VCE Drama - Conventions

In VCE drama there are 4 conventions to be used when devising performance work. They are...? (select all 4 correct answers)

• transformation of time

• application of symbol

• actor-audience relationship

• transformation of character

• transformation of place

"Creating meaning that is not literal" is a definition for which convention?

• transformation of time

• transformation of space

• transformation of place

• application of symbol

When an actor changes from one character to another in front of the audience it is called ______________ __ _________

Which type of convention is being used in the following transformation moment:

An actor uses direct address to retell a memory from their childhood. Next, they pause for a beat, before using a higher pitched voice with a whiny tone and crying "MUM!"

• transformation of time

• transformation of character

• transformation of place

An actor wears a cape and is behaving like a masculine superhero, they are talking to an imagined person on stage right . Next, they whip the cape off and wrap it around their waist like a skirt and begin talking to an imagined person on stage left.

This is an example of transformation of _________

Which type of transformation is happening in this example:

There are no set pieces in the performance space. An actor uses physical movements of bending their legs and curving their spine to show they are walking through a tunnel where the roof is gradually getting lower and lower.

• transformation of time

• transformation of place

• transformation of character

A twig representing a forest is an example of which convention...?

• application of symbol

• transformation of time

• transformation of character

• application of space

There are 3 types of transformation conventions used in the devising process of VCE drama. What are these 3?