The Response Phase to the play Bouncers by John Godber.

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GCSE Drama Coursework – The Response Phase

During our 6 hour workshop we explored the play Bouncers by John Godber. The play was discussed briefly; we talked about how Bouncers is similar to the world we live in today and what lessons we can be taught from Bouncers and Godber.

Still images/narration - An effective still image or narration is one that is very clear to your audience. Your audience needs to understand what is going on without you as an actor doing or saying a lot. During our performance we used certain dramatic techniques such as, subtext, levels and space. Subtext from the actor/actress is a way of giving the audience a better understanding of the image, not through physical action, but through subliminal messages. For example - thoughts and facial expressions. The use of levels in an image is also important they are used to show different characteristic authority. Also there is the aspect of space which is essential in a still image, because the correct use of space just simply make the image a simpler more successful piece of Drama. In the examination we had to make three still images. The scenario of the images was given to us by our teacher. The first name we were given was called the job of a bouncer. We had to show a still image of the typical bouncer’s job. My group showed the bouncers kicking a drunken hooligan out of pub. The use of levels was used effectively here as we had two bouncers by the door, and two of us bouncers at a lower level trying to pick the man up from the floor. This helped the bouncers by the doors presence in the image, showing them as a higher authority.

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For the second scenario we were given the name “trouble in the club”. It was different this time because my teacher included the use of narration after the audience evaluated the still image each person in the still image at a time had to come out and narrate to the audience what was going on in the image from their point of view. I felt this was particularly difficult because I had to think on the spot. My interpretation of it importance is that being able to narrate the image successfully showed that you understood the image and the ...

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