if it is relevant to you? It's not very detailed because i am just providing an insight to how we did it, but i can give you more information if you e-mail me on
supabob_waz_here@hotmail.com
With your group (or just you if it is an induvidual thing), plan your essay, plan the points (recommended 4-5) and the quotes / ideas you will talk about for each point.
Think about the metaphor you will use, some in our class were the "annual general mneeting for BOS drama teachers", "a director discussing concepts with her actors", although the metaphor we used was a "game show", we found this to be really versatile and easy to work with. We had a "host" asking questions relating to our essay plans, the essay points being the rounds of the game show. There was correct and incorrect answers, and the host answered the incorrect answers. I can send our original script (written by a group member) by e-mail if you want me to, just send me an e-mail at the adress above.
Other groups used the same style of performing the essay, the outlining of a concept related to your question and then explaining it, with quotes, in more detail. For quotes our group used "audiovisual clips", which we performed, and then answered questions about them.
Make sure you qrite your essay with plenty of time to spare, so if you think of something that you want to add to your P'Essay then you have time to practise it.
One thing our class noticed is that the actual pieces were pretty boring, which is understandable since it is basicaly an essay dramatised. So try and make your's as interesting as possible.
Hope i have helped, if you want any more info about anything above or if you think i have forgotten something (veeeery likely), then please, send me an e-mail =D.
PS. I think you have all done your essays by now...when i pm'ed the guy who started the topic i did not look when it was posted. i'm putting this on here for anyone else anyway...since i have already written it lol (this is the original pm that i sent to him/her).
