Sex FM Review

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Salma Bashar 10I

GCSE Drama Coursework

Sex FM

Year 10 got the opportunity to watch a live performance of the production ‘Sex FM’. This production was brought to us by the theatre company called Face Front. Sex FM was about teenage sex and it showed what the consequences were if you didn’t use contraception. It was also about getting pressured into having sex and getting infected with STI [sexually transmitted infection] and where to turn to for advice and help.

The main theme the production was about was teenage sex. The issues it discussed were the consequences you would face if you didn’t use contraception, for example, if you got pregnant mistakenly and don’t know what to do. Another issue was if people, like friends, pressured you into sex and the regret you’d feel, getting infected with STI and knowing the symptoms so you could get a check up and be safe. Face Front make these issues relevant to the teenage audience by expressing the social attributes and actions that make the audience understand the whole aspect of the production.

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Sex FM used various drama techniques. One of these techniques is narration. I think using narration was effective because it made it more understanding but was unrealistic because it sounded as though it was actually a play. It was used at beginnings and endings of new scenes. I think this technique was used because it made it more realistic like as if you were listening to the radio and that made the audience understand. Another technique that was used was dance. This was effective because it was shown at the beginning so it started off differently.  I think that ...

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